Comments on: Encore: Polishing Sticks http://hawkeyes-squawkbox.com/2010/02/05/encore-polishing-sticks/ Tips, Comments, Editorials Relating to the World of Scale Modeling Thu, 10 May 2012 01:29:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Dave Reed http://hawkeyes-squawkbox.com/2010/02/05/encore-polishing-sticks/comment-page-1/#comment-1582 Dave Reed Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:28:44 +0000 http://hawkeyes-squawkbox.com/?p=2349#comment-1582 Love the Tips! This past week I just picked up a 4-way buffer from Meijers cosmetic dept made by StudioM for about $1.50. Of course, its made in China. It has a plastic & foam core so you can use it for wet sanding/polishing. The ends narrow down to about 1/4" so you get into smaller spaces. Dave Love the Tips!
This past week I just picked up a 4-way buffer from Meijers cosmetic dept made by StudioM for about $1.50. Of course, its made in China. It has a plastic & foam core so you can use it for wet sanding/polishing. The ends narrow down to about 1/4″ so you get into smaller spaces.
Dave

]]> By: Gerald Voigt http://hawkeyes-squawkbox.com/2010/02/05/encore-polishing-sticks/comment-page-1/#comment-1581 Gerald Voigt Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:39:28 +0000 http://hawkeyes-squawkbox.com/?p=2349#comment-1581 My stash of Polishing Sticks dates back to the mid '90's when a friend and I acquired several cases (thousands of sticks!) of them from a fellow vendor at AirVenture who didn't want to haul all of them back home. They were giving them away as a promo item to visitors to their booth. This company specializes in the restoration of plexi glass canopies on aircraft as well as those on other applications. I used to sell these by the handful at a bargain price. Now I have hit the level of just having enough to hopefully last me a few more years. The company we sourced them from...<a href="http://micro-surface.com/index.php" rel="nofollow">Micro-Surface Finishing Products Inc.</a> The grits of the sticks I have: * Pink - 2400 (coarse) or Black - 2400 (coarse) * White - 4000 * Gray - 12000 (fine) My suggestion is if you're sourcing these polishing sticks from the drug store in the nail care aisle, stick with the brand names such as Revlon, their products are made to a better spec. I investigated having some produced for me under my own label...the responses from the various companies that produce them were many as were the samples they provided. But out of the dozens I received, I was lucky to find one suitable and at a decent cost. One that would allow me to retail them at a price frugal modelers were willing to pay! TIP: You can use the backside as a squeegee to remove water and air bubbles from under a decal. My stash of Polishing Sticks dates back to the mid ’90′s when a friend and I acquired several cases (thousands of sticks!) of them from a fellow vendor at AirVenture who didn’t want to haul all of them back home. They were giving them away as a promo item to visitors to their booth. This company specializes in the restoration of plexi glass canopies on aircraft as well as those on other applications. I used to sell these by the handful at a bargain price. Now I have hit the level of just having enough to hopefully last me a few more years. The company we sourced them from…Micro-Surface Finishing Products Inc. The grits of the sticks I have:
* Pink – 2400 (coarse) or Black – 2400 (coarse)
* White – 4000
* Gray – 12000 (fine)

My suggestion is if you’re sourcing these polishing sticks from the drug store in the nail care aisle, stick with the brand names such as Revlon, their products are made to a better spec. I investigated having some produced for me under my own label…the responses from the various companies that produce them were many as were the samples they provided. But out of the dozens I received, I was lucky to find one suitable and at a decent cost. One that would allow me to retail them at a price frugal modelers were willing to pay!

TIP: You can use the backside as a squeegee to remove water and air bubbles from under a decal.

]]> By: Horton Herrin http://hawkeyes-squawkbox.com/2010/02/05/encore-polishing-sticks/comment-page-1/#comment-1580 Horton Herrin Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:15:06 +0000 http://hawkeyes-squawkbox.com/?p=2349#comment-1580 I, also, would be interested in brand names and sources. Buying anything in a big box store is a crap shoot, as the stuff is packed in plastic so you can't feel the grit. On top of that, the store employees (if you can even find one) haven't the foggiest idea. I've used some of the regular Stevens sanding sticks, but the local poor excuses for hobby shops don't stock regularly. Thanks, Horton I, also, would be interested in brand names and sources. Buying anything in a big box store is a crap shoot, as the stuff is packed in plastic so you can’t feel the grit. On top of that, the store employees (if you can even find one) haven’t the foggiest idea. I’ve used some of the regular Stevens sanding sticks, but the local poor excuses for hobby shops don’t stock regularly. Thanks,

Horton

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