Directly from Gearloose:
The Darkside™ was created to address the rising metals prices and to create an affordable easy-to-charge and use lap. They immediately became popular with people who always had trouble charging a metal lap.
The Darkside outperformed expectations and has been adopted by many professional production cutters. In particular, they are the “Magic Bullet” for quartzes when used with Cerium Oxide.
Suppose we took the ease of a Corian-type lap, coupled with the speed of a composite lap, but reduced wearing and heating?
Now add polar and nonpolar domains to allow the use of the whole range of diamond and oxide polishes.
The lap quickly breaks in on the first stone, without the charging process needed for metal laps, making it user-friendly for beginners.
Darkside 8" Lap by GearLoose
Gearloose Polishing Laps – Unused, Original Stock
We were fortunate to find two of these laps in our inventory, and we are now making them available at a very reasonable price. These laps were purchased directly from Gearloose several years ago, stored carefully, and have never been opened or used.
These are the go-to laps for polishing quartz materials with oxides. They can also be used with diamond powder, and after use they clean easily with just water.
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Quantity Available: 2 laps (first come, first served)
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Condition: Brand new, unused, original Gearloose stock
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Compatibility: Originally purchased by Kgemstones for use with the Ultratec faceting machine (also listed under equipment)
These laps were never used because Kgemstones later shifted its focus toward manufacturing copper, zinc, and tin laps.
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