RonInSpringTX
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Howdy all. There's an area near where I live called "Old Town Spring" (been around since the early 1800's, google it sometime!!) Anyway they have probably 70-80 shops carrying anything from jewelry to Amish furniture & just about anything you can imagine!! One shop is called Dave's Pepper Palace, he sells probably 200 different kinds of hot sauce, jellies, t-shirts, etc. I showed him some of my pens, & he thought they were great!! (of course!! [8D]) But he asked me if I could make some kind of "pepper pen". Only way I could think how to do this would be to hand-carve to get the "ripples" of whichever pepper to make it look right. Plus, I'd still have to get the ends to the appropriate pen bushing size. I had an idea to pour some casts for some bottle-stoppers & see if he might go for that. I'm going to try & "float" maybe like a habanero or serrano pepper.
My Question finally!!! I have a quart of each resin & hardner of some stuff called Kraft Kote. I bought it for about 1/2 of what it actually sells for. (I think about $30 for both bottles) I used it to make some coasters floating some small sea-shells, & they turned out pretty cool. They say it's a 2-step process, pour first coat, let it set for a bit, then put the objects you want to "float" & pour the 2nd coat a couple/three days later. Dunno if I wanna wait that long for fear that the mixture won't bond as good to the first pour. (since I'm going to be turning it) The bottles say that it is a clear polymer. Do you think this will be strong enough to turn, or should I add anything to it? The coaster finish is very hard, so I'm not sure. I will add a little dye to the mixture.
Any ideas are welcome, as always!!! Even on the idea of making a "pepper pen". Had the idea of casting some real small peppers, plastic if I could find 'em, but no luck.
Thanx in advance!!!
Ronnie
My Question finally!!! I have a quart of each resin & hardner of some stuff called Kraft Kote. I bought it for about 1/2 of what it actually sells for. (I think about $30 for both bottles) I used it to make some coasters floating some small sea-shells, & they turned out pretty cool. They say it's a 2-step process, pour first coat, let it set for a bit, then put the objects you want to "float" & pour the 2nd coat a couple/three days later. Dunno if I wanna wait that long for fear that the mixture won't bond as good to the first pour. (since I'm going to be turning it) The bottles say that it is a clear polymer. Do you think this will be strong enough to turn, or should I add anything to it? The coaster finish is very hard, so I'm not sure. I will add a little dye to the mixture.
Any ideas are welcome, as always!!! Even on the idea of making a "pepper pen". Had the idea of casting some real small peppers, plastic if I could find 'em, but no luck.
Thanx in advance!!!
Ronnie
