Yeah - tried that, not really a good finish. It gives a good finish on
machined standard gray PVC rod but doesn's work too well on the tube I'm
using. I dont know, it may have something to do with UV stabilisers or
something in the plastic tube.


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Use a strip of scotch brite and spin it in the lathe

Den wrote:
I'm machining some small enclosures using PVC electrical conduit (off
white color). The electrical condut just happens to have the needed
ID/OD. I'm using acetone to remove the manufacturers ink labelling which
is marked down the pipe, but the finish still looks like water
pipe/conduit. I'm making them in batches of 20 or so.

Painting or dying is not really an option, I could spin them in the lathe
and take a light cut along the length but I'd like to avoid this if I
can. I thought about wiping over with solvent to soften and smooth the
top surface but this may leave "wipe" marks on the surface.

I tried to source clean PVC pipe without marking etc but I could not find
anything.

Does anyone have any other ideas on a quick simple way to finish the
external surface nicely?

TIA