Spending my evening with rub and buff!
Added 2025-02-23 22:02:12 +0000 UTCI was just getting mocked for the fact I am sitting testing my selection of new wax pastes - so I thought I'd share for morale support! I mean, it's a perfectly reasonable way to spend my Sunday night!! 😂😂
This is really cool stuff actually, just rub it onto a 3d print or other material, give it a buff and 'poof!' it looks like metal! Buff it to make it more and more shiny - very cool stuff!!
I'll be featuring it in an upcoming video!!
PS I do need to work out how to get it off the hearth...... 😇
Comments
What do you mean, I was watching it with my kids just a few months ago!! Timeless! (They're all watching Cobra Kai now which features much of the same cast)
Hands on Katie
2025-03-12 18:17:04 +0000 UTCProbably going to show my age here. But remember the wise words of Mr Miyagi in karate kid "wax on wax off"
ZamboMan
2025-03-11 22:23:08 +0000 UTCI love that rub-n-buff finish. I don't have much occasion to use it, but for certain items it fantastic. I finished a couple of knockers with it once. Here's one of them: https://ericschreiber.com/photography/images/knockers.jpg
Eric Schreiber
2025-02-27 21:02:23 +0000 UTCInteresting! I'm going to definitely have to get some to experiment with! Will watch for your video as well.
Greg Staten
2025-02-25 14:05:21 +0000 UTCMe too, I just ordered a load - it's a rub on wax finish - so super easy to apply, but gives a really realistic metallic finish. Unlike paint it doesn't dribble or need to dry, so a really nice finish to work with! I'm doing lots more exploring with it, so watch out for a future video on 3d print finishing!
Hands on Katie
2025-02-25 11:39:11 +0000 UTCSo... What *is* this stuff? Never heard of Rub and Buff before. Very interesting!
Greg Staten
2025-02-24 17:34:35 +0000 UTCI've never thought to rub some paint on my prints. Thanks for that great idea! 😘
Marc Radermacher
2025-02-24 17:21:38 +0000 UTCGreat idea!! He'll never notice!
Hands on Katie
2025-02-23 23:30:22 +0000 UTCOoh that's beautiful!! The statue I printed is in Cornwall and of King Arthur, but love this one too!
Hands on Katie
2025-02-23 23:29:54 +0000 UTCExactly right Bazza - I'll just use spray clear coat on this to seal it in and I can pick satin, high gloss or whatever for my finish. Really impressed at this stuff
Hands on Katie
2025-02-23 23:28:45 +0000 UTCWax so it'll melt in heat, but does it melt quicker than PLA? :D It comes out in a really nice finish, can you apply a coating to it, like varnish or epoxy, to seal it and add some shine (if you want it to look extra shiny)?
Bazza McSpleen
2025-02-23 22:47:22 +0000 UTCVery impressive!
Louie Law
2025-02-23 22:39:10 +0000 UTCThat statue reminded me of the one of Llewellyn ap Gryffydd at Llandovery - https://maps.app.goo.gl/cWGpqgwNotQQsCTR6
Richard Payne
2025-02-23 22:15:28 +0000 UTCI was thinking of grabbing my heat gun! Although given the fire is on at the moment, I might just leave it and test in a bit!!! 😂
Hands on Katie
2025-02-23 22:09:45 +0000 UTCI have a few tubes of that somewhere. I’ll have to dig them out and have a play.
Looeewoo
2025-02-23 22:09:42 +0000 UTCPerfectly normal way to spend a Sunday evening, Katie. Might have to just go all the way on the hearth, though. “What do you mean, honey? The hearth has always been bronze. You insisted on a bronze hearth.”
john gallagher
2025-02-23 22:09:17 +0000 UTCRub and buff is sooo useful. It's wax based, so hot water or heat should get it off most things.
Ryan Russell
2025-02-23 22:08:29 +0000 UTCThat looks great!
DistractedDragonHome
2025-02-23 22:06:34 +0000 UTCHeat
Ken
2025-02-23 22:06:09 +0000 UTC
