1/4 Lb Tube Zam Polishing Cutting Metal Jewelry Turquoise Stone Compound

This is and excellent product to use in stropping your knives.

This strop compound is excellent on my carving tools. Removes metal quickly and leaves a perfect cutting edge with a smooth shine. I’m ordering again.

My experience with Zam started with a suggestion in a forum that it could be used to polish turquoise when applied to a piece of leather. When the product arrived, as many people have noticed, it is dry and hard and I was not able to even get it out of its container. The major problem is that there is a crimp along the top of the tube that prevents the Zam from being pushed out in its solid state. For my first try, I decided to apply heat by putting the Zam in the oven on low for a few minutes. When I did this, the Zam took on a pudding like consistency. When I tried to apply it to leather, it would not soak in. I tried first of all the smooth side of the leather and then I tried the rough side of the leather, and in both cases the Zam fail to adhere and just flaked off. I removed all the flaky material and ran the leather through the wash to remove any chemicals that soap and water could remove. The third time was a charm. I knew that Zam would soften when exposed to heat, so the trick was to put the rough side of my leather up in a frying pan, and to put it on the stove at medium-low. I rolled the outside of the tube back and forth on the leather until the outside of the two was hot to the touch. At this point the outside of the Zam was soft enough to push up the tube, but still hard inside, while the leather had become quite hot. I exposed a little bit of the Zam by pushing it out of the tube, and then rubbed the exposed end on the hot leather. This time, since the weather was hot, the Zam soaked into it more than it had in my first trial. I applied it until there was a good coating on the leather, and then removed it all from the heat. Now, I have a piece of leather coated with Zam. I tried a little basic silver and stone polishing, and my leather/Zam combination worked nicely. I do not know how to apply Zam to a rotary wheel tool. I wish some of the people who are satisfied customers would explain how exactly they got it to work. I do know that the Zam is supposed to be hard as a rock when you get it, it is not a mushy compound. It does seem to have more tooth it than a regular silver polishing cloth. If I learn anymore about it or how to use it, I will update this review.

Excellent...it does what it say and then some...I love this and don't know how I ever owned silver and never knew about this...works without a buffer...I use a little hand work and it works wonders on silver...I bought back to life 5 silver necklaces. Would recommend to family and friends

Great results but it could be softer, it would make it easier to use.

Works well to polish turqoise

Good stuff. Recommend by a local jewler and wors great.

I saw this on a YouTube video and it was pliable enough to run a polisher through. What I got was harder than dried plaster. I read in the comments if you heat it, it would soften but that did not happen to mine. I finally chipped off some chunks and put baby oil in it. I managed to get some from the oil, but the chunks did not soften. I KNOW there is a way to make this pliable but when I contacted the buyer he said that was how it was supposed to be and to just run the polisher on the top. It just ate up my polisher. I think the batch this seller had was crap. Would not buy from this seller again. I tried working with him before posting this but he did not really seem to care.