Polishing Paste

A high quality method of repairing your tools reducing waste.

Notes

Polishing Paste is a high-quality repair material crafted from a recipe that produces it in batches. It is used to restore the durability of worn tools, offering a more efficient alternative to simply crafting replacement equipment and reducing material waste. Stock this lightweight, stackable item in a store to provide a steady supply for your town's tool users.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Upgrade modules (one per slot)

Basic (none)Basic Upgrade (−10% cost · −5% labor · −25% time)Advanced (none)Advanced Upgrade (−10% cost · −10% labor · −35% time)Modern (none)Modern Upgrade (−15% cost · −10% labor · −50% time)Specialty (none)Oil Drilling Upgrade (−5% cost · −25% time)

Oil Drilling level 0Skill level changes labor only.

Talents

Fuel Focus (Oil Drilling Lv 6)

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Quantity to craftScales ingredients, labor, time, output & total raw by the number of crafts.

Ingredients

Ingredients for this recipe

Ingredient	Qty	Type
Lubricant	1	item
Silica	3	category

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe

Material	Qty / craft
Crushed Mixed Rock	≈ 0.96
Chemical Waste	≈ 0.01

Approximate — a category ingredient's salvage value depends on the item actually used.

Crafting waste collects in the station's garbage output and must be hauled away or recycled — see the Garbage & Recycling guide.

Crafting

Crafting stats

Labor	120 calories
Craft time	0.2 min
Throughput	≈ 300 Polishing Paste / hour (base)

Recycling & waste

• 0.1× Bio Residue
• 0.1× Crushed Mixed Rock

The same salvage value leaks out as garbage when this item is consumed in crafting.

How garbage, sorting & recycling work

Total raw to craft this

Recompute for my setup

• 3× Silica (any)
• 0.5× Medium Carcass (any)

Approximate — category ingredients and any production cycles are counted as raw.

Categories

• Parts
• Product

Obtained from

• Polishing Paste

See also

Advanced CircuitAdvanced Combustion EngineBasic CircuitBoilerCoarse StoneCombustion Engine