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Bob Senior · 01-24-2002, 07:39 PM

MrPogie:

I've been sprinkling it onto the Famowood coat after it starts to set up. The problem is that the little pieces don't land flat. Some do, but others land point or edge first, and that's the way they stay! Then I have to scrape the ones off that are sticking out of the plug after they dry, if you get my drift. They produce a rougher surface on the plug than I want to have, but they do sparkle.

I was thinking of rolling the epoxied plug over a piece of wax paper that has the glitter sprinkled on it. That might increase the number of pieces that stick on by a flat side.

I usually put on another coat of epoxy on top of the one with the glitter sticking to and out of it, and they look good but do have little bumps over the glitter pieces.

BTW, I don't use my rod dryer on the plugs. I just hang them and they dry really well without major runs. I dry them by hanging them from a coat hanger piece that's run through a cardboard box. I cut a flap in the side of the box and set it next to one of our baseboard heaters so the flap catches the heat and ducts it inside the box to run over the plugs. The drips just drop to the bottom of the box and don't get on the floor. If I try to dry them in my unheated cellar, it would take weeks for them to dry.

The rod dryer would work a lot better but I'm building three rods right now and it's occupied full time.

01-24-2002, 07:39 PM	#3
Bob Senior Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Wakefield, RI Posts: 298	MrPogie: I've been sprinkling it onto the Famowood coat after it starts to set up. The problem is that the little pieces don't land flat. Some do, but others land point or edge first, and that's the way they stay! Then I have to scrape the ones off that are sticking out of the plug after they dry, if you get my drift. They produce a rougher surface on the plug than I want to have, but they do sparkle. I was thinking of rolling the epoxied plug over a piece of wax paper that has the glitter sprinkled on it. That might increase the number of pieces that stick on by a flat side. I usually put on another coat of epoxy on top of the one with the glitter sticking to and out of it, and they look good but do have little bumps over the glitter pieces. BTW, I don't use my rod dryer on the plugs. I just hang them and they dry really well without major runs. I dry them by hanging them from a coat hanger piece that's run through a cardboard box. I cut a flap in the side of the box and set it next to one of our baseboard heaters so the flap catches the heat and ducts it inside the box to run over the plugs. The drips just drop to the bottom of the box and don't get on the floor. If I try to dry them in my unheated cellar, it would take weeks for them to dry. The rod dryer would work a lot better but I'm building three rods right now and it's occupied full time.