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No matter the number of steps involved, each step should be done independently. This means that you can't do deburring and polishing at the same moment. Instead, first deburr, then polish. If more than one step are needed, the steps must all be done in ascending ordinal order of smoothness.

Centrifugal barrel finishing requires the use of the right tumbling media. The cycle time for parts can be doubled if the media is not right, especially if it's the wrong geometry. If you are not using cones or cylinders to tumble media, it can significantly slow down the processing time.

Don’t forget the detergent. You might think that cleaning compound was intended for the metal parts, but in fact the tumbling media needs it. Cleaning compound adds lubricity to keep the pores open in the tumbling media. Once the pores in tumbling media become glazed over, the cutting action of the tumbling media will no longer work and metal parts turn out black. If the parts come out black, you forgot to put in the soap.

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The media that is darker than the rest will cut faster. If the plastic media is extremely dark, it will likely be cut faster with a stronger abrasive. For mildly abrasive mass finish, mild-cutting is more common for lighter-colored media.

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