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RESIN DUST and it,s deletion
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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