What Manly Things Did You Do Today?

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  1. Enrico

    Enrico Popcorn

    It's been a while since I mix those, but one I really like is Leather and Pinaud Lime Sec. :D
     
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  2. BigMark83

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    I don't see a manliness issue. Some guys restore furniture, cars, etc.
     
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  3. Stu929

    Stu929 Well-Known Member

    Today I finally started working on a personal challenge of a brush. I picked it up so see just how far I could bring a brush back. I probably should have just saved the money but like I said I wanted to see what I could do. I also wanted to see how light the base would get as I have seen some of these turn almost white when refinished.

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    I colored my epoxy and heated and squeezed it back into shape and filled the hole with epoxy. I then sanded it all the way down to 60 grit and worked my way up. I went back down to 60 when I noticed all the marks were not gone when workes my way back up to 2500 grit. Then polished it with several grades of polish and finally flitz.

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    She's not perfect but I'm surprised just how much I was able to get out. May try again to move a couple more marks but given how I received it I'm happy with the outcome.

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    I can still see the crack, and see some of the stress marks/cracking but most of it came out and compared to what it is I was pleasantly surprised with how it turned out. I need to pick up some more variety of sandpaper so that my steps between grit are smaller. Now I have to decide on if I leave the 24mm 2 Band in it or get something like a Tuxedo for it.
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  4. John Ruschmeyer

    John Ruschmeyer Well-Known Member

    Beautiful work. I'm thinking that the base on that brush must be Catalin, like the handle on a Schick E-series.
     
  5. Stu929

    Stu929 Well-Known Member

    Seems very similar. Wish it would have all come out but I think I was asking a lot. Given how it started I fully expected to crack it when I heated it and tried to reshape it!
     
  6. joamo

    joamo Well-Known Member

    Dug up an established lilac bush that was too close to the foundation and transplanted a portion of it to a new spot.
     
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  7. RyX

    RyX DoH!

    Gonna have to try both of those! Never would have considered Leather and Lime Sec. I haven't mixed in a bottle, but Osage Rub and Florida Water go well together.
    I've mixed 50/50 Pinaud S.R. & English Leather for good results. When the small bottle was used up I did 1/3's those two and Avon Leather. The results have a slight coniferous scent under the mild leather.
     
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  8. richgem

    richgem suffering from chronic clicker hand cramps

    Too bad you already have a CT because "slightly coniferous sent under mild leather" would be a good one for someone.
     
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  9. RyX

    RyX DoH!

    I thought that sounded classier that whiffs like a leather clad pine tree.
     
  10. sdguero

    sdguero Well-Known Member

    I went fishing. I saw a lot of fish activity but they didn't want to play with me. Nevertheless, it was a grand day on the lake... I was the only one there fishing for much of the day. No TV, no radio, no cell phone service. Very relaxing.

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  11. mrchick

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    I did a season as a lumberjack 35 years ago and still have memories of my friends singing this song to me when I came home on weekends
     
  12. RetLEO-07

    RetLEO-07 likes his penguin deep fried, with pink sparkles

    @jaxstraww, thanks for turning me on to Heartfelt. Their humidifier works great. Rock steady at 70% RH.
     
  13. jaxstraww

    jaxstraww Well-Known Member

    Excellent news. Glad the project was a success.

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  14. BamaT

    BamaT Well-Known Member

    Beautiful lake! I grew up fishing smaller lakes similar to this one, and really loved using light and ultra-light gear.
     
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  15. RetLEO-07

    RetLEO-07 likes his penguin deep fried, with pink sparkles

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  16. GarnerPW

    GarnerPW Well-Known Member

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  17. RetLEO-07

    RetLEO-07 likes his penguin deep fried, with pink sparkles

    Thanks!
     
  18. Sara-s

    Sara-s This Pun for Hire

    I got my husband to try shooting at some more challenging targets.
     
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  19. Enrico

    Enrico Popcorn

    What did you do ... give the squirrels coffee?

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  20. richgem

    richgem suffering from chronic clicker hand cramps

    Holy carp! RUN!!!!
     

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