Thread: Some experimenting

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

All great stuff guys,you can buy zillions of extruded handles (all made in China) I love the home brew you guys are doing.one of a kind stuff.

Yeah that's what drove me to it in the first place - couldn't find what I was looking for. Would never had thought to do any of this if not for SRP. Good fun!

Here's the amber one I did last night. That's the clarity I was looking for. I'm going to practice patience and wait for my new tool to turn this one

Just a brain fart here but you could mix a bunch of the glitter into the epoxy for the knot and maybe hide the knot ? Or put a layer of glitter on the wall before you put the knot in.

Looking cool Shane :<0)

Originally Posted by RoyalCake

Quick backstory:
I love all things gaudy when it comes to cars and motorcycles, like heavy metal flake paints, lots of gold and brass, etc. Picture a lime green with gold flake Impala and gold Daytons.
So naturally I want to make a brush like that but my search for glitter acrylics or other materials came up short.

You might like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfXs0m32A8E

I LOVE IT!
LOOKING GOOD!

Originally Posted by 10Pups

Just a brain fart here but you could mix a bunch of the glitter into the epoxy for the knot and maybe hide the knot ? Or put a layer of glitter on the wall before you put the knot in.

Looking cool Shane :<0)

Thanks. Yeah I'm still wondering about ideas to hide the knot. Either a sleeve or like you said just put a lot of filler in the epoxy. They also have opaque dyes for the resin so I imagine I could use that in the epoxy.

Where do you guys get knots that aren't made in China?

Originally Posted by guitstik

Where do you guys get knots that aren't made in China?

Not sure...I believe all the TGN knots are from China. I think that's what most people here use for their knots...

I like that, its good to see a successful experiment

How strong is this stuff, would it be suitable as a scale material ? I wonder if dropping paint in while its setting would work. I suppose you can suspended pretty much anything in there, lots and lots of possibilities

Originally Posted by mike1011

I like that, its good to see a successful experiment

How strong is this stuff, would it be suitable as a scale material ? I wonder if dropping paint in while its setting would work. I suppose you can suspended pretty much anything in there, lots and lots of possibilities

Mike-
Thanks. While I haven't found a published strength number this material seems very strong. Cutting through the rod with a hacksaw is not as easy as I thought. Plenty strong for scales. In fact if you search for resin casting here there's a thread on someone making some nice reproductions.
As far as paints they sell dyes specifically for the resin, but I've seen people on YouTube mixing in powdered paint and seems to work fine.
The material is used a lot for encapsulating objects so yeah you can put almost anything in there. I have an idea for the next one - I'll post it when I get it done

Shane