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05-27-2013, 06:29 PM
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Best resin for inlay-ish (cold-casting)
I wasn't sure of the best area to ask this question, but I figured this one gets the most traffic, and if you could point in in a better direction (mod) let me know.
So I have an idea of using a resin with standings from copper to do a type of fill in/inlay (this may or may not be to fix a mistake). I was going to use normal bondo resin but it has a sort of darker color (which will be OK) but was wondering if anyone would have a better suggestion on what to mix with copper so it can be seen clearly. The surrounding material is a dark blackish/red copperish color and actually has copper in it.
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05-27-2013, 07:38 PM
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Sounds like youre talking about a technique similar to how carpenters will mix sawdust with wood glue and pack it into a void to make it "blend in".If so,try any of the clear epoxys.I have filled small voids with aluminum dust and epoxy and had the result look quite believable.
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05-27-2013, 07:51 PM
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Ya in a sense, but I'm not aiming to blend it perfectly. I think I'm going to give bondo resin a try tomorrow as I have some laying around, to see where I need to go from there. Just hoping someone out there had some experience using a metal and resin before.
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05-27-2013, 09:40 PM
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When I have a void in a wood handle, I fill it with sanding dust and super glue.
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05-28-2013, 07:30 AM
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After a little bit more research I've discovered what I want to do is basically "cold-casting" (using metal flakes/powder and resin to create basically a liquid metal without heat). I think this is basically the route I want to go but if anyone has any ideas on the best way to do so would be appreciated. I'm going to start some experiments. I'll try to document the process with pictures and such, if it turns out good may be of help to someone down the line.
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06-01-2013, 09:13 PM
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06-01-2013, 10:37 PM
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Looks great!
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06-02-2013, 06:42 AM
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Very nice, all the way around!!
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