Thread: Attempt at home made Micarta scales Flop

Originally Posted by kalerolf

I have used more than once those plastic bags. Epoxy dont stick on those bags.
Some people use backing paper but imo those bags are easier to remove from the material.

Note: make dure that the plastic lays flat otherwise you get not a flat surface and you must sand that out.

The wax paper comes of the micarta in pieces all the time and tears everywhere.
Is there a trick that will make the wax paper come off easier or should i try the plastic bag next time or buy better wax paper?

Originally Posted by traps38

The wax paper comes of the micarta in pieces all the time and tears everywhere.
Is there a trick that will make the wax paper come off easier or should i try the plastic bag next time or buy better wax paper?

Metal sheets with mold release work very well!

Love the color pattern.

Originally Posted by kalerolf

Love the color pattern.

I agree. Those are going to look nice when done. Good luck and keeps us posted.

Well,here is my end product.

Don't forget this is my first time making Micarta.

Now there a lot of tweeks i need to figure out but i think this is something i am going to try and figure out and have fun with.



Just a couple of questions if anyone knows.

Is there anything you can put on Micarta scales to make them shiny and what happens if you wet the scales now?

You can't really tell in the picture but there is some brown gold color between the design of the blue and white which i figure is the resin showing.

Is there a way for this not to show or just use dark colors next time?

Please be kind with your remarks and i will for sure do another one soon.

Hope you enjoyed my process.

I'm really intrigued from top to bottom. How do the scales feel in your hands? I'm huge on textures and following the pictures from start to finish has really piqued my interest. You did a fine job on that, sir.

Originally Posted by Jonah

I'm really intrigued from top to bottom. How do the scales feel in your hands? I'm huge on textures and following the pictures from start to finish has really piqued my interest. You did a fine job on that, sir.

Thank you.
They feel solid and have a good weight to them.
They did get very smooth from the sanding and feel great.
Now i have them in my "Honing garage" waiting for them to get honed.
NEXTTTTTTTTTTTT......

I like the look of them. The white marks look like they are floating over the other colors like a cloudy sky. Never worked with micarta yet since I couldn't get it to set right, but I would think that sanding to a high grit and polishing would make them shine. Maybe someone with more experience will chime in. Either way great job, I like them.

As far as the shiny thing, you can use some marine polish.
Use a dremel on very low speed

Originally Posted by kalerolf

As far as the shiny thing, you can use some marine polish.
Use a dremel on very low speed

Thank you.
Where would you get this marine polish?