A tutorial on how NOT to do return edges

[TheKido[501st]]

I love to experiment!

It doesn't matter if it works out or not, the majority of the times things don't even turn out nearly as I first thought...

HOWEVER once in a while I have a brake through and everything turns out perfect..

Unfortunately this is not one of those times..

 

I know there is a great tutorial out there on how to make perfect return edges with a heat sealing iron but since I'm on a budget and like to experiment I thought "You don't need an iron for that" It turns out that, "Yeah you probably do.." 

 

But you learn from mistakes so I'll post this NOTDO.. The tutorial of how to NOT make return edges with a candle, baby knife and a whole lot of nail polish. 

 

My thought was quite simple, I heat the knife and put it where I want a return edge and press

Expectation 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ok so it wasn't entirely a failure but with a hobby iron it would look tons better.. I did however save a few dollars and with some sandpapering I will probably get it to look ok

But to conclude this is probably not a very good way of fixing the return edges although I'm not very skilled or handy it will be hard to get this to the same level as a hobby iron. 

Note also that the plastic is flammable and don't do what I did "Oh look a hedgehog, lets focus on the hedgehog and entirely stop thinking about the chest plate hovering a few millimeters over the candle" It did create a quite realistic laser burn though 

 

Cheerios

[Kessel Run[TK]]

Little sand paper and some polish and you will be just fine..

[LadyInWhite[TK]]

320 to smooth it out, 600/800/1000 to milk it out (wet sand), 1500 & 2000 to finish it off, and Novus or Maguiars to buff it out... voila!