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  1. 6th February 2015, 11:04 AM #1
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    Angry acrylic dimple problem

    hello all

    I've just turned down a bought acrylic
    unfortunately it must have had a couple of air bubbles as I now have a few smallish dimples/craters/holes/whatever, which I'm not too happy about

    anyway what's the best way to fill them? ca? or something else?

    thanks in anticipation
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  3. 6th February 2015, 12:03 PM #2
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    you sure they were bubbles? you didn't use a blunt tool causing chatter when you turned it did you.

    I've done it myself. I now stop a Bees-D#@k before final size and sand out the dimples.

    Too many times I've gone for a final cut and given myself the problem, so I sand the final passes, bit more time, less chance of mucking it up.
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    Yes, just fill them with CA. Medium if you have it so it doesn't run away, otherwise a few layers of thin will get you there.
    Just turn or sand back to the original blank.
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    Yep,

    Looks like a bubble to me.

    fill with ca and sand it back, you'll never see it.
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    I was pretty sure it wasn't something I did

    thanks for your responses
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    I would also go the CA route and sand to the finish. It looks like a bubble to me as well

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