qquake
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A friend of mine prefers a dull finish on his pens. Is here a method for doing this besides wet sanding without polishing? I'm afraid it might leave visible scratches.
I would polish and then go over it with steel wool to Dull it a bit.
CA it and then Micromesh it down from 8000/10000. Around 3600/4000 will do this. I have done this on several occasions. For what it is worth, I MM'ed it up to 10000 and came back down to get the satin finish. A few here (way back when) criticized that as unnecessary. However, I felt that I needed to get ALL scratches out and you can't see that until you have a fully glossy coat. At that point, you can back it down to the point that it appears as satin.
Polish will wear off. But I imagine that a MM 4000 finish, and then coated with the satin polish should do well together.
A few years ago, Jonathon Brooks posted and if I recall, may have had a pic or video of using a torch on the finished CA. This would cause the gloss or reflective surface to become dull and not reflect light allowing one to truly see the tone and coloring of the blank it self.
Caution is advised as too much heat will probably blister the CA.
Good Luck!
CA it and then Micromesh it down from 8000/10000. Around 3600/4000 will do this. I have done this on several occasions. For what it is worth, I MM'ed it up to 10000 and came back down to get the satin finish. A few here (way back when) criticized that as unnecessary. However, I felt that I needed to get ALL scratches out and you can't see that until you have a fully glossy coat. At that point, you can back it down to the point that it appears as satin.
Polish will wear off. But I imagine that a MM 4000 finish, and then coated with the satin polish should do well together.
A few years ago, Jonathon Brooks posted and if I recall, may have had a pic or video of using a torch on the finished CA. This would cause the gloss or reflective surface to become dull and not reflect light allowing one to truly see the tone and coloring of the blank it self.
Caution is advised as too much heat will probably blister the CA.
Good Luck!
It's acrylic I'm talking about. Why would I put a CA finish on it?
CA it and then Micromesh it down from 8000/10000. Around 3600/4000 will do this. I have done this on several occasions. For what it is worth, I MM'ed it up to 10000 and came back down to get the satin finish. A few here (way back when) criticized that as unnecessary. However, I felt that I needed to get ALL scratches out and you can't see that until you have a fully glossy coat. At that point, you can back it down to the point that it appears as satin.
Polish will wear off. But I imagine that a MM 4000 finish, and then coated with the satin polish should do well together.
A few years ago, Jonathon Brooks posted and if I recall, may have had a pic or video of using a torch on the finished CA. This would cause the gloss or reflective surface to become dull and not reflect light allowing one to truly see the tone and coloring of the blank it self.
Caution is advised as too much heat will probably blister the CA.
Good Luck!
It's acrylic I'm talking about. Why would I put a CA finish on it?
It's acrylic I'm talking about. Why would I put a CA finish on it?