SPONSORS
2024 ICRBE EXPO |
Feather Inlays help
Posted by:
Steve Cox
(---.client.mchsi.com)
Date: July 16, 2017 07:37PM
I had one bottle of old Gudebrod 811 color preserver left to get me through another decade of feather and snakeskin inlays! Sadly discovered it was not the old Gudebrod!!!!! I have tried several other cp brands and had little success. I am allergic to Permaglos. What else are you folks using for setting feathers down for inlays? Thanks Re: Feather Inlays help
Posted by:
Donald La Mar
(---.lightspeed.lsvlky.sbcglobal.net)
Date: July 16, 2017 08:05PM
Steve
Finished just last week a rod with jungle cock nail feather inlays on the ferrule wraps. Used ChromoSeal CP. Applied one coat of the CP and let dry for an hour. Then a puddle of CP into which the feather was positioned. Smoothed feather and removed excess CP. Then 2 coasts of the CP to well seal the feather and dried overnight. Finished with a coat of ProKote. The feathers were on NCP nylon so I did not care about color preserving the thread - just need the CP to hold the feather in place and seal from the epoxy. The ChromoSeal did that. Re: Feather Inlays help
Posted by:
Michael Danek
(---.adr02.mskg.mi.frontiernet.net)
Date: July 16, 2017 10:05PM
I use Flex Coat CP, works great. Don't forget it does need mixing. Re: Feather Inlays help
Posted by:
Steve Cox
(---.client.mchsi.com)
Date: July 16, 2017 10:32PM
What kind of mixing? Thx Re: Feather Inlays help
Posted by:
Phil Erickson
(---.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net)
Date: July 16, 2017 10:34PM
Flex coat needs to be stirred to mix before using. Re: Feather Inlays help
Posted by:
Spencer Phipps
(---.hsd1.or.comcast.net)
Date: July 29, 2017 01:02AM
Steve,
Mr. Snedden at Canada Rodbuildersupply to the left showed me how to use urethane varnish to set the feathers in. The biggest positive for me is that as the varnish dries you can reset any of the stiffer feathers back unto the blank, the thicker it gets as it dries the better it holds the bent feather, I just press it back into the varnish with my finish spatula's pointed end. Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
|