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Step 8FINISH
The great thing about a wood lathe is that the entire project can be done on one peice of equipment. The foam lathe is no different. We cut the rough shape on the lathe, now we can lightly sand, apply a finish and polish.
Finish
-Sand with fine grit
-Now you can go over the whole peice with a very fine grit sandpaper (220+). If you have been doing this all along the way than you can skip it. The idea is to remove any scratches wihout changing the shape. I found this a little hard to do, as the foam is very soft and comes of easily.
-Seal or paint
-Foam is tricky to paint because many things will disolve it. I used watered down elmers glue. Acrilic paint should work, but I did not try.
-Polish
Once the peice is dry, you can pollish is right on the lathe. I skipped this part, but you can probably get a nice shine by applying a soft cloth the peice while it is spinning.
-Remove
-You are done! Now just remove the peice from the faceplate. Foam is soft so you can cut it easily with an exacto knife. I did this with the lathe turned off.
Finish
-Sand with fine grit
-Now you can go over the whole peice with a very fine grit sandpaper (220+). If you have been doing this all along the way than you can skip it. The idea is to remove any scratches wihout changing the shape. I found this a little hard to do, as the foam is very soft and comes of easily.
-Seal or paint
-Foam is tricky to paint because many things will disolve it. I used watered down elmers glue. Acrilic paint should work, but I did not try.
-Polish
Once the peice is dry, you can pollish is right on the lathe. I skipped this part, but you can probably get a nice shine by applying a soft cloth the peice while it is spinning.
-Remove
-You are done! Now just remove the peice from the faceplate. Foam is soft so you can cut it easily with an exacto knife. I did this with the lathe turned off.
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