advice on wax milling

[manakawari]

Im looking to create molds for casting resin and silicone and im looking for a good material to mill my master from that will have a good finish without tool marks...im wondering about wax...how would i polish wax or plastic to a smooth finish before casting a mold?

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[358Magnum]

My advice m3 (Same as rough side on spounges) Plastic abressive!

[manakawari]

Im sorry can you elaborate a bit more??...are you suggesting i mill my masters from m3? Or use it to polish wax masters??..basically im looki g for a process (materials and polishing method) so i may mill masters in order to use to make a silicone mold...im worried about tool marks and not a glossy finished surface after resin casting. .i

im sure there is an industry standard for making and finishing masters with a cnc and was wondering what it was..

[358Magnum]

Pleace clearafy your Qestion! Do you want to mill, without it showing toolmark? Our would you get rid off allready done marks? I have only been doing this for 25 years, so the question for me is simple, if you mill. it will show! I am sorry if i was not clear about that! And my advice where ABSOLUTLY! Ment for remowing tool marks after! So sorry that the truth is ! Tool marks will allways show !

[manakawari]

Thanks so if i understand you correctly i should mill my mold from say acrylic and polish out the tool marks with m3??.what is the process??just wet polish with a sponge that has that material or perhaps use a polishing cream?? Thanks this helps a lot