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Acrylic Polishing Before & After

So this was cheap, less than $20 for the sandpaper pad/sponge and Plastix polish.

 

Sandpaper pad is 3000 grit, I wet it down really good and slapped it on the bathroom counter, the water caused it to stick to counter pretty good where it stayed in place where I didn't have to hold it. 5-10 minutes of sanding per side. Then with a very soft microfiber cloth I used a generous amount of Plastix (adding more as needed) and sat down and polished each piece for probably 20-30 minutes easily. Basically just sat down and watched some netflix while polishing away. Rinsed with warm water when I was done, possibly polishing a second time if needed. Here are the results.

 

 

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26 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

That looks like glass... I might do this on any future waterblocks I get.

You can do the same general idea to make PETG tubing look better as well.

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Replying to this so I can reference later. Looks great!

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