Acrylic crystal polishing - without the elbow grease

[Ishima]

Just a quick one, I'm sure many of you are wise to this or something like it, but when it comes up in conversation I normally see people advising the use of emery paper/brasso and such. That was my method for a long time, however, I just discovered for myself that acrylic crystals can be polished effectively/quickly/cheaply by polishing motor/dremel. I saw the pricey bergeon compound for this and started reading the descriptions of other compounds, sure enough, trusty dialux has a compound, white, that is described for use on plastics, I thought "no... that would be too easy, surely" but i ordered it anyway and experimented, and sure enough it does a great job, my preference is loose cotton, on a fast setting, but chamois on a moderate speed was effective (if prone to leaving a ripple in the surface if not kept moving) and I suspect felt would also be effective but maybe overkill. That's it, one polish, one stage and you're good to go, works scratches out and leaves perfectly clear. 

Edited October 30, 2017 by Ishima

[jdm]

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