Not to give you hammer envy, Arnie, but mine is a 4 pounder. lol. I’m globbing the testors paint around the stamping, letting it dry, then wiping basically the whole shootin’ match off with the acetone leaving a bit of color all over the back of the iron head. John On Apr 11, 2014, at 4:31 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> You must make your stampings deeper! Use a heavy hammer (mine is a 3 pound > "drill hammer") strike the stamp ONLY ONCE and HARD! The "paint sticks" you > are looking for are used to fill small nail holes as in picture frame making. > You rub the stamping with the waxy paint stick and wipe with a dry paper > towel (no solvent) the stamp must still be deep. > Check craft stores for the paint sticks. > Also when you do your current wipe use less acetone, less pressure and rub > across the stamped line so as to not remove the paint in the stamping. > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Muir <[email protected]> > To: ShopTalk <[email protected]> > Sent: Fri, Apr 11, 2014 1:18 pm > Subject: ShopTalk: Paint fill for irons > > Golfworks (and maybe Golfsmith?) used to sell paint sticks to fill iron > stampings that were more like a crayon than acrylic paint sticks they sell > now. > I’m stamping/ paint filling some wedges and the acrylic paint tends to want > to disappear when I try and clean up the area around the stamping with > acetone. > Any ideas? > > > John Muir > clubmaker-online.com > 810.923.7396 > > > > By the way, I send out weekly information on new golf equipment called The Clubmaker Report. Would you like me to add your email to it? Send me a quick note if yes. Thanks! John Muir clubmaker-online.com 810.923.7396
