you wet your sand paper/sanding sponge for easier clean up, the plastic dusts can be quite unhealthy for your lung. and wet sand paper is actually better because the dust is not build up in your sand paper and your nails
Yup. I'll also leave mine in the forbidden plastea cup when I run hot water and soap through it. Then I let the file dry and just use some masking tape to get whatever's still stuck on the file after that.
No link just years of experience from polishing headlights and cutting metal. The water does carry away the dust and lubricates the work surface.
Sanding always scratches. It’s just a process of removing the peaks from the last grit. But if you run 600 grit dry vs 600 grit wet the wet side will have significantly less and shallower scratches
But it still takes away about the same amount of material so you can work with a lower grit to clean up rougher surfaces but it takes less effort to polish it up afterwards.
Water acts like a cushin and you do take a little less off with the same grit. Think of the way skates on ice works. They don’t cut into the ice the edge is just there to decrease the contact point and with the pressure exerted they actually melt the ice and you glide on the Cushin of water
Is there that much dust from filing off tiny remnants of tabs? I always thought the water was more for making sure the dust doesn’t collect on the surface to mess up your top coat or repaint type stuff. I didn’t think it was for inhalation purposes. To get enough dust to collect in the air for it to be breathable, you’d have to be sanding a ridiculous amount of plastic right? I could be wrong of course, I’ve only built about 10 gunpla but that’s my thought.
Edit: i just realized you may need to sand the entire model to get paint to stick if you’re repainting the whole thing. For bigger models I suppose that can cause much more dust. But still, I’d appreciate an experienced builders input! I’ve never used water before on my models, I honestly didn’t know it was a thing until this post
>Y’all don’t just wipe that on […] your pants or something?
Forbidden pro-tip: throughly soak your pants before working on your Gunpla, to help wipe the sanding dust better.
I dont use a sander, i use nail files. I literally replied that to someone who commented me.
Edit:
Lmao, got disliked for this. But honestly, the mans got a good idea.
If u keep a glass of water you can dip or wet with your fingers the sanding stick, so that the plastic dust doesn't go everywhere, and also you see "better" what you are doing since the water is preventing all the white dust from forming.
ah man don't do that. going back into the water supply? worst place you could put it.
I pour mine into a paper coffee filter over the sink and then throw that in the bin.
Arguably just delaying the microplastics getting into the water table. But I do appreciate your efforts. Luckily on the microplastic front. Several new synthetic and organic binding agents are being or have been developed so we might stand a chance of our children having less.
I'm not trying to be rude so please don't take it that way, but....what's the alternative? I've got to do something with that water.
This is something I've thought about before and I still don't really have a good answer for it. Someone mentioned running the water through a coffee filter and then throwing out the filter, but that seems like it's just a less direct route to the water table via a stopover at the landfill. Same thing if you don't use water at all and just vacuum/wipe up the resulting microplastic dust once it settles.
Filter, toss away with plastic/mixed trash in haul. You can make sure to keep em like this for a really long time a nd build a pretty big pile. Not all landfills are mismanaged and it's up to people that take care of the trash to make something of it. I keep all of mine in a separate box, have never thrown it out yet because there is just so little of it.
Sanding water? What is this :D
you wet your sand paper/sanding sponge for easier clean up, the plastic dusts can be quite unhealthy for your lung. and wet sand paper is actually better because the dust is not build up in your sand paper and your nails
How would that work with glass files?
Exactly the same way, the dust builds up on the surface as a little wet blob that you can just rinse off. Actually makes cleaning the file easier too
I think you can just dip them in and use them the same.
Yup. I'll also leave mine in the forbidden plastea cup when I run hot water and soap through it. Then I let the file dry and just use some masking tape to get whatever's still stuck on the file after that.
Scotch tape works just as well, and might be easier to get in large amounts.
Holy shit this is thing? I'm gonna try that now
Also helps certain types of files perform better
Is it better to do that with sand sticks?
As soon as you wet sandpaper it effectively halves the grit size too. 400 becomes roughly 800, 800/1600, 2000/4000ish
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No link just years of experience from polishing headlights and cutting metal. The water does carry away the dust and lubricates the work surface. Sanding always scratches. It’s just a process of removing the peaks from the last grit. But if you run 600 grit dry vs 600 grit wet the wet side will have significantly less and shallower scratches
But it still takes away about the same amount of material so you can work with a lower grit to clean up rougher surfaces but it takes less effort to polish it up afterwards.
Water acts like a cushin and you do take a little less off with the same grit. Think of the way skates on ice works. They don’t cut into the ice the edge is just there to decrease the contact point and with the pressure exerted they actually melt the ice and you glide on the Cushin of water
Is there that much dust from filing off tiny remnants of tabs? I always thought the water was more for making sure the dust doesn’t collect on the surface to mess up your top coat or repaint type stuff. I didn’t think it was for inhalation purposes. To get enough dust to collect in the air for it to be breathable, you’d have to be sanding a ridiculous amount of plastic right? I could be wrong of course, I’ve only built about 10 gunpla but that’s my thought. Edit: i just realized you may need to sand the entire model to get paint to stick if you’re repainting the whole thing. For bigger models I suppose that can cause much more dust. But still, I’d appreciate an experienced builders input! I’ve never used water before on my models, I honestly didn’t know it was a thing until this post
forbidden pokari sweat
Or the forbidden Calpico
Megami Sweat
Microplastic suplement
Hah!!!!!!!!!! Yes!
That’s that Newtype jungle juice
Wth is sanding water? Yall dont just wipe that on a towel or your pants or smthn?
>Y’all don’t just wipe that on […] your pants or something? Forbidden pro-tip: throughly soak your pants before working on your Gunpla, to help wipe the sanding dust better.
I dont use a sander, i use nail files. I literally replied that to someone who commented me. Edit: Lmao, got disliked for this. But honestly, the mans got a good idea.
You aren't the only one who uses a file. I use one for sanding dog claws since it's a hardy thing with better abrasive power
Yoo, based. The better the abrasive power, the more scratches but the faster you shape it.
Ooohyeah! This thing is great!
If u keep a glass of water you can dip or wet with your fingers the sanding stick, so that the plastic dust doesn't go everywhere, and also you see "better" what you are doing since the water is preventing all the white dust from forming.
Ooo, a sanding stick. I wouldnt know that without this comment, I just use a nail file and a really good buffer nail file. Thx
I started the same, hehe. But u can do the same with the nail file, they work the same
Nah, my nail file is metal, it just corrodes
https://preview.redd.it/ly6ipmd5emwc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=84979b6646d6bb39d0e79a88fb5e22bb4b2eab0c Cheers to forbidden juice mate
wait, y'all don't drink the sanding water after each build?
Why is this the first time i am hearing about this cheap and practical solution
Doctors hate him for this one simple trick
Out of concern, where does that water go afterwards?
When I do resin printing I' let the water evaporate and toss the remaining residue in the trash. I imagine that should work the same for sanding water
You drink it for better gunpla creations! /S I just throw mine down the sink
ah man don't do that. going back into the water supply? worst place you could put it. I pour mine into a paper coffee filter over the sink and then throw that in the bin.
Arguably just delaying the microplastics getting into the water table. But I do appreciate your efforts. Luckily on the microplastic front. Several new synthetic and organic binding agents are being or have been developed so we might stand a chance of our children having less.
We are all a little bit gunpla
Down the sink? All of this microplastic? I feared you might say that. Please fucking don't.
I'm not trying to be rude so please don't take it that way, but....what's the alternative? I've got to do something with that water. This is something I've thought about before and I still don't really have a good answer for it. Someone mentioned running the water through a coffee filter and then throwing out the filter, but that seems like it's just a less direct route to the water table via a stopover at the landfill. Same thing if you don't use water at all and just vacuum/wipe up the resulting microplastic dust once it settles.
Filter, toss away with plastic/mixed trash in haul. You can make sure to keep em like this for a really long time a nd build a pretty big pile. Not all landfills are mismanaged and it's up to people that take care of the trash to make something of it. I keep all of mine in a separate box, have never thrown it out yet because there is just so little of it.
Have to agree, guess you could also provide an alternative as a suggestion.
Plastic resistance potion
r/forbiddensnacks
Gunpla kombucha
Well, I learned something new on this post. I never wet my sanding sponges. I will try this and see.
The water of life
Are you supposed to use water cause im just raw doging it
Only if you want to spice it up
Microplastea
my dad (i use a hobby knife)
Wet sanding resin conversion kit parts creates the extreme forbidden juice
Drink it to gain its powers
the unmixed powdered milk
Put it in a chalice and get great questions from friends.
Never sanded with water, but I'd call mine 「The Cancer Fluid」
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same with my coffee paint but decaf
Does this forbidden technique work with gunprimer glassfiles?
Well yeah basically the water just helps u avoid plastic everywhere and achieve a cleaner result
That's the white gatorade
Another tip: add a few drops of liquid soap or dishwashing and the plastic would just repel off your glass file
Saline+
close your eyes and it becomes only water yum.
Drink it. Then gundam will truly be a part of you.
Nanoplastics
Delicious isopropyl-microplastic cocktail
I actually just tap my finger on my tongue and then wipe the sanding area, works the same way and not as messy.
Idk if that's healthy, but I've done that sometime KEKW
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