MadModder
The Shop => Tools => Topic started by: colin563 on October 30, 2009, 07:58:34 AM
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im looking for layout blue
ive tried stuarts blue it doesnt dry i get covered in it
also ive tried the stuff from chronos wich is more like ink
when i i learnt my mechanics trade we used some that was more like paint
anybody now were i could get this from in the uk
thankss colin
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Colin,
Anywhere you know selling Rocol products? We used this, when I was working for a living. :thumbup:
http://www.rocol.com/lubricants/english/metalworking/layoutink/
There might be a can hiding under my bench, if you`re stuck........
Can you use a marking pen, instead? :scratch:
David D
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Colin,
Good quality permanent broad tip markers work just as well.
My normal layout blue is like Chronos' offering, and I use a small brush to paint on a thin layer and spread it about. It takes about 5 mins to dry.
Bogs
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im going to try a permenent marker first just sent wife to wilkos for 1
i think the rocol seems exspensive at £20 -£25 a tin
the chronos stuff just isnt dark enough for me
and the stuarts i got in a right mess blue finger prints everywere the wife was going nuts :(
thanks colin
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Artists supply shop sells these big Fat Eddinds ? Eddings ? marker pens for about £2.50
Lasts ages, quick clean and even through I have a full gallon of proper markout blue I wouldn't go back.
When I used to use layout blue it would get knocked over, get leant on with the result we used to have a purple dog and Gert had blue finger prints on her knickers for 2 months until it washed out.
John S
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My layout blue is Chronos' offering, and I use a small brush to paint on a thin layer and spread it about. It takes about 5 mins to dry.
Bogs
Ditto....
I also got some from Reeves.....same stuff
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just got a couple of markers
they work better than the layout blue :) and a lot cheaper
and easy to use
thanks colin
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I use to use some stuff I got from Chronos about 10 years ago when I first got a little unimat. Doesn`t dry very evenly and I get it all over myself. When I heard some people on here used marker pens I also adopted this idea and they work really really well. :thumbup:
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i use markers and CD pens :thumbup:
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I took a plastic bottle to a local printer and 'asked his advice', he sort of 'hurrumphed', took my bottle away and brought it back filled with blue ink that smells of methelated spirits.
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John,
I said mine was like Chronos' offering, but in fact it is aniline dye spirit based printing ink, the same as yours, thinned down with meths.
Wonderful stuff, but has a tendency to be carcinogenic.
John
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John,
I said mine was like Chronos' offering, but in fact it is aniline dye spirit based printing ink, the same as yours, thinned down with meths.
Wonderful stuff, but has a tendency to be carcinogenic.
John
What DOESN'T cause cancer these days? ::)
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............. but has a tendency to be carcinogenic.
Been there, done that. :coffee:
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I have a bottle of blue that my dad gave me years ago, came from a school, they obviously never used it, it must be donkeys years old! Think it would last for ever. I hardly ever use it, I paint it on with a small paint brush, dries quick but does tend to get everywhere and not that even coating. I need to get used to marking things out properly so might try this marker idea.
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....and the stuarts i got in a right mess blue finger prints everywere the wife was going nuts ....
thanks colin
Stuarts is not a layout blue at all, is it?
If it's the stuff I'm thinking of (in the little round tin) it's for use when scraping bearings, or checking flats to a surface plate .
It's not supposed to dry.
But yes, messy stuff if you get it the wrong place, and a little goes a long way.
one_rod.
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Stuarts is not a layout blue at all, is it?
If it's the stuff I'm thinking of (in the little round tin) it's for use when scraping bearings, or checking flats to a surface plate .
It's not supposed to dry.
But yes, messy stuff if you get it the wrong place, and a little goes a long way.
one_rod.
In the US where I worked we called it Prussian Blue. Why? Don't know. But your right, a little went a long way. They used to play pranks at work. They would put a little bit of that blue on the telephone receiver and then call you. You'd walk around with a blue ear for a very long time. :lol:
Bernd
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Prussian Blue is the pigment used.
Layout blue has it in solution with alcohol (mine smells like Isopropyl alcohol). This is the stuff that dries (the alcohol evaporates, leaving the pigment behind).
The stuff that doesn't dry is called "Engineers' Blue", I think. That still has the Prussian Blue pigment, but it's in oil.
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Just curious, if it doesn`t dry how do you use it? Or have I misunderstood.
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Chris, the non drying stuff is for scraping, shows you where the high spots are and where you need to remove metal.
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Got you!! Thanks