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Vacalon Nexus Buffs, 26 mm, 10/Pack · Extra-Fine
SKU 090-1064MFR# 51603
Grit
Extra-Fine
Vacalon Nexus Buffs are woven, abrasive-infused rotary pads for controlled smoothing and pre-polishing. They take off flash and scratches from denture acrylic, milled PMMA, thermoforming materials, soft liners, composites and metal – titanium included – without flattening anatomical detail. No polishing paste is needed.
What it is used for
- Removing flash and refining contours on denture acrylic and PMMA
- Smoothing the trimmed edges of night guards and other thermoformed appliances
- Removing scratches from restorations and metal parts before the final polish
Why labs choose it
- Gentle but effective material removal
- One pad for acrylic, PMMA, composite, soft liners and metal
- Three grits: medium (brown), extra-fine (green) and ultra-fine (red)
- A pre-polishing tool – follow with a polisher for a high shine
Grits and speeds
All three grits are 26 mm across. Best speed 6,000 rpm, maximum 20,000 rpm. Pick the grit above.
Details
- Diameter: 26 mm
- Shank: HP (104), 2.35 mm – fits a straight lab handpiece
- Sold 10 per pack
- Made in Germany
Product
- Manufacturer
- Vacalon
- Manufacturer #
- 51603
- Item code
- 090-1064
Catalog path
- Marketplace
- Laboratory
- Category
- Lab Burs & Rotary
- Subcategory
- Brushes, Buffs & Bur Care
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About buffing wheels
A lab buffing wheel is a wheel of textile fabric, felt or leather that may carry abrasive on its rim and takes the polishing agent to the work. A polishing agent is any material used to give lustre to a surface.
OSHA defines polishing and buffing wheels as wheels made wholly or partly of textile fabric, wood, felt, leather or paper, which may carry abrasive on the rim. Brush wheels are made from wire or bristles and are used for cleaning and brushing.
One published sequence for denture acrylic polishes first with pumice on a wet felt cone and then with rouge on a soft cloth wheel.
How the types on this shelf differ
- Buffing Wheels — Carries the polishing agent to the work.
- Bur Cleaning Brushes — For removing debris from the bur itself.
- Grinding Wheels — The coarse step: it shapes the work and removes excess material.
- Flexible Silicone Polishers — The abrasive is embedded in a flexible silicone body.
- Polishing Discs — The finer steps of the same series.
- Abrasive Discs — Grinds and smooths with its face.
- Polishing Wheels — A wheel for the smoothing steps that follow grinding.
- Separating & Cut-Off Discs — A thin wheel for cutting, where an abrasive disc works on its side.
- Heatless Wheels — Radial bristle discs and wheels and knife-edge discs, filed under the heatless wheels name.
What to look at when choosing
Material: fabric, felt, leather, wire or bristle, the materials OSHA names for buffing and brush wheels.
Reuse: the CDC states that burs, polishing points and rag wheels used on contaminated appliances or prostheses should be heat-sterilised, disinfected between patients, or discarded.
Dust: the CDC names grinding and polishing castings and porcelain among the laboratory steps that put dust in the air.
Sources: OSHA 29 CFR 1910.94, Ventilation (grinding, polishing and buffing operations) · Rao et al. 2015, Surface roughness of three heat-cured acrylic denture base resins with different conventional lathe polishing techniques (J Indian Prosthodont Soc) · The Glossary of Prosthodontic Terms, 9th edition (J Prosthet Dent 2017) · CDC, Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health-Care Settings, 2003 (MMWR 52 RR-17) · OSHA 29 CFR 1910.211, Machinery and machine guarding: definitions · A Comprehensive Review of the Surface and Chromatic Properties of Monolithic Zirconia: Polishing and Finishing Methods (Cureus 2024) · Does Sterilization Affect the Performance of Single-Step Resin Composite Polishers? (Dent J 2023) · FDA 21 CFR 872.6010, Abrasive device and accessories · CDC, Silicosis in Dental Laboratory Technicians, Five States, 1994-2000 (MMWR 53(09))
