Thread: Restore Horn

Thank you Bruno. I'm telling you guys, the neatsfoot oil made all the difference. It really rejuvenated the scales. When I sanded, I dipped the paper into the oil, using it like water.

Here's a couple of before shots. These things turned out soooo much better than I could have hoped. Sidmind, make sure you show us your before and after shots too!

Originally Posted by medicevans

Thank you Bruno. I'm telling you guys, the neatsfoot oil made all the difference. It really rejuvenated the scales. When I sanded, I dipped the paper into the oil, using it like water.

Here's a couple of before shots. These things turned out soooo much better than I could have hoped. Sidmind, make sure you show us your before and after shots too!

I am working on two different sets of horn scales right now. The first set which i didn't get photos of before. I am simply amazed after sanding, soaking in neatsfoot, and buffing. I swear I am second guessing myself, as it looks like plastic now. I had to break out the 30x loupe just to make sure I was working on the same set...

The 2nd set I am still soaking. And will post photos later.

I am having problems figuring out how to get the cracks and spots out. Trust me I have read every thing on the Internet about horn scale repair. And still stuck. But it's perhaps because I don't have the right stuff. I live in a small town and had to use what I could find at walmart.

I used 5 minute epoxy and a 94 cent bottle of black acrylic paint from the craft section.
I thought it was going to work great but when I started sanding it all came off. The voids were not exactly filled with epoxy. I might have to get the dry pigment like the "how-to showed" any one else use a common product I could buy from walmart to dye their epoxy?