Glasscast 50 polishing options


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Thank you very much, that is great news!
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Chris Mawer - 12/27/2018 8:58:59 PM
Hi, I need some help with polishing options please!

I have made a river resin table using glasscast 50. I used a metallic tinting pigment, it looked a lot more opaque in the bucket than in the final outcome which is mostly transulscent.

Having sanded (currently at 120 grit) I prefer the matte and opaque finish - partly because its truer to the colour I was after originally, but also because I made a few mistakes in the resin which thankfully disappeared under the cloudy effect after sanding.

What polishing options exist which will get a transulscent glasscast 50 to polish up to a cloudy sort of matte finish that will mask any minor problems in the resin eg I tried to drill out a dust spec and fill with an attempted colour match which didnt work at all Sad

N.B I’m planning on using a clear osmo topoil on the wood.

Any help much appreciated

Thanks

Chris


Sand till a higher grit without polishing will result in an opaque finish... start with 120 like you did, go up till 200 - 400 - 800 - 1000. 
1000 grit should leave you an opaque finish, if you want it less opaque go higher in grit, if 1000 is to glossy go back down in grit


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Hi, I need some help with polishing options please!

I have made a river resin table using glasscast 50. I used a metallic tinting pigment, it looked a lot more opaque in the bucket than in the final outcome which is mostly transulscent.

Having sanded (currently at 120 grit) I prefer the matte and opaque finish - partly because its truer to the colour I was after originally, but also because I made a few mistakes in the resin which thankfully disappeared under the cloudy effect after sanding.

What polishing options exist which will get a transulscent glasscast 50 to polish up to a cloudy sort of matte finish that will mask any minor problems in the resin eg I tried to drill out a dust spec and fill with an attempted colour match which didnt work at all Sad

N.B I’m planning on using a clear osmo topoil on the wood.

Any help much appreciated

Thanks

Chris


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