RE: Varnishing wood chess pieces?
XTC-3D® will hide the layer lines and is made to stick to 3D print plastic and wood-fill filaments.
https://www.smooth-on.com/products/xtc-3d/
I have used it with vase printed with T-Glase to get a transparent / glass like look.
RE: Varnishing wood chess pieces?
That - is one neat product. Added to my Amazon wish list for future reference...
RE: Varnishing wood chess pieces?
Do a quick google on the subject. There are a lot of useful articles. You may not want to make it glass smooth so much as bring out the wood texture.
RE: Varnishing wood chess pieces?
Great tips all - will investigate (agree, think collective amazon baskets just expanded!)
Bobstro - thanks for this, had googled before and not spotted this, really useful link!
RE: Varnishing wood chess pieces?
XTC-3D® will hide the layer lines and is made to stick to 3D print plastic and wood-fill filaments.
https://www.smooth-on.com/products/xtc-3d/
I have used it with vase printed with T-Glase to get a transparent / glass like look.
This looks like clear epoxy resin for coating arts. A and B component, 10 minutes working time, exothermic, cure at 23 degrees and above, 2 hours no-tack, 12-24h full cure, 60 degrees for fast curing - hmm, sounds very much like epoxy. Maybe OP could try epoxy resin ...? 🙂 They are quite easy to get, not abhorrently expensive, not that hard to work with, just differentiate between casting and coating resin.