Butane does not burn at the right temperature.
Steps polishing edge acrylic sheet.
Simply pass propane flame torch over edge in a slow and steady pace.
If the first pass does not produce a completely polished edge allow the piece to cool and then try a second pass.
George vondriska demonstrates his expert woodworking tip for how to polish plexiglass acrylic edges.
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.
You can use a torch to polish the edge and make it shine.
Check for slipping.
Practice will help you to estimate the speed and distance.
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.
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Because of its thermal stability flame polishing is a bit challenging with this acrylic.
This step is optional.
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.
You will also need a polishing disc and a drilling machine.
Spray the edges of the acrylic with a spray bottle.
Apply the paste on the edge and gently work over the edge with the buffing pad.
The sudden heating of the sheet when flame polishing induces a high degree of stress into it.
Buffing is done after the polishing process has been completed giving the edges an even higher quality polished finish.
The best method is to use a polishing bit to finish the job at the router.
Please note that if you choose to polish your acrylic sheet this is our standard polishing method.
Hold the torch at the angle shown and draw the flame along the edge of the sheet.
You must use propane torch.
Its not hard to do but requires access to some fairly special tools ideally an ox.
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.
Make sure to re spray the acrylic as you switch sandpapers.
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.
Diamond polishing goes together with a buffing process.
To polish acrylic sheet edge.
Now use 1000 grit.
The polishing tool path needs.
Now make sure your acrylic sheet has retained its outer appearance even after getting done with cutting drilling.
