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Sanding resin - do you have any tips?

Jun 28, 2014

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    1. Right, I'm casting my Violet at the moment, and it struck me that this is the first time I'm really sanding resin. Besides the obvious avoidance of breathing in the resin dust - how do you sand the seams without damaging the resin around it? I want the seams to be invisible, but I'm not sure exactly how I'm supposed to do that. Is there a trick to it?

      Oh, and I have a dremel, if that's useful for this?
       
      #1 Daiin, Jun 28, 2014
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    2. #2 twinage, Jun 29, 2014
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    3. Oh, that may be just what I need. Thank you! <3
       
      #3 Daiin, Jun 29, 2014
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    4. I always wet sand when I sand resin. I don't want any resin dust floating in the air, or settling on surfaces when I'm done wearing a mask. I wouldn't recommend starting with too coarse sandpaper, it could leave scratches much deeper than you want.
       
      #4 Yukamina, Jul 4, 2014
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    5. Yukamina: That's useful tips, thank you so much! It's the scratches I'm most worried about. But you're right in that the dust can settle around...I didn't think about that.
       
      #5 Daiin, Jul 7, 2014
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