Anybody here ever try making their own micarta?

[Tyler Durden]

Hi all,

I fiddled around the other night with some old blue jeans.  I also had some white denim jeans that I also cut up. The layers were epoxied together, blue, white, blue, white, blue white.

There are plenty of videos on youtube on "how to make micarta".

I think I might try making my own 1911 grips.

The only downside was the smell of the epoxy was all through the house.   

Have you tried making your own micarta?

[tombogan03884]

If you really want to start from scratch, first you need to create a universe.

[Solus]

If you really want to start from scratch, first you need to create a universe.

It doesn't have to be as big as this one, though...it just needs to be big enough to eventually produce all the stuff needed to make micarta.

[MikeBjerum]

Hi all,

I fiddled around the other night with some old blue jeans.  I also had some white denim jeans that I also cut up. The layers were epoxied together, blue, white, blue, white, blue white.

There are plenty of videos on youtube on "how to make micarta".

I think I might try making my own 1911 grips.

The only downside was the smell of the epoxy was all through the house.   

Have you tried making your own micarta?

What do you mean downside?

Most of us took up model building in the 60's just for the on going glue smell, and in the 70's we expanded into air brushing the models.  I still think a friend of mine that went into custom painting of vans and rods did it just for the fumes 

[Pathfinder]

What do you mean downside?

Most of us took up model building in the 60's just for the on going glue smell, and in the 70's we expanded into air brushing the models.  I still think a friend of mine that went into custom painting of vans and rods did it just for the fumes 

Hell, I know a guy - let's call him Geo...Jeff... Bob - who sniffs the dry erase markers in the offices I he works in. 

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[jnevis]

What do you mean downside?

Most of us took up model building in the 60's just for the on going glue smell, and in the 70's we expanded into air brushing the models.  I still think a friend of mine that went into custom painting of vans and rods did it just for the fumes 

We had a guy we called Swervo, spent his entire carer in the corrosion shop as a painter. Got pulled over for suspected dui a couple times leaving work because of how he drove.

Let us know how the grips turn out, might be something to try.

[Timothy]

Hell, I know a guy - let's call him Geo...Jeff... Bob - who sniffs the dry erase markers in the offices I he works in. 

Guys like you that are the reason we need an MSDS sheet for White-Out at the office!

 

[MikeBjerum]

Hell, I know a guy - let's call him Geo...Jeff... Bob - who sniffs the dry erase markers in the offices I he works in.  

Guess what we learned the other day just by sniffing as we wrote (true story):  Someone in our Twin Cities office bought us scented dry erase markers    Chocolate Mint smells like something else brown, but the Licorice, Cherry, Blueberry, Lime, and Grape are pretty cool  

The IT dude has 48' of white board in his cage room, and he is one happy camper right now!  Of course IT folk are all just a little twisted, so it is hard to tell if it is the markers or crossed wires.

[tombogan03884]

When I was married I found out they have scented nail polish.
 WTF, they aren't supposed to be up your nose .

[Tyler Durden]

I guess it's okay if I drift my own thread...

I have a pregnant dog in the house:


^^^ Look for the spinal columns and skulls in the pic.   The vet said 7 puppies for sure, maybe 9?

It was confirmed Friday morning when I took her to the vet.  She started getting sick and couldn't keep anything down Thursday, before I started fiddling around with the epoxy.  I thought maybe she had just eaten one of my socks which she couldn't bring up.

With her throwing up, I couldn't sleep Thursday night, so I was like, "Well, while I am up, I might as well do something productive."

So I started cutting up a bunch of fabric, denim and old sheets I had around.

So...anywhooo....now that I know she is pregnant with supposedly at most 10 days left before giving birth, I reckon it is probably a good idea to NOT make her breathe those epoxy fumes.

I have had this female for just a little over a month.  She was another one of my Craig's List finds.  The previous owners make it sound like the father (sire) is  a St. Bernard....bummer.