What little experience I have with vinyl kits has included the frustrations of trying to tweak details in a medium that resists smooth carving. Is there a better way to smooth out re-carved areas than just files and sandpaper? Right now, I'm working a spot that is diffult to reach with sandpaper.
I was hoping maybe a very mild solvent that melts the vinyl only on the very surface as applied, or maybe someone has a technique with heating fine probes just enough to smooth out a surface? Anyone try anything like that with any success?
Or...do rotary tool buffing tips come in very small sizes? That might leave too many strands of a buffing head imbedded in the vinyl, but I imagine that's a little easier to clean up or hide.
Teeth. That's what I'm recarving, teeth in a gaping mouth. The gums are just ragged enough from that and just hard enough to reach inside the mouth that using putty and sanpaper is going to be a real chore. Do-able, just tedious - and I'd like better results.
I was hoping maybe a very mild solvent that melts the vinyl only on the very surface as applied, or maybe someone has a technique with heating fine probes just enough to smooth out a surface? Anyone try anything like that with any success?
Or...do rotary tool buffing tips come in very small sizes? That might leave too many strands of a buffing head imbedded in the vinyl, but I imagine that's a little easier to clean up or hide.
Teeth. That's what I'm recarving, teeth in a gaping mouth. The gums are just ragged enough from that and just hard enough to reach inside the mouth that using putty and sanpaper is going to be a real chore. Do-able, just tedious - and I'd like better results.