The mold I built for the resin cuff leaves one end much bulkier than the other end. Most of the pendants require some sort of hand-sanding to take off the raised edges. The amount of sanding the cuff required made me put it on the back burner until I could find the right tool.

In consulting with my in-laws and then the internet, I found the appropriate tool is a Dremel.

I found a Dremel 300-N/55 on sale at Target for less than it was online anywhere else. Donning my respirator and safety glasses, I attached the smallest sanding tool and went to town on one end of the cuff.

The cuff on the left has a clear coat over the sanded area. While sanding the cuff, the material gets really cloudy on the surface. While washing off the sanding debris, I noticed that water helped to make edges clear again, and figured the clear coat would have the same property. The picture in the middle is a close-up of the coated cuff.

You can see some sanding marks at the top. I’m going to make a second pass with a finer grit sander bit on the Dremel to smooth out the one on the right. The third picture shows the top view of the sanded edge. The picture doesn’t capture how white the uncoated cuff is.

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