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Jigman · 12-24-2003, 10:48 PM

Now you can add the next coat of epoxy. You can do it the same way as above. Once the second coat is dry, you can determine whether or not you need a third coat. What you want to end up with is a relatively smooth surface. If you can feel the flex cord as you run your finger down the plug, you need another coat of epoxy (took three coats for this example). One thing to bear in mind as you are doing the flex cord, it really does not start to do its stuff until it is well coated with epoxy. Before you add the first coat of epoxy, the plug looks somewhat blah. Starts looking a little better after the first coat of epoxy. After the final coat, it does its hypnotic thing. By this I mean that it will change colors as the light catches it from different angles. It takes on a hue of the underlying plug colors. As Winchmaster noted about one, its, well, hypnotic. Hence its name. I’ve done a number of colors: blue, silver, white, green, gold, and purple. All have worked well so far with the pearl flex cord. The pictures here do not do the plug justice. Give it a shot, I think you’ll like the results.

In keeping with the spirit of the season, JohnR, PM your address and I’ll mail this one out to you. Many thanks for the great site

Merry Christmas all

Jigman

The finished “hypnotic” needle:

12-24-2003, 10:48 PM	#8
Jigman Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 1,442	Now you can add the next coat of epoxy. You can do it the same way as above. Once the second coat is dry, you can determine whether or not you need a third coat. What you want to end up with is a relatively smooth surface. If you can feel the flex cord as you run your finger down the plug, you need another coat of epoxy (took three coats for this example). One thing to bear in mind as you are doing the flex cord, it really does not start to do its stuff until it is well coated with epoxy. Before you add the first coat of epoxy, the plug looks somewhat blah. Starts looking a little better after the first coat of epoxy. After the final coat, it does its hypnotic thing. By this I mean that it will change colors as the light catches it from different angles. It takes on a hue of the underlying plug colors. As Winchmaster noted about one, its, well, hypnotic. Hence its name. I’ve done a number of colors: blue, silver, white, green, gold, and purple. All have worked well so far with the pearl flex cord. The pictures here do not do the plug justice. Give it a shot, I think you’ll like the results. In keeping with the spirit of the season, JohnR, PM your address and I’ll mail this one out to you. Many thanks for the great site Merry Christmas all Jigman The finished “hypnotic” needle: