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CattleRustler · 10-01-08

I was going there next, figured I'd ask here in case Syr passed thru

Syrillian · 10-01-08

Heyah, CR!

Well-done on the free-hand cutting.

I recall the jig you made, and in all fairness to you it was an excellent idea... just sometimes those little things escape us until it is too late.... I am all to familiar with this.

Never-the-less, the free-hand cuts look good. I dunno about you, but I get real nervous-like when my fingers are mere cm's (sometimes mm's) from sharp-fast-spinning-things.

As for sanding and polishing:

After a cut I use 220 or 240 sandpaper to clean the edge. Then, I move through 320, 400, and 800 to get a flat-matte surface. Then I polish with a muslin wheel attached to a drill and red-rouge.

If you wanted to do it all by hand, then 1200-1500 (2100 if you wanna see glass-like results) will bring the edge to a very nice sheen and hue.

Finishing with plastic-polishing compound will really shine the Ladies on.

Mod on, Brother!

CattleRustler · 10-01-08

Thanks Syrillian

I have all the grits except for 800. I will pick some up. Can I use the little red brick of stuff that came with the dremel, and one of its soft polishing wheels? I think its the same stuff. Also, do you see when its shiny or do you polish for a certain amount of time, then clean it off to see?

Ducky · 10-01-08

Definitely paying attention here for when I get into the acrylic

Just popped in to grab more sandpaper

Syrillian · 10-01-08

Quote:

Originally Posted by CattleRustler

Thanks Syrillian

I have all the grits except for 800. I will pick some up. Can I use the little red brick of stuff that came with the dremel, and one of its soft polishing wheels? I think its the same stuff. Also, do you see when its shiny or do you polish for a certain amount of time, then clean it off to see?

you might be able to skip over the 800 grit and go to 1000(ish), the only downside is that the lapping will take longer.

I have found that the small wheels for the Dremel work, but they shred really quickly, and over large surface areas they take a long time and the polish is oftentimes not uniform.

I generally use those small Dremel pads for corners, nooks and crannies that the larger attachments have difficulty getting into.

The one in the middle (#65-2721).

Sears sells a set for about US$5.00 or thereabouts.

CattleRustler · 10-01-08

thanks, I am only polishing the cut edges, not whole sheets (the one pic'd where I rounded the corners) so the dremel should be ok I think. Ill try. But what I wanted to know was do you see the "clearing effect" while rouge-ing, or do you stop, wipe off, and check?

Syrillian · 10-01-08

Ah... I see what you meant.

The clarity becomes increasingly visible without rubbing away; the amount of rouge that is applied to the pad is minimal.

I would recommend wiping away the edges to ensure that the details are not missed prior to calling the piece, "done".

I try to do the final polish in direct sunlight so that any flaws will be readily apparent.

CattleRustler · 10-01-08

great, thanks mate

+rep

CattleRustler · 10-03-08

The Intelligence - Day 36

The hw store only had 600 grit so I polished the piece that will become the switch-plate trim with it. I was going to rouge it from there but then I realized I needed to cut it out so rouging it would be silly since the finished sides will be sliding along a block of wood, so I decided to cut it out first, then I will rouge it another day

drilled pilots

ready for cut out

Heavy: Oooooo,ahhhhhhhh...

...cry some more, ooooooh ahhhhhh....

...I like this doctor (sandwich) nom nom nom

tada

it needs filing and sanding but it came out ok

remember when I cleared the mobo pan that I painted? remember when I had reservations about it going milky white and not clearing up? It went milky white and never cleared up

so a sanding and repaint was in order (I just love doing work twice, dont you?) light sand with 400

after 3 coats re-spray

now I decided to test Krylon clear instead of &%!!f$$ Painters Touch (rusto). Thats the center hinge I painted a couple weeks ago

theres my honey...

blam

no milkyness, just gloss sex teh

since I was swimming in fumes, I decided to knock out the red bleed on the trim, if you recall...

assembled the weapons. sprayed some paint in the cup and carefully used the brush to mask the bleeds...

bleeds-be-gone

thanks for watching

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nafljhy · 10-03-08

poof! they disappeared! CR has some crazy magic!

its looking so good. need more intelligence!

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