MARCO ANTONIO SILVA
Registered: February 2006
Location: São Paulo (BRASIL)
Posts: 1,451
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Thu February 5, 2009 10:35pm
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Very elegant,Mark
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Marco Antonio (Brasil)
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c jeff mccall
Registered: August 2008
Location: fl panhandle near destin
Posts: 157
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Fri February 6, 2009 2:02pm
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BEAUTIFUL! HANDS DOWN MY FAVORITE STYLE OF WRAP! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. DID YOU USE AN EXISTING PATTERN OR WAS IT DONE ON THE FLY?
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mark blabaum
Registered: June 2006
Location: Southwest - Wisconsin
Posts: 1,282
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Fri February 6, 2009 6:48pm
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Great looking wrap Mark.
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Mark Fisher
Registered: March 2005
Location: Broken Hill, N.S.W, Australia
Posts: 1,715
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Wed February 11, 2009 3:54pm
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Thanks guys. Jeff the pattern was just done on the fly.
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Jorge Pozzobon
Registered: May 2007
Location: Passo Fundo - RS - Brasil
Posts: 1,147
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Mon February 16, 2009 8:25am
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Beautiful look Mark.
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Harold Dean
Registered: August 2008
Location: 100 Mile House B.C. Canada
Posts: 191
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Al Ciner
Registered: October 2005
Location: joliet,illinois
Posts: 692
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Great looking tartan Mark.
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Goh melvin
Registered: October 2009
Location: Singapore
Posts: 13
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Wed October 21, 2009 8:19am
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hi mark, i'm very keen on doing tartan. on the other hand i always end up with a double diamond. I kept pushing the threads to keep them compact, on the other hand they seems to be rather presistant. how do i go about eliminating the thread space.. hope to hear from you soon
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Mark Fisher
Registered: March 2005
Location: Broken Hill, N.S.W, Australia
Posts: 1,715
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Wed October 21, 2009 4:53pm
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Hi Goh, A Tartan wrap is a double diamond but you have to use Regular A size thread without colour preserver. After the diamonds are finished you wrap Regular white (or another light colour) to fill the background. The background does not have to be tightly wrapped and it is better if it isn't. Then you apply the epoxy and watch it "bleed" into the regular thread creating the tartan effect. When theat coat is dry, you can add some trim threads in metalic or NCP thread and then apply another coat or two of epoxy to finish. Good luck Mark.
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Goh melvin
Registered: October 2009
Location: Singapore
Posts: 13
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Thu October 22, 2009 5:40am
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Hi Mark, thanks for the swift respond. you rock! it re-affirms my wrapping of tartan effect. I did a picture of the thread space i created (link below)... on the other hand was aiming at the nice sharp streamline you have between each colored thread. thanks for taking time off
[ link ]
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Mark Fisher
Registered: March 2005
Location: Broken Hill, N.S.W, Australia
Posts: 1,715
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Thu October 22, 2009 4:56pm
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Goh, you have set this up right. Now you need to build the pattern outward. Each two or three passes, stop and pack the thread so it is tight at the intersecting points. This will stop it being loose and leaving gaps. Keep wrapping outwards until you are happy with the size of the diamonds and then begin to use white or very light thread to fill in. The background thread does not have to be packed tightly. Good luck, Mark
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Goh melvin
Registered: October 2009
Location: Singapore
Posts: 13
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Fri October 23, 2009 5:52am
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Hi Mark, very glad to hear from you. All your tips are copied and pasted on my destop. In times of review i'll know where to look for "thread savy" notes. Really appreciated, Thanks mate
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