Tin Falcon
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As many of you know I tend to build my engines of unusual materials. Unusual for engines anyway. Several are see through and made of Lucite and several are of Corian. In order to see through Lucite it needs to be glass clear.
A common question I get is "How do you polish it?
Looking at my life I have probably spent more time shaping and finishing materials with sand paper than with machine tools. Sanding can be an art feel , practice and a trained eye can effect the outcome.
Hear are the basic steps to polishing Lucite. Wet sand with 320 grit silicon carbide paper. then go to 400 grit and finally 600. I then polish (Twice) with No7 brand white polishing compound from the auto parts store then finish with a couple rounds of Mothers Brand Plastic Polish.
Hobby shops and auto supplies sell higher grit paper and I there are other product that will give good results but this works for me. Cheap plastic polish from the auto parts store does not work I tried some brown stuff one time, white seems to work better.
Tin
A common question I get is "How do you polish it?
Looking at my life I have probably spent more time shaping and finishing materials with sand paper than with machine tools. Sanding can be an art feel , practice and a trained eye can effect the outcome.
Hear are the basic steps to polishing Lucite. Wet sand with 320 grit silicon carbide paper. then go to 400 grit and finally 600. I then polish (Twice) with No7 brand white polishing compound from the auto parts store then finish with a couple rounds of Mothers Brand Plastic Polish.
Hobby shops and auto supplies sell higher grit paper and I there are other product that will give good results but this works for me. Cheap plastic polish from the auto parts store does not work I tried some brown stuff one time, white seems to work better.
Tin