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Originally Posted by mongrull006

What do you use to buff the finished scales with?

Ty

A clean cotton towel. If you get the pour right, nothing needs buffed. The finish dries smooth and high gloss. You could put a little carnauba wax on them if you wanted, but that may make them a bit too slick when wet. That is part of the beauty; you don’t need to do anything to them. Cut, sand, pour, cure, use. The left two in the photo have not been touched beyond pouring the resin. The others were my first attempts so I hit them with some 000 steel wool and put two coats of high gloss urethane over the epoxy to restore the shine to see how it worked out.

I have never had to buff out a scratch, but the commonly recommended procedure is to wet sand it, I would go to 1500, maybe 2K. Then use a little polishing compound and then polish. That is pretty much the same procedure for buffing out scratches in any paint coat. You just have to be a little more gentle than buffing on metal, you do not want to burn the finish for buff away the epoxy. Again, I have never had to do it so this is all theoretical knowledge. If anyone as more hands on knowledge, please speak up.