Just tried spraying some hair spray on a gel pen .

Works good. Two dust coats a little heat from a hair dryer, and it dried so I could not smear it.

Great suggestion from this board. Forget who it came from. But thanks

I would think it works similar to 0411 Matte Clear Krylon Artist's Fixative? If it is, I would be careful to amke sure NOT to apply too much, as it may cloud up under the epoxy. I wonder how this would work with a Sharpie pen on a piece of Carbon Fiber tubing, then Permaglos over that. Hmmm......

Try it on some scrap blank. It is said that hair spray is similar to lacquer ??
Makes the rod smell good also



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/17/2005 10:49AM by bill boettcher.

I already tried the 0411 on a real blank, a long time ago, it clouded. I sprayed too much though. Lemon Pledge also works wonders for making teh rod smell nice, while giving it a little shine, and preventing grime from sticking to it for a couple of trips.

Ya can always spray your wife's perfume on it

"Ya can always spray your wife's perfume on it "

ahh, but then i might be waaay too distracted!

sorry, BACK to rodbuilding... ;-)

eric
fresno, ca.

A guy I knew used to use hairspray as a fixative on pencil?charcoal drawings Some hairsprays have laquer in them, I imagine the cheaper brands have the laquer , as always try it on scrap when experimenting, hairspray works real well as a propelent in a potato gun!!
Larry

Read what hair spray is made of and you would not be surprised.

If it will work so well on a blank protecting a gel pen, think about what it does to your hair and lungs as you breathe it.

The hairspray worked well on the rod I am finishing. The decal did get a little foggy but when I put the clear on it cleared up. Go figure.
I have to get some Plasti-Kote paint, think I will get a can of spray clear as well. This way I know I got lacquer.

Richard, do you think that AIR you breath every day is pure and clean ???
When I lived in California I used to watch the moon come up in the evening, it was a red color first, then after it came out of the " fresh air " it would turn a very light yellow. You could see the line going though the moon as if some one colored it with a paint brush.

how about the krylon workable fixatif 1306.i sprayed a thin coat of that over a hand writen piece of decal paper. it appeared cloudy at first then dried very clear. i applied the decal on my blank. then i used 1more thin coat over the decal on the blank. then i flex coated over that.it worked very nice.no clouding that i could see.

Just came accross this thread whilst doing a search.
Bill I think I might be to blame as mentioned that I used hair lacquer to seal gelpen inscriptions on here last year. From what I recall, I did mention that it only needs I very thin coat - hold the spray 12" or more away and just do one pass. That way you should not get any cloudyness in the dried lacquer. Most hair setting sprays are based on an alcohol thinned lacquer, at least they are on this side of the pond.



Dave (UK)