The best method is to use a polishing bit to finish the job at the router.
Steps polishing edge acrylic sheet.
George vondriska demonstrates his expert woodworking tip for how to polish plexiglass acrylic edges.
Spray the edges of the acrylic with a spray bottle.
To polish acrylic sheet edge.
As part of a new instructable i realised i would need to use a technique i haven t seen documented here before and that is the flame polishing of thermo plastics.
Diamond polishing goes together with a buffing process.
Polishing acrylic edges is not difficult but as stated above the process can be time consuming and if you use the wrong tools you can severely damage the material.
Please note that if you choose to polish your acrylic sheet this is our standard polishing method.
Now make sure your acrylic sheet has retained its outer appearance even after getting done with cutting drilling.
Now use 1000 grit.
2 once a piece of acrylic has been cleaned its brilliance can really shine through with engraving while cleaning acrylic can bring out the its.
Buffing is done after the polishing process has been completed giving the edges an even higher quality polished finish.
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If the first pass does not produce a completely polished edge allow the piece to cool and then try a second pass.
Butane does not burn at the right temperature.
Because of its thermal stability flame polishing is a bit challenging with this acrylic.
Check for slipping.
The sudden heating of the sheet when flame polishing induces a high degree of stress into it.
The polishing tool path needs.
You must use propane torch.
Use lukewarm water and spray evenly making sure to wet every part of the acrylic piece.
Its not hard to do but requires access to some fairly special tools ideally an ox.
You will also need a polishing disc and a drilling machine.
Make sure to re spray the acrylic as you switch sandpapers.
Apply the paste on the edge and gently work over the edge with the buffing pad.
After you ve sanded the edge and removed all plastic from the glass you can use a torch to polish the edge and make it shine.
But before we get to that we should point out now that once the edge of an acrylic sheet has been polished it cannot be glued.
Place the polishing felt on the sander and apply the polishing give the edge of the acrylic glass a finished polish.
For the best aesthetic result you can polish the edge until the edge is crystal clear polishing pastes such as zvizzer heavy cut and fine cut polishing agent that have been specially developed for acrylic are available for this task.
The edge of the acrylic glass is ready for lighting edgelet light panels.
You can use a torch to polish the edge and make it shine.
Simply pass propane flame torch over edge in a slow and steady pace.
This step is optional.
