Polished G10

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Flashpoint

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I was thinking of polishing the G10 handle on my Skyline. My hope is to get something along the lines of the Leek with the G10 polished scales.

Anyone have any advice?
 
Well, that's something. I didn't really think of that. What so dangerous about it to constitute a respirator?
 
Probably no worse than working on a fiberglass boat, but you'd wear a respirator then, too.
 
Definitely wear a respirator anytime you are grinding stone, glass or ceramics. The tiny particles go in your lungs and cause silicosis. It's incurable and will kill you. I work with ceramics and no way in hell do I want to die that way. Do your lungs a favor.
 
It looks like we pretty much have the respirator thing covered. One thing I would point out is that if you are going to grind G10 on power tools, get the respirator that specs out for organic gas vapors. The epoxy releases vapors and an unholy stink when you apply friction. I have a few other thoughts. Safety glasses are good, don't work it inside your house and be careful with grinders. G10 clean up sucks. You may see a small pile of g10 dust, but, it can quickly turn into a thin coating on everything in that room (use a shopvac, that seems to work best). Don't remove your respirator until you have finished your clean up. Everything I point out comes from learning the hard way.;):D
 
WEAR RESPIRATOR-check. ;)


I really wasn't thinking of using a power tool. I was thinking of using a small diamond file to round the edges a bit and then wet sand by hand until I reached the texture I wanted. Will that not work? Is G10 too hard to not use a power tool?
 
G10 moves OK under aggressive sand paper. You will have to work up through the grits like anything else. It will take a bit of time but you should be fine.:thumbup:
 
One thing that might help keeping the dust down, but is not a substitute for wearing a respirator and I have not personally tried this, might be to use wet paper wet. And as spiral noted, start off coarse and work your way up the grits. I would guess the final polish would be on a buffing wheel.
 
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