Kev Williams
02-06-2017, 4:33 PM
Asking because I'm in the middle of repairing some glass awards that were engraved wrong (most by someone else, one by me ;) )
I fixed one about 3 weeks ago- I found that it's relatively easy to sand glass down. It's work, but I was surprised that it only took me about 10 minutes to sand down enough to get past the engraving.
What isn't relatively easy is polishing the sanding marks out! I just have a few basics for polishing, a few wheels and an assortment of compounds. But none of the compounds provided much bite on glass.
I realize there's likely whole machines & such for doing glass, but I'm not going that deep into this, we're talking a half dozen tops- Area I'm fixing is 1/2" x 4" approx...
I fixed one about 3 weeks ago- I found that it's relatively easy to sand glass down. It's work, but I was surprised that it only took me about 10 minutes to sand down enough to get past the engraving.
What isn't relatively easy is polishing the sanding marks out! I just have a few basics for polishing, a few wheels and an assortment of compounds. But none of the compounds provided much bite on glass.
I realize there's likely whole machines & such for doing glass, but I'm not going that deep into this, we're talking a half dozen tops- Area I'm fixing is 1/2" x 4" approx...