I haven't had a platting failure in so long I arrogantly walked into the shop at 8 AM this morning planning to have this brush plated before my kids got up. Well this brush has been tumbled in stainless steel beeds, twice, zincated and plated in copper twice, stripped, plated in nickel, and stripped both in chemical baths and electrostripped in sulfuric acid, then beed blasted, before finally being anodyzed, then stripped and anodized again. It actually turned out pretty nice after taking hours. I'll figure out plating aluminum, but I'd read that zincate processing was temperamental, and now I've confirmed that it is. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk
I have a couple 70/30 hybrid knots from Maggards. I won't say I like them better than my SilverTip Badger brushes, but on firmer triple milled soaps, the load and lather a lot faster than badger. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk
Made a Walnut handle to match a lidded Walnut shave soap bowl I’d made earlier. I have a friend who really likes his Omega ‘98 dupes... The bowl is done with the same techniques I have outlined earlier in the thread. Finish on both is marine grade Urethane, sanded between 3 coats.
That looks absolutely beautiful. Love that color. It looks burgundy with burnt orange undertones.. Looks great. Look forward to seeing it with a knot.
Just out of curioosity. Why not just use some empty toilet paper dowels, or paper towel dowels to pour your resin into?? You are just going to whittle away the outside area anyway, it's inexpensive, readily available, and should be the right.size. .
I could. They're not quite big enough to make a 2 inch blank. This is very easy and I don't have to remove the resin from the mold. I just put the whole thing in the lathe and start turning. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk
If you do this, I would like to see you post the steps, and results. It should make for a good read. .
Couldnt you just coat it inside,with a little Krylon Spray Paint, or any spray paint? That might seal it well enough.
You can name the first one made that way after me. My College colors are red/black(Texas Tech Univ). I would be willing to buy it off of you, if it works.
When I go get some more resin (and some red and black dyes), sure. Not sure when that will be, however. Just used the last of my resin for some green and white handles.
Another resin/wood combo. I turned the two pieces separately, then epoxied the resin and wood parts together afterwards. Creates a little different look and others I have done this way have stood the test of time durability-wise. Green Metallic resin and Sapele is a combo I have used before. The Sapele is a very nice wood to turn and will take on a mahogany-like patina as it ages. The Omega Pro48 is a good companion for it, methinks. One test lather to make sure the knot is secure and then it will be sent off to its TSD owner:
