My try at segmenting

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This is acrylic ivory & acrylic ebony, I think... Maybe ivory & black plastic. The materials were given to me. I am reasonably pleased so far, but there are still light scratches I need to get out. I also need to put a few coats of CA on it to keep the aluminum from oxidizing.

This will be on a chrome Vertex click, if I get it finished to my satisfaction.

Comments welcome,

Adam

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I think your segmenting and color choices are spot on. I don't know what sandpapers and grits you are using, but changing to a better sandpaper made HUGE bounds for me in getting though issues with scratches like it appears your having. (Buffing helps a ton too, but unless the picture or my eye is deceiving, I think your scratches are in the sandpaper grit range, not buffing or micro mesh range).
 
I sanded with 240, 320, and 600, then wet MM through 12,000. I'll start over with the MM tomorrow and see if I can get the rest of the scratches out & do the CA. If I'm lucky, the Ca will fill the scratches and make them disappear.

Thanks,
Adam
 
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very nice job. Maybe you are trying too hard. Try 400 wet, wet 800, 1200 wet, end each step sanding length wise, then beal buff or car polish on a paper towel at hight speed, thats all I do and works so well.
 
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Oops, I forgot to mention, I did use Hut plastic polish as my last step. I started with 240 grit to do the final shaping. I haven't gotten the touch for acrylics quite yet, and had some chatter marks and chips to work out.
 
vthowe said:
Very cool!

What did you use for the aluminum?
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Not quite sure what you mean, so I'll answer two ways... the aluminum came from a worn out yard stick (now a 32" stick!), and I polished it just like I dod the acrylic. No special steps taken on it so far. I will have to do a CA finish to keep the aluminum from tarnishing.

Adam
 
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