Polishing's the process of creating a smooth and shiny surface by rubbing it or using a chemical action, leaving a surface with significant specular reflection and minimal diffuse reflection. When the surface's magnified thousands of times, it usually looks like mountains and valleys. By repeated abrasion, those "mountains" are worn down until they're flat or just small "hills." The process of polishing with abrasives starts with coarse ones and graduates to fine ones. Types Metalworking Other… (More on Polishing)