Magnesium Fluoride Polishing: Frustrating Question, No Answer

Summary for magnesium fluoride polishing Discussion

magnesium fluoride polishing is the core issue here: Niels Wolters says the friction is so high that the polishing pan is thrown off the work on his polishing machine. He has already tried Gugolz pitch 55 and 64, synthetic optical pitch "soft," and compounds including Polytron 1 and 0, 25µ, and Liquivem 1µ, while aiming for roughness under 1 nm and flatness better than 1 ring. The only response in the thread comes from the site, which notes that the forum focuses on metal finishing rather than optical polishing and therefore cannot offer a technical solution, though it invites readers to help. No corrective method or compound is recommended in the exchange, so the thread mainly documents the problem and the lack of an answer.