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Gloss White ABS



          Material Surface Finishes




                 Description:
                 Description:                                                                                      Original White ABS
                  ABS is a very common material in making products, it is a easily moulded material that can be dyed many



                 Rational for Chosen Material:
                 Rational for Chosen Material:
                  White ABS is the choosen material for my Hand mixer redesign, this colored material is used very commonly
                  in  injection moulded parts in products like this


                 Equipment Used:
                 Equipment Used:
                  Sand paper going from a low grit such as 180 to a high grit, 800. Grey primer and white spray paint


                 Manufac  ture P rocess:
                 Manufacture Process:
                  Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene, or ABS, is an opaque thermoplastic. It is an amorphous polymer comprised
                  of three monomers, acrylonitrile, butadiene and styrene. ABS is most commonly polymerised through the   Replication

                  single product. When the three monomers are combined, the acrylonitrile develops a polar attraction with


                 Method:
                 Method:








                   Sand down the                         Sand again with    Spray with grey
                 swatch with rough       primer          higher grit sand       primer        white spray paint
                    sand paper                               paper
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