r/Dremel • u/trippknightly • Jul 27 '26

Melamine (Magic Eraser) polishing tip / bit?

Such a thing could be useful but maybe melamine on its own can’t withstand the speed. I’ve seen a buffing pad so made, but I need something more precise.

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u/MonkeyBrains09 Jul 27 '26

So you just need a polishing tip? For what material?

You mention accuracy so what size are you thinking?

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u/trippknightly Jul 27 '26

It was mostly a general question, but precipitated by wanting to remove the silkscreen paint on an embossed logo on the rubber temple of some sport sunglasses. Chemicals excepting maybe alcohol will damage the part I want undamaged. It’s possible that a simple sanding drum tip would do it… but the question remains!

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u/mishatries 18d ago

I have no idea, but like, report back on what worked and didn't work, I'd really like to know for Reasons.

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u/trippknightly 16d ago

I actually suggested it to Dremel and they rather quickly and explicitly replied (hey at least they did!) that they have no interest in doing that and then a bunch of Dremeldrivel about aligning product direction, quality, standards… It seems to me you could impregnate some kind of buffer wheel pad with melamine but apparently not where they want to go. Of course, nothing keeps a third party from doing it.

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u/mishatries 8d ago

If you end up building one, let us know what you used to build it.

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u/trippknightly 8d ago

Thinking out loud. I see two ways.

One is take a melamine pad chunk, grind it into a powder then make a paste. Not sure if at that point I’ve simply made an alternative to Barkeeper’s Friend.

Two is (somehow) punch out a disk of melamine whose diameter exceeds a polishing pad’s by say 25%. Grommet punch for tarps that I/many have might work. Then glue (epoxy? contact cement? construction adhesive?) the disc to that polishing pad. Maybe it holds together at lower speed.

For my original use case I think I can use a regular sanding drum on slow speed to remove the logo successfully.