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Topic: How to get a matte finish on ABS after acetone vapor bath?

Gloss is fine but sometimes a flat finish would look better. Any ideas how to do that, short of spraying Testors Dull Coat?

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Re: How to get a matte finish on ABS after acetone vapor bath?

Tumbling will take off the gloss and give it a nice soft finish.  It's not very effective for smoothing,  but it's a good followup to acetone.

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Re: How to get a matte finish on ABS after acetone vapor bath?

That's a good idea. What media would you put in it?

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Re: How to get a matte finish on ABS after acetone vapor bath?

Ceramic

https://solidoodletips.wordpress.com/2 … finishing/

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Re: How to get a matte finish on ABS after acetone vapor bath?

I have been thinking of doing vapor blasting.
a friend of mine has the setup and uses extremely fine grit in his. ( like flower)
here is a good article on the process.

http://www.vaporblastingequipment.com/w … ng-process

Note: Ians link is broken

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Re: How to get a matte finish on ABS after acetone vapor bath?

His link works, you just need to remove the s from the HTTP since it is not secure.

http://solidoodletips.wordpress.com/201 … finishing/

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Re: How to get a matte finish on ABS after acetone vapor bath?

Now, now. Ian can't help it if he's insecure.

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