Resin Polishing: How to Check Clarity Under Light The moment you flip on a bright desk lamp is when the truth comes out. A pendant you poured, sanded, and buffed over a quiet weekend looks flawless under normal room light. But under that …
Resin Polishing: Clean Pads, Zero Micro Marring I’ve watched the same scene a hundred times: you finish a long day of shaping, sanding, and dialing in the gloss. The shop is quiet, the floor swept, your coffee cold. You swing the work light …
Resin Polishing Without Overheating Edges The first time I overheated a resin edge, it looked perfect—right up until it wasn’t. The surface was glossy, but the perimeter turned milky, then smeared like warm butter under a rotary pad. I …
Resin polishing: Pads and compounds for plastics On a quiet Saturday, I watched a friend slowly lower a buffing pad onto the cloudy edge of his epoxy river table. The coffee mugs had left fine scuffs; sunlight turned them into halos. He’d …
Resin Polishing: Erasing 1500–2000 Grit Scratches The pendant looked flawless on the bench last night—glassy, color suspended in amber, edges softened just so. Then morning light hit it. Under a low-angle window beam, micro-scratches flared …
Resin Polishing for a Glass-Like Epoxy Finish The first time you run a fingertip across an epoxy surface, it’s a little magic trick. The light catches, colors bloom, and you expect the kind of clarity you see on showroom glass. But if …