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Hi all, Well this one's come around again... I paint the inside of my blanks when they may become translucent. I also try to use a colour closest to the blank, unless I want to lighten or darken it slightly. I don't mix anything with the glue as it's inside the hole which is painted for which I...

Advice please just trying turning Kirinite Pearl Blanks etc are there any guide lines when you need to paint the tubes . Thanks Glen

Hi, I'm thinking of trying my hand at casting, I was wandering if a Pressure Tank Pot Paint Sprayer Spray Gun Sprayer Regulator Agitator that you can buy on ebay be OK for a pot, or not. Can anybody shed some light on this for me. The paint mixer has been blocked off, so I don't have to worry...

Hi all Does anybody have any experience or advice of hand painting pens? Just to be clear I’m talking about painting a design on the outside of a finished (kit-less) pen and then adding some sort of clear protective coating. I’ve not tried this at all yet and will obviously learn from my own...

Can anyone give me some info regarding where they obtained their pressure gauge (UK) for converting their paint pressure pot and what type of gauge is best please? Regards Arnold9801

A painter by the name of Murphy, while not a brilliant scholar, was a gifted portrait artist. Over a short number of years, his fame grew and soon people from all over Ireland were coming to the town of Miltown Malbay, in County Clare, to get him to paint their likenesses. One day, a...

I recently moved, and acquired this beast into the bargain. As you can see, it's bristling with all the latest health and safety attachments. I can't seem to find out anything about it though, and the manufacturer's plate that would have been riveted to the side is missing, which isn't helpful...

Hi all, At the moment I am losing more home made blanks due to some sort of reaction between glue, paint and plastic. I have tried etch priming tubes and then painting with acrylic and enamel. I have tried spray and brush painting and the results are the same. What is happening is the inside...

Accoya bowl, 6 1/2" x 2", textured, stained, gilt cream, and acrylic paint.

Follow on from my no-name pieces this is the other part of the spiral. This time kept the base natural oak and turned the spiral is ebonised and then masked and painted with green interference paint. I also extended the support and added a ball, like the spiral ebonized and this time blue...

I really need a name for this one. This piece is based on work of Mark Sanger. And not from the recent article in the magazine as I had already started before it came out. Not really got a name yet but sure it will come. Turned from a piece of quite plain Walnut. Texture applied with a power...

Loving how this Ares has come out. Wenge turned to shape and sanded, then used a wire brush to open the grain. Sprayed with white paint and then sanded again before adding melamine finish.

Pair of steampunks watchparts. 1 on copper braid and 1 on copper paint.

Hi all. I'm currently trying to make a wedding pen for my best friend. I sprayed the brass tubes with white enamel paint and decorated them. I cast them both in polyester resin and was quite happy with the casting. They came out clear and bubble free. One of the blanks was perfect however the...

I am sure we all end up with bits not knowing what to do with them. I throw mine into a box just for little projects like this. Little bird houses made yesterday Made with various woods. There is Chestnut, London Plane, Yew, Spalted beech, Oak and Maple. The roofs are Laburnum, Oak and the...

Another experiment that went wrong but the wife liked it so I completed it. As you can see the paint shrank back leaving what appears to be cracks. Somehow the more I look at it the more I like it. It is 10 1/2" X 2" and I believe it is lime. Do you really like the paint job be honest guys

I am making a piece for our club competition and left it in the conservatory to let the paint dry forgetting how hot it can get in there as I placed it there last night. Anyway when I looked this morning the paint had bubbled and left it in a right mess so to console myself I decided to go and...

Looking for recommendations for a pressure pot to get started with casting. Also has anyone on here converted a paint pressure tank for this purpose?

Well after all the pen turning I managed to have a couple of failures one was just me not thinking when glueing up and the second was just a simple break out due to possibly to little glue. Both of these could have been so easily avoided. The first was that I forgot to paint the tube and the...

Two pieces straight out of the workshop within the last hour. Both of these are really just experiments The little pot with the slots running up and down was finished with copper paint which did dry very shiny but when I put a finish on it went matt in colour as the finish was a satin finish...