polishing

I recently acquired a set of polishing mops to use on the lathe used them for the first time over the weekend to finish off a Polyester blank. It came up a treat. The blank was a nightmare to turn and sand. I lost two blanks due to blow ups. I bought four I have one left Out of the other three I...

Hi all, After the discolouration due to water ingress of the last pen, I took Mark's and others advice and this is the result. Polishing was done by wet and dry paper, 0000 wire wool and a three mop polishing which included white diamond. I didn't stamp on this one :funny:. It was good fun...

Morning all One more box from me, made from a blank I bought from George Watkins, size is 80mm tall x 60mm diameter, polished to a high shine with polishing mops all the best Andy

I've mentioned before about the struggles I've had trying to get a good polish on polyurethane resin. I've tried numerous polishing compounds and nothing has ever brought it anywhere close to the shine that it is possible to get on a commercial acrylic blank. I had previously been mostly...

A gold Tempest from a Lava Explosion blank, thru the MM pads and buffed/polished with the "Polishing Shops" 2 stage plastic polishing sytem.

I've come up with an acrylic polishing method that has been working well for me. I wet sand with 320 and 400 grit; wet sand with all 9 grades of Micro Mesh pads; use Novus 3 and 2; and finally finish polishing with Meguiar's PlastX. The Novus sytem, though, comes with 1, 2, and 3. #1 is called...

A friend of mine prefers a dull finish on his pens. Is here a method for doing this besides wet sanding without polishing? I'm afraid it might leave visible scratches.