Polishing size dies

[roysha]

What grit do you folks finish polish your size dies with?
Also what material do you use to make dies and do you heat treat it?

[Faret]

Flitz works for me to polish have not made dies yet!:idea:

[bbqncigars]

Crocus cloth, A2 and just wing it for hardening/tempering.

[labradigger1]

Micro mesh, 8,000 to 20,000 grit. This is some handy stuff.
Lab

[country gent]

I will work down to around 1000 grit where I start depends on how much I want to remove. I then go to a tight flannel patch on a mandrel with diamond paste then shimichrome polish. Alot depends on what I see and experience on how I do this.