View Polishing Acrylic Edges
So you want to polish the edges of your acrylic?
Here’s a quick tutorial (Please excuse the shoddy formatting ... the wiki software wasn’t accepting the normal wiki Image formatting tags).
- Get some acrylic. I’m using 3/8” thickness. Don’t remove the protective paper until the last possible moment before you use it.
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- Get some tools. You’ll need the following:
- A scraper. You can use a real scraper:
or a combination of a hacksaw blade and a file:
- Sandpaper: 150 grit dry, 220 grit dry, 400 grit wet:
- A power drill for buffing:
- Buffing wheel and buffing compound:
- A scraper. You can use a real scraper:
- Begin by scraping the rough edges using a scraper:
Or you can use the hacksaw/file combination:
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- Next, progressively sand the edge with the 150 grit:
Then use the 200 grit:
Then end with the wet 400 grit:
It should be pretty smooth at that point.
- Next, follow the instructions on the buffing wheel buff the edges to a mirror polish:
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- Enjoy the nice mirror polish
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Christopher BakerCategories:
