Corian Question

[Liesl Dexheimer]

When engraving darker corian does it need to be color filled or will it engrave white?

[Bruce Clumpner]

My only experience is with white, which stays white, so I'd plan on color fill

[Mike Null]

It engraves to about the same color as the edge. I colorfill all Corian.

[Liesl Dexheimer]

Ok, thank you for the info. What do you usually use to colorfill? I know years ago I engraved a small piece of corian and used rub n buff. What about acrylic paint or spray paint? Do you usually mask it with transfer tape?

[Mike Null]

Liesl

I usually mask it with transfer tape just to ease the cleanup. I usually use acrylic paints though the gold I used was Rustoleum as it was for an outdoor installation. That has held up well and the customer just ordered another piece because of it.

[Ross Moshinsky]

Be careful with dark Corian. If you sand, be prepared to sand to a very high grit. Light colors look fine at 300-1000 grit. Dark colors look cloudy. It's an extra 3-4 steps of sanding to bring it back to factory finish.

[Mike Null]

Good point. I usually polish it to get a good gloss.

[Mark Sipes]

Just use a buffing wheel with polishing compound to bring back a high luster..


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