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Inletting Dye Tip
15 January 2012, 20:02
Austin HunterInletting Dye Tip
This for us amateurs - like me.
I've never liked the black inletting stuff you can buy. Doesn't go on that well, can be uneven, and is messy.
I just tried something new. A blue washable crayon marker. Not the permanent Sharpies, but one you can wash with water. WOW - so much easier than the dye. I'm sure the Sharpies work as well - especially the wide ones, but the washable Crayon worked great!
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15 January 2012, 20:35
D HumbargerInteresting. I'll give it a try.
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15 January 2012, 20:38
StefanSot from a candle or a kerosine lamp is my favorite inletting dye! Easy and fast to apply, like it the best of all metods with markers, crayons, shoeshine etc.
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16 January 2012, 00:09
JBrownI meant to post this a while back, but got busy....
I found the perfect alternative to inletting black: Dry Erase markers. Theses are the felt markers teachers use on whiteboards.
I found dry erase markers to be so far superior to inletting black that I don't see myself ever going back to that messy stuff.
Advantages of Dry-Erase markers:
-Available anywhere school supplies are sold
-Inexpensive
-Not messy
-Easy clean-up(just wipe off with a dry cloth)
-Very thin coating leaves accurate marking on wood
-Come in a wide range of colors(you will have no trouble finding one that provides contrast with the stock wood)
Jason
"You're not hard-core, unless you live hard-core."
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16 January 2012, 02:51
highcountry2thalo blue
paint store
16 January 2012, 07:51
viperidaequote:
blue washable crayon marker
or a dry erase marker, almost the same thing. A great idea for inletting!
16 January 2012, 08:00
craigsterDry erase marker, I like it! I've got a couple stocks comin' up and I'll be trying it. Thanks Jason !
16 January 2012, 08:37
Austin HunterDid a Mannlicher cap today with it - worked great.
Yes - I think Dry Erase would be even better - not as "wet" as a crayon marker.
"Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid" -- Ronald Reagan
"Ignorance of The People gives strength to totalitarians."
Want to make just about anything work better? Keep the government as far away from it as possible, then step back and behold the wonderment and goodness.