Thread: What do you do with destroyed scales?

It all depends how bad they are. If there is material big enough to use for a wedge I save it. I use other pieces to inlay custom scales. Bad parts I grind down to a fine powder to use when filling bug bites with super glue. I put Superglue in the hole and work the horn powder into the Superglue. It dries faster and blends in when sanding.

Originally Posted by MrZ

Wow. I wish I could like that repeatedly! I have a lot to learn.

Even if they are beyond repair, I retain them as fodder for hornoxy. You can keep them as they are or start sanding them and retain the horn dust in a baggie.

In my opinion the time and the effort to try to repair them would be uneconomical.

Get some new horn and make a copy.

Or get some wild glitter and put it in epoxy for repair.....

It might give you a wild look for the art world and you have nothing to loose.

Originally Posted by 32t

In my opinion the time and the effort to try to repair them would be uneconomical.

Get some new horn and make a copy.

Or get some wild glitter and put it in epoxy for repair.....

It might give you a wild look for the art world and you have nothing to loose.

Yeah....Looks like the bugs are still in there?

Pretty much gone!

Never throw anything away!

i found that ebony dust and super glue work well too. Seems when i made horn dust it didn't turn out black but instead grey. re-dyed the whole set with black leather stain.

Originally Posted by tintin

i found that ebony dust and super glue work well too. Seems when i made horn dust it didn't turn out black but instead grey. re-dyed the whole set with black leather stain.

Yes. I have had great luck with Bakelite dust. If you rough-sand the grain into it and polish it up with the scales, turns out well. Best thing so far is the Bog Oak dust from Outback's laboratory.
Indeed some dye. I have used a magic marker!

Originally Posted by AlanQ

I throw them in a drawer and pretend Ill do something with them someday

I've got half a shoebox worth of them sitting on a self.............also someday......lol