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Re: [Orchid] Polishing resing inlay work  
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From: Katherine Palochak
Date: Thu Jul 31 21:24:45 2003
 
     
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>         I've recently started working with resin, I have no problem
>     with the curing or adding opaqe colors to it. My problem is how to
>     polish it. 

    I start out by using a fine file to do the general shaping, and
    leaving a little extra margin for additional steps. Then I take it
    through progressive grits of sanding media, starting with 320 grit
    and going to 600. However, I've done some experimentation with the
    PSA disks lately taking out scratches and repolishing stones, so I
    intend to use these for this step next time. Then I polish with Zam,
    and add the final luster with a plastic polish bar compound. You must
    be careful not to "melt" the resin with the high speed of your buff
    and compound. 



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