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Flame Polish help, need to finish off the edges of Acrylic?
hi all
ive cut my own sheet of acrylic and need to finish of the edges but i hav’nt done it for years and my mind has gone blank. any chance of filling in the blank for me
ta
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This is how I do it.
Tools – stanley blade, FINE wet & dry paper (on block), mini gas torch.
Scrape edges with stanley blade (side on) to get a smooth finish.
(Optional) Wet & dry paper – when I say fine I mean FINE – do it wet.
Wipe off residue / dust & peel back the coating about an inch. (trim off)Get gas torch eg. pencil torch or ‘bernzomatic’ mini.
Set flame to a SOFT blue by limiting the air flow.
Move steadily over the material, flaming INTO unpolished areas – NEVER pointing at what you’ve just done (risk of overheating & ignition). Watch your speed – to fast & semi-polished – too slow & it starts bubbling.
I’ve done loads of this – from 2mm to 8mm and it works great…also cheaper than buying flame polishing kit!!
The option is to finish with a buff & brasso / T-cut instead of flaming.
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cheers Dave
Ill do just that…
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In case you haven’t found out the hard way, don’t clean the panel with meths once it has been polished. 😕
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Thanks Andy
I did find out the hard way but it was a while ago and it was on a rush job, on site and i had the acrylic ordered in…. I wasn’t best pleased
Cheers
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I had a very reasonable quote recently from
http://www.pinetree-enterprises.co.uk/Peter
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Wee video of 8mm clear cast and bernzomatic gas torch….just for fun.
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