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RESIN DUST and it,s deletion

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RESIN DUST and it,s deletion
Posted by tankerbuilder on Thursday, October 27, 2011 8:40 AM

Hi ,I think many of you have already used resin conversion parts and such . In every magazine there is an admonishment to wear the proper safety gear when sanding this stuff . Well , here,s a new way to work with it that works for me . Shoot, maybe you,ve already tried it . My first experience with the darned stuff was the "BAMBOO BOMBER/SKY KING,S" airplane . I don,t personally like the stuff anyway . Here goes . Make sure you thoroughly clean those parts with WESLEY,S BLECHE-WHITE . And for that , don,t forget to wear gloves that are chemically resistant to the product ! Now ,are you ready to sand off those molding plugs ? For you newbies thats the material left after the part is poured in the mold . Sometimes they are very small and sometimes they are humongous because of the part,s size . Case in point ,The upgrade and corectionset for the 1/350 U.S.S. ALABAMA ! The deckhouse is the piece that gave me the required dose of dust when I started . I had to sand off a good 1/8" of product to even get close.I got frustrated and dumped the part in my sanding tray . Oh,I have never mentioned that little jewel. Now there was the part , in five inches of good clean water . I was going to wet sand an airliner body for a restoration . I looked at that part and the bulb went on( "HMM, I could put a piece of 320 grit on a piece of the plexi I have and put that in the bottom and sand underwater " ) NO DUST TO DEAL WITH !! The sanding was slower (you don,t want to splash it all over the place either) . When you Are done , carefully pour out the water through a fine strainer catching the resin particles . When it is dry, CAREFULLY tap the strainer knocking the dust into a container and dispose of it properly . There you have it , a dust free way of sanding resin.This goes for small pieces too !   TANKERBUILDER

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Posted by Hercmech on Thursday, October 27, 2011 11:15 AM

Nice tip I will have to use that one!

Speaking of tips...if you make some paragraph space the post will be much eaiser to read.Wink


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Posted by the Baron on Thursday, October 27, 2011 11:53 AM

@hercmech--amen! Wink

To the topic-I'm wondering whether dust accumulated by sanding resin could be recycled somehow, say, as a gap filler with CA glue.  It occurred to me, when I had to sand a resin part, using a piece of 400-grit laid over a glass panel.  I wound up with a pile of resin dust, enough to fill a small paint jar.  Being Dutchy, I thought to myself, "I can't throw this out--there has to be a use for it."  The gap-filler came to mind, but has anyone else ever tried to recycle the waste, or do you just throw it out?

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Posted by tankerbuilder on Thursday, October 27, 2011 3:58 PM

 Well, being as how I am here to add more to my suggestions , I would say you can. You just have to be very careful when you handle the dust . It would really work better with the two part resin/hardener you can get at the hardware store.You just set it to cure slower and mix the resin powder with it .I should think it would work alright .We used to catch the dust from sanding at the BAJA boat factory and mix it with fresh resin and hardener and it made a wonderful filler . I would try a small amount first .Now , what I came back for .When you sand resin underwater use a small rotating motion and you will remove more material and you won,t end up with flat spots either !    tankerbuilder

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Posted by the Baron on Monday, October 31, 2011 12:34 PM

And wear a dust mask, too, especially if you're going to dry-sand it.

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Posted by VanceCrozier on Monday, October 31, 2011 12:58 PM

yes sir, I don't use the stuff all that often, but I always wet-sand.

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