Acrylic Sheet Edge Polishing

This design will do a faster job.

Acrylic sheet edge polishing.

Use 8 to 14 200 300 mm diameter bleached muslin wheels designed with bias strips which give the buffing wheel a pleated appearance. 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. We also sell and service a full line of shannon plastic bending machines. However for a finer finished look to the sheet s border it s possible to use a variety of polishing or beveling techniques.

Edge finisher company manufactures machines that produce clear polished edges on acrylic plastic sheets. Edge polishing is best done on a stationary polishing head. Not every burner is suitable for flame polishing both the shape of the flame and the fuel have a major impact on the end result. George vondriska demonstrates his expert woodworking tip for how to polish plexiglass acrylic edges.

It is important to remove the protective masking from the material s edge when flame polishing. Place a sanding block in the corner of a sheet of sandpaper and trace an outline around the block with a pencil. The flame should be bluish nearly invisible approximately 3 75mm long and narrow. Flame polishing the edges are milled and then pass an 800 f flame over the edge to a high luster great for the typical acrylic application such as a tabletop.

Edge finish quality depends on the selection of the polishing compounds. 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. 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. Polishing acrylic edges when acrylic is mechanically cut it s often left with rough edges.

Sanding down your acrylic 1 cut out a piece of 180 grit sandpaper. For applications where edges are not exposed this is okay.