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    But of course!

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    House of kolor made all the badazz pigments for auto paint as I recall.
    Stupid expensive, and equally hard to do properly. My hats off to those that can do it..
    I could paint a mean airplane wing 'back in the day'. No one could see the fisheye at 30000 ft. Hehe.
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    'I could paint a mean airplane wing 'back in the day'. No one could see the fisheye at 30000 ft. Hehe'


    I am gonna save that one!

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    Very cool looking brush Mike, glad to see it came out so well
    Look sharp and smell nice for the ladies.~~~Benz
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    Been messing with the rubberset molds, mixing up some more shades.
    Found out kerosene leaves a trace residue which can foul the brew. I was using the kerosene as a cleaner between castings to remove all traces of the previous cast.
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    Prevented cure, and caused bubbling, even under 60 psi pressure casting. So back to IPA only final rinse on the silicone molds.

    Got a long awaited knot order in so I can start to see what these can actually look like.
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    Almost got these dialed in. Just need to bore out a couple more of em.
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    Very cool Mike, they look great - I remember holding a couple of your prototypes....with a little added weight in them, would be hard to tell the difference from the real thing...that blue one is fantastic....

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    That's awesome! A "long awaited knot" definitely piques the interest. Planning on a wee surprise?

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