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New Haft Finish???

That's how I took it, vec... sounds like the ABS pipe w/caps is a 'container' to put the stick inside, and the 'container' is then filled with the oil...

Clever idea, '5'!!!
 
Glock17JHP said:
Bushman5 and vector001,

Pictures!!! Please???
Click to expand...

- of the Acrylic Matte Finish, ya mean, brother glock?

maybe this'll do - all these multicams are painted the same, but the ones on the ends have an additional Matte Acrylic top coat - even the camera shows the color gradations a lot more - i suspect IR spectrum might be mitigated as well...:cool:....

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the matte acrylic will make your colors pop, but without shine.

almost perfect results, and idiot proof to boot.


HTH.

vec
 
OK, I sanded the 'walking staff', and that exposed just a tad of the really light-colored wood grain... so it is a tri-colored wood now (white, brown and charcoal)...

Then I added the semi-gloss poly, the whole 11 ounce can, just like with the satin I used first...

I will post a picture ASAP, it looks INTERESTING!!!
 
Just took the picture... gotta put it in 'Photobucket' first...
Look again here within the hour!!!
 
OK, 3 pictures...
The first 2 have been shown already, but will be shown here for ease of viewing...
BTW, I learned a lot from doing this!!! I can't wait to try it on a hawk haft next!!!

Picture #1 (taken in indirect sunlight) shows a section of the 'Walking Staff' before & after the 'Charcoal Wash' staining...

CharcoalWashBeforeAfter.jpg


Picture #2 (taken is direct sunlight) shows a section of the 'Walking Staff' after the 'Charcoal Wash' staining, and after applying 4 coats of satin poly, unsanded...

CharcoalWashSatinUnsanded.jpg


Picture #3 (taken in direct sunlight) shows a section of the 'Walking Staff' before the 'Charcoal Wash' staining, and a section after the 'Charcoal Wash' staining, applying 4 coats of satin poly, sanding and applying another 4 coats of semi-gloss poly... you can see the tri-coloring of the wood quite well in this picture...

CharcoalWashSemi-GlossComplete.jpg
 
This 'walking staff' is 1" diameter, and it is 5 feet long.

It is tri-colored, and should be 100% water-proof...

Total cost involved: less than $15.00
 
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