Originally Posted by
rickytimothy
Amen brother :beer1:
We might have some of these acrylic solvents in our chemistry lab at work here, I'll have to check. Normally when we look at metal under a microscope we cast it in epoxy first so it's easier to handle, we do lots of plastic related stuff. I think that website you linked will probably have brutal shipping to Canada, if they ship here at all, that's usually how these things go. Apparently amazon sells blocks like that, so I'll check there too.
This film progression you're talking about, is this after the 8k, or in place of it?
What I was planning on doing was 1k stone > 4k stone > 8k stone > 1 micron film. I believe 8k is basically the same as 3 micron, so I don't really see any point in working 3 micron in there, or higher. I prefer stones to paper in general, and already spent a whole bunch of money on them, so I figure I might as well use them. The only hangup is the expensive finishing stones.