Anyone know this acrylic???

[Timbo]

I got a half dozen or so of the acrylic below from one of our members several years ago with a batch of other blanks. I want to purchase more but I have no idea where it came from. The color is actually a little darker than the photo. It looks like liquid velvet. It's not the normal type of acrylic most of us are use to turning. It smells a little pungent when turning...OK it stinks a little. It also seems to have a lower melting point than other acrylics I've turned.

Anyone know what type of acrylic it is and/or know a source for it? Thanks.

 

[Bigj51]

I got a half dozen or so of the acrylic below from one of our members several years ago with a batch of other blanks. I want to purchase more but I have no idea where it came from. The color is actually a little darker than the photo. It looks like liquid velvet. It's not the normal type of acrylic most of us are use to turning. It smells a little pungent when turning...OK it stinks a little. It also seems to have a lower melting point than other acrylics I've turned.

Anyone know what type of acrylic it is and/or know a source for it? Thanks.

That is crushed velvet acrylic. There is a company called craftsupplies.uk in the uk that has a few of these still. These have been discontinued and are hard to find. Richard Greenwald has the dark blue. I just scored this piece on eBay. Should be here tomorrow.

 

[mrburls]

I do agree with Jeff (Bigj51) that it is crushed velvet. The blue crushed velvet Richard sells is the real thing. The stuff from Craftsupplies.UK I believe (there is always a chance I'm wrong) is the later version made to look like the original crushed velvet made in Great Britian which was also called crushed velvet.

I just bought 15 or so full sheets uncut of crushed velvet in red, black, green, gold and bronze. What a find :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin: Red is very hard to come across in this material.

If carefully turned you can make a Jr. size pen from the 5/8" thick material.

 

[Bigj51]

Where the heck did you find that?! And uncut sheets at that! I'd gives pretty penny to be able to get more black!

 

[toyotaman]

That does look nice. Any pictures of a pen made from it?

 

[mredburn]

Id like to find some red also. I have a pen in mind that I wanted to use it on.

 

[Timbo]

That does look nice. Any pictures of a pen made from it?

Unfortunately no. Any pen I've made from this material sold before I could get a photo. Poor planning on my part for sure, but I'm glad they sold quickly.

 

[triw51]

ok maybe this is a dumb question but is crushed velvet acrylic real velvet cast in resin?

 

[Bigj51]

ok maybe this is a dumb question but is crushed velvet acrylic real velvet cast in resin?

No sir. I am guessing because the overall look of it when it's turned looks like crushed velvet. Not any actually in it.