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PaulDoug

PaulDoug

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I was sitting here reading this forum and got to think'n. Many years back When my son was young we built and flew RC model airplanes. He has sence moved on to F-18 Superhornets. Anyway, We use to coat the wood with a mixture of epoxy and Acetone. Made it pretty thin. This soaked in and made the wood stronger. I'm thinking of trying in on a pen. Maybe thicker than we did than to have more epoxy to finish. Think it would be worth a try?
 
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I do silversmithing as well as pen turning. I recently had a request for a pendant with a copper back. Copper is beautiful, easy to work and MUCH cheaper than silver. Copper tarnishes like crazy, especially when it touches skin, also can leave skin black. (That's why people don't usually wear copper rings) So, I mixed up some Epoxy (5 min) diluted it with acetone and coated the Copper. It worked. The thing is the back of that pendant felt softer than only Epoxy. It was tacky for a day or two and about 1 week later if finally felt dry and hard, not as hard as plain Epoxy. (I live in Phoenix, AZ so it wasn't humidity or cool weather, LOL). So, what in the world does all this mean? You got me. The lady who got the pendant loves it, the Copper will not tarnish as long as there is epoxy on it and she won't wear the epoxy off anytime soon, as I put a fairly thick coat on. It was NOT a thin, highly diluted mixture as you are suggesting PaulDoug. I'm just sharing what happened with me. Side note: Another jewelry maker suggested: "plasti-kote" hi-performance classic fast dry lacquer, which is a spray automotive lacquer which I buy at Pep Boys automotive." Her husband is a painter and she and he say that works best. Haven't tested that one yet. Maybe it was soft and took a while to dry because it was the 5 minute epoxy. This is like a science experiment now! Cool.
Tony
Phoenix, AZ
 
I used to do this all the time with System Three Epoxy and denatured alcohol. I found that DNA worked better than acetone. I used this to stabilize punky wood for bowls and pens. Worked pretty good but have since found better methods.
 
Originally posted by 1JaredSchmidt

I fly a heli.
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They are awesome! I don't fly, I tried with my son(this was 15+ years ago) and I just get too nervice. I love to build the planes so I would build, he did most the flying. I still have three planes I built that have never been flown.
 
CPES (Clear Penetrating Epoxy Sealers) are exactly that. I think they use naphta instead of acetone but really, it's still thined out epoxy. They are designed for restoration and boat work. I have tried to us them to "stabilize" wood but their filling capacity is pretty weak. Even if they harden the wood, they don't seem to fill the gap with epoxy very well.
 
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