turning acrylic pens

[mattkemp]

Hi I am looking into turning some acrylic pens but never turned these before how do you finish the pen?

Also what grit sand paper do you go to?

Any advice would be gratefully received

cheers

matt

 

[wm460]

Every one has there own recipe, I sand to 600 the wet sand to 2000,2500 grit, then use Meguiars PlastiX, then Meguiars Ultra-Cut Compound then buff it with tripoli and finally white diamond.

 

[silver]

I turn mine down with TC tipped tool, start with 600 wet and dry moving through the grits up to 2500.

Then finish with t cut and then a car polish with whatever I have available.

Sometimes I go through the micromesh grades after the 600, 800 w&d then polish missing the t cut out.

Just depends on how well it's finished really, make the choice when it's turned.l

Forgot to add sand along the blank without the lathe running just rotating the blank until all radial lines have disappeared. Or not visible to the naked eyes..

 

[rayf6604]

I sand from 180 to 600 then use Farecla Profile 200, 300 and 500 plastic polishing compound and a final going over with Hutt Ultra plastic polishing liquid. In the past I've sanded to 800 dry then wet sanded with micro mesh to 12000 grit but I got fed up with having water containers which if always forget to cover and they end up full of shavings. The Farecla is very easy to use and you can skip the 200 and go straight to the 300

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[Bill Mooney]

I sand with 180 grit to 400 then with 0000 wire wool at 900 - 1000 rpm. I then polish with Tcut, then Farecla profile 300 & 500. I always stop the lathe & sand laterally turning the lathe by hand.

 

[Penpal]

Same as timber only much more awareness of the material check out the different materials first. finishing U Beaut triple EEE then plasic light compound.

Peter.

 

[billyb_imp]

After turning down with roughing gouge, micro mesh thru to 12000 & then finish with HUT Ultra gloss

 

[Oke Craft]

There you have it! As many answers as there are pen turners!

Personally wet sanding, followed by micromesh and no burnishing or polishing needed.

 

[Jim]

After turning down with roughing gouge, micro mesh thru to 12000 & then finish with HUT Ultra gloss

Exactly this, but shape at the end with a skew ..