Sunset Stroll (12 layer acrylic)

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@eric.webb

can use rubbing alcohol to remove any overspray

Be careful when using alcohol to clean acrylic. It can cause serious damage, but not always. Current theory says that cast acrylic is safer with alcohol, but I’ve never rigorously tested that.

Acrylic crazing fail

I’ve known for a while that acrylic plus alcohol is supposed to lead to cracks/hazing, commonly referred to as “crazing”. I’d never actually seen it until now. Here’s a cut piece of extruded acrylic. [image] Now I placed alcohol ink on it, thinking I might be able to get a stained glass effect. Like I said I had never seen crazing before, so I wondered if it were a myth. After about 20 seconds I noticed the cracks starting in from the edges. [image] The cracks were growing, slowly enough…