Thanks Tim, I'll check it out.
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Haha, you guys are too funny!. I know many of you do not appreciate flashy thread work but I want my first couple builds to stand out a little more than something off the rack. Also, my colors are dark blue, grey, and black, with a few strands of silver metallic so it's not exactly like I'm waving a disco ball (disco stick?) around in the air. For the previous suggestions, I did try the alcoh
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So I have single silver accent threads running within 4 layers of chevron wraps. Not coating just the metallics is impossible. It's not that they change color, they are the same silver, but do not reflect as much light as the uncoated. I'm probably being too picky. I'll add flexcoat cp to my shopping list the next time I order something to see if it makes a difference. I did epoxy some cp
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Hi, I'm completing my first build and this site has been an immense help, so thank you all! I'm getting ready to epoxy my wraps and upon a small test, the color preserver makes the metallic accent threads seem very dull. I haven't tried an epoxy test but I'm guessing they won't get regain their sparkle with epoxy. I would skip the cp but I used too dark of a blue for the main color and without
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I will admit I haven't drilled a lot of cork but as a hobby machinist I have drilled lots of long holes in a lathe. In softer material it is tempting to just force the bit through. This can cause the drill flutes to become packed with material. The deeper the hole, the worse the problem is. If one flute (or both) is not expelling your cut material it is clogged. When one flute is clogged it can n
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