How to finish turned acrylic?

You might pick up some canopy polish from your local civil airport or from an on line aircraft supply house
http://www.chiefaircraft.com/airsec/Aircraft/Chemical/AcrylicCleanerPolish.html

-- Tim -- http://tmuli.com

I can’t see why some EEE cutting paste & shellawak would not work but have not turned acrylic.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

the acrylic sanding pads should give you everything you need.
I think there is some plastic polish out there that can be used as well. I haven’t done many acrylics do I don’t have all the details. The few i have made were only sanded to 220 grit and then hit with 0000 steel wool.

-- ~ www.darrylmasterson.com ~ www.woodworkingdungeon.blogspot.com ~

I have used car wax with good results.

-- Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit.

also I always wet sand acrylic and have the micro mesh sanding pads. Like you I seem to always want to polish, but it’s not needed.

runngt

-- It seem's I just make scrap wood and saw dust most of the time !

I have been told to sand up to a high grit… 1200 or so then finish with plastic polish or some folks use CA glue….

-- Chris

I have done several, and if you polish to 12000 at high speed, with a light touch, nothing else is needed.

-- Maplewood, MN