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3/15: I talked with Jim about polishing today. He said that if you change the twisting even at the end with finer grits, it can present a much different surface area to the paper than previously. If the fibers are twisted consistently and then changed, there may be a much smaller area of contact and therefore a much higher pressure than before. The higher pressure may melt the fibers. Also, it is not good to blow on the fibers because of the moisture in breath. It is better to use canned air to dust the fibers.
3/15: I talked with Jim about polishing today. He said that if you change the twisting even at the end with finer grits, it can present a much different surface area to the paper than previously. If the fibers are twisted consistently and then changed, there may be a much smaller area of contact and therefore a much higher pressure than before. The higher pressure may melt the fibers. Also, it is not good to blow on the fibers because of the moisture in breath. It is better to use canned air to dust the fibers.
3/19: I went back to polishing the first bundle of sci-fis that I did on 3/6/18 because it did not look good enough yet. I started with 1000 grit, and I hope that will smooth it out enough that the paper will reach all the fibers and polish all of them. That seems to be one of the problems with my previous polishing. Not all the fibers were polished.