kludge77
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As admitted in an earlier thread, I'm a newbie with acrylic blanks.
I'm fine with the turning process, but having a heck of a time getting all the scratches out. Seriously, I feel like I'm wet sanding FOREVER.
With a wood pen. I have my lathe @ full crank. I sand to about 320, lather on the CA then MM to 1200 Done. A beautiful pen.
With acrylic (last one was a cool PVC pipe) Wet sand to 600, then wet through MM AND plastic polish and I STILL can see scratches on the blank. What is the method and the speed for this material.
I hate scratches!
Thanks.
I'm fine with the turning process, but having a heck of a time getting all the scratches out. Seriously, I feel like I'm wet sanding FOREVER.
With a wood pen. I have my lathe @ full crank. I sand to about 320, lather on the CA then MM to 1200 Done. A beautiful pen.
With acrylic (last one was a cool PVC pipe) Wet sand to 600, then wet through MM AND plastic polish and I STILL can see scratches on the blank. What is the method and the speed for this material.
I hate scratches!
Thanks.