Wendy F in beautiful Woolamai [email protected] Sent from my Samsung tablet On 18/09/2015 10:05 PM, "Judith Smith" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have used decals for fingernails which I purchased at the dollar store. > > These worked well. However, I went on a recent hunt for more and it appears > that all of the designs are now peel and stick plastic rather than decals. > These to not work well at all and are much thicker. So I will have to take > good care of my old decal ones. > > I buy unpolished bobbins. I sand lightly with fine flexi-grit (plastic > backed hobby "sandpaper". Then apply a coat of sanding sealer. Repeat until > bobbins are nice and smooth (usually two coats.) Paint with acrylic hobby > paint. Next apply the decals. Allow to dry thoroughly. I also do any > writing desired at this time using a very fine pigma marker - must dry for > a few days! > A coat of sealer comes next which seems necessary to protect the marker and > decals, I've had it smear without this. Finally two coats of varnish with > very light sanding in between. Gloss varnish is pretty but seems to make > the bobbins feel a bit greasy when I'm using them. I've moved to Matte > varnish which is great. > > They come out perfect. All products I use are Delta Ceramcoat which still > seems to be readily available at craft stores. I've just gotten in a new > batch of bobbins so will be doing this myself this fall. > > Judy on the Mississippi in sunny S Louisiana > > On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 5:10 PM, Rick & Sharon Whiteley < > [email protected]> > wrote: > > > Rooting through my late Fatherâs hobby supplies I came across a Testors > > kit for making custom decals for models. It occurred to me that would be > > rather handy if you wanted to produce detailed motifs for bobbins. Has > > anyone had experience with this sort of thing? Iâm sure someone out > there > > has :) Before I waste a few bobbins experimenting I thought Iâd ask you > > what sort of prep did you do with the bobbin? Did you need to start > with a > > glossy finish (you do with model kits in order for the decal to adhere > > properly). Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Sharon > > - > > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: > > unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to > > [email protected]. Photo site: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ > > > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to > [email protected]. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ > - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
