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Equipment Boards => Ebonite => Topic started by: TwoFourEightNineNine on August 18, 2004, 07:08:51 PM

Title: sanding a optyx polyester ball
Post by: TwoFourEightNineNine on August 18, 2004, 07:08:51 PM

Is it safe to put an Optyx polyester ball through a light resurface (with sandpaper and the works)?

Thanks in advance.
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-Jeremy Vitug

Title: Re: sanding a optyx polyester ball
Post by: Hammer3003 on August 19, 2004, 03:57:56 AM

I know some one who did it with the optex fourmula 1 ball and it was fine. I do not see why this would be any diffrent.
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Title: Re: sanding a optyx polyester ball
Post by: J_Mac on August 19, 2004, 01:00:39 PM

The trickiest part, of course, is getting the polished surface back on these balls.

I scratched one while drilling it and ended up going from 600 to about 2000 grit wet sanding and finished it with rubbing compound then a trip to the lustre king.  I could still see a difference, but the customer didn't notice the spot.

I think a product such as Finesse-It from 3M would do a much better job at removing the 2000 grit sanding lines and returning the surface to a glassy polish.
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Title: Re: sanding a optyx polyester ball
Post by: ambi1 on August 20, 2004, 02:48:05 AM

Jeremy, you might want to look into some optical grade polishes.  They are used on glass, to take away scratches.. I'm not so sure around the abrasion rating tho..

regards
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