Herb G
Member
The other day I was finishing some acrylic pens with the Micro Mesh pads.
I used very warm water instead of the ice cold tap water.
I noticed (accidentally) that using the warm water provided a much smoother finish than using cold water does.
My blanks were pretty much finished at 3600 grit, but I went thru all the grits anyway.
When I finished going thru the grits, the acrylic was like glass.
These are the same pads I've used on other blanks, so it wasn't like they were a new set or an old set. I only used them on 4 pens so far.
The blanks were the other 1/2 of a set already made so it wasn't a different acrylic either.
Just the warm water made all the difference.
I thought I'd share something of use to everyone.
Thanks for reading.
I used very warm water instead of the ice cold tap water.
I noticed (accidentally) that using the warm water provided a much smoother finish than using cold water does.
My blanks were pretty much finished at 3600 grit, but I went thru all the grits anyway.
When I finished going thru the grits, the acrylic was like glass.
These are the same pads I've used on other blanks, so it wasn't like they were a new set or an old set. I only used them on 4 pens so far.
The blanks were the other 1/2 of a set already made so it wasn't a different acrylic either.
Just the warm water made all the difference.
I thought I'd share something of use to everyone.
Thanks for reading.
