How to Smooth Plastic Handles

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subxaanyo Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 5	How to Smooth Plastic Handles 06/17/2009 3:42 PM
	I wanted to make my plastic cane handles that we manufacture smooth does any one has any idea how to make them smooth at the handle other then dip molding or over molding. is their anything that i can spray and will make the handle smoother?
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ozzb Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Rosedale, Maryland USA Posts: 5197 Good Answers: 266	#1 Re: cane handles 06/17/2009 4:10 PM
	Buffing wheel. __________________ Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving in a pretty, pristine body but rather to come sliding in sideways, all used up and exclaiming, "Wow, what a ride!"
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pantaz Guru Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Van Nuys, CA Posts: 563 Good Answers: 33	#2 Re: How to Smooth Plastic Handles 06/17/2009 6:19 PM
	Buffing, Flame polishing, Tumbling
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Just an Engineer Guru Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 2181 Good Answers: 255	#3 Re: How to Smooth Plastic Handles 06/17/2009 11:04 PM
	Work on the tooling. If the moulded plastic is rought, then you have a part line mismatch, an insert surface mismatch or the mould is not closing properly and you have flash, or else the internal surface is designed to make a rough part. The cost of fixing the tool PROPERLY once will save you all the rework, training, and inspections that will be there forever if you don't. __________________ Just an Engineer from the land down under.
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liketohunt Participant Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 2	#4 Re: How to Smooth Plastic Handles 06/18/2009 9:58 AM
	Depending on the type of pastic you are using for your canes it may be possible to powder coat them. Our company has a patented process that makes most non conductive materials temporarily conductive. The canes can be sprayed or dipped in the solution and then powder painted by conventional means. The plastic must be able to with stand the powder paint curing temperatures that can be as low as 250 degrees f and as high as 400 degree f. Most conventional powders cure around 320 - 340 degrees f. Nylon materials can be painted very easily with this process. Please feel free to email me with any questions kstay@novocinc.com
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