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The Natural Philosopher
 
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Default How to smooth plastic?

N. Thornton wrote:

The Natural Philosopher wrote in message ...

N. Thornton wrote:

(D.M. Procida) wrote in message ...


I've got some plastic - the kind of plastic a hairdryer, or the main
body of an iron might be made of - and I need to smooth it to something
like its flawless moulded surface before I gouged one of the edges...


One can get it flat and smooth with very fine abrasive, but the
surface will be matt not shiny. A year later you'll notice that the
matt bit is dirty but the rest is clean. No practical way round that
I'm afraid.


That means you haven' gone fine enough on teh abrasive.

T-cut is used in the car world to polish out scratches in paint.


I guess thats true in principle, I just cant imagine spending that
much effort to shine up the toaster.




Get a buffing mop and put it on a leccy drill.


Regards, NT