patmurris
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The other day, while doing grocery, i stumbled apon a nail varnish display with a couple 'glittery' ones that caught my eye... oh well... why not?
Here is a gold and gun metal Sierra from Timberbits painted with a 'Sparkling Bronze' nail varnish:
At first i though i would be done with a few coats and some polishing but it turned out more complicated then i anticipated.
I selected a non descript clear wood from the firewood stack, over turned a Sierra barrel to leave room for the varnish and then started painting a few coats of the sparkling nail varnish. The thing is i'm very bad at that - lack of practice i'd guess... and after three or four coats, the result was quite bumpy. So what? Let's sand it flat... or so i wish... but it did not turn out as easy. Maybe i should have waited longer before sanding, but it turned out quite ugly. It came out sort of gray with 'holes' exposing the underlying wood... yeark!
I ended up using a scrapper to clean up the mess and painted another three or four coats. Waited longer this time and used again the same tool to round the barrel as much as i could without removing all the glitter. It was not smooth yet, so i just decided to drawn it under three dozen thin CA layers and waited a couple days. Then i went on polishing and buffing as usual.
In the end, i still have a couple small pits here and there, most of which i hid under the clip, but overall, it's quite nice and smooth.
I'll certainly try that again... and there is plenty to chose from... Is your wife/life companion/girlfriend using nail varnish? :biggrin:
Here is a gold and gun metal Sierra from Timberbits painted with a 'Sparkling Bronze' nail varnish:
At first i though i would be done with a few coats and some polishing but it turned out more complicated then i anticipated.
I selected a non descript clear wood from the firewood stack, over turned a Sierra barrel to leave room for the varnish and then started painting a few coats of the sparkling nail varnish. The thing is i'm very bad at that - lack of practice i'd guess... and after three or four coats, the result was quite bumpy. So what? Let's sand it flat... or so i wish... but it did not turn out as easy. Maybe i should have waited longer before sanding, but it turned out quite ugly. It came out sort of gray with 'holes' exposing the underlying wood... yeark!
I ended up using a scrapper to clean up the mess and painted another three or four coats. Waited longer this time and used again the same tool to round the barrel as much as i could without removing all the glitter. It was not smooth yet, so i just decided to drawn it under three dozen thin CA layers and waited a couple days. Then i went on polishing and buffing as usual.
In the end, i still have a couple small pits here and there, most of which i hid under the clip, but overall, it's quite nice and smooth.
I'll certainly try that again... and there is plenty to chose from... Is your wife/life companion/girlfriend using nail varnish? :biggrin:
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