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| Zadig:
I've just ordered a new tube of Dykem's blue. The tube I have used for decades is as old as I am and I'm in my fifties, it buggers me up trying to squeeze it out of the tube. It's biggest problem is that the witness is a little pale. |
| vtsteam:
Zadig, the worst thing about all these tubes is that they themselves are painted, and sometimes a tiny flake of the paint comes off onto my surface plate when I squeeze the tube, unoticed. Then do a rub, and find it messed everything up, and have to clean the whole plate again and start over. Any bit of debris is enough to support the ways high -- even the thickness of a flake of paint. I noticed in the pro video I watched that he used a black spotting compound. I wonder what that was? It looked like it worked a lot better. Also some pre-rub orange stuff that he called "orange". No idea what those were, but it would be great to try an alternative to the Dykem Hi Spot and artist Prussian artist colors. I think they could be improved upon -- and probably are. Anyway, back to work.... |
| Joe d:
Steve If you want black, try some of this stuff... http://www.kokopelliproducts.com/inlet.html I've used it for inlay mortising on wood, works good! Joe |
| vtsteam:
Since people want to see these pics -- earlier today, progress, getting closer: |
| vtsteam:
And at the end of the day, it was finished. That was better than last time. two days isn't too bad. but i think it was partly due to the fact that it had a good bed to start with. |
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