Iwata Custom Micron 0.18mm needle

[Vladimir]

I've also read those words in Iwata CM brochure about polished needles and was wondering what they polished while stating those words. The keyboard?
Their needles do not look like being polished, at least none of them I had (maybe my luck?). Well sanded - yes, but not polished. Well sanded and polished needles look totally different, we can see that from your photos. If I'd posted mine, we'd have similar pictures.
I did the same procedures to the needles and they look just as shiny as yours.

For Olympos ABs I buy chinese needles, sand them and polish. In the end I have good needles, can't say that they smth not worth. They keep straight tip as good as original Iwata, for the steel they're made of is good quality, good quality for the needles. I buy those from Fengda for 0.2mm setup.

 

[Airbrush Dreams]

Thats gas nitriding though, same concept, slightly different process than the kolsterizing or ion/plasma nitriding.
The "kolsterizing" thing is propietary so im not entirely sure what the process is but ffrom the claims it makes Im guessing it's some sort of specific way of running the ion nitriding process.

Yep Gas nitriding for sure and it sucked building the load every other day. Glad I don’t work there anymore.


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[Jayhawk]

I don’t have a micron but am real interested in the conversation about polishing needles. I’d love to read a “how to” somewhere on the forum.