After Having experimented in Making Perfectly Smooth Surfaces for about a Year now within the Print Process itself, Its time I Capitulate and start putting in some more Work and Sand it all smooth!

Just a bit of an Issue… Whenever I sand Coloured PETG, it looses its Colour and turns into that Broken Plastic White.

As someone who hasn’t had to Fix something like that before, I’m not sure where to even start Fixing this? Can it be Avoided in the Sanding Process, or can the Colour be Regained afterwards?

I have heard of People Treating it with Heat and Vasaline to get the Colour Back, what kind of Methods do you all use and how reliable are they?

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    7 hours ago

    There is a product that is used to restore car headlights.

    The clear plastic on headlights gets foggy and yellow over time.

    It’s not expensive. You can get it online. Lots of names and brands.

    I used some on pla and it did make it look like it had not been sanded.

    I actually documented it.

    So here you go. https://imgur.com/gallery/J01PA0o