Inlay jewelry in wood.

I’ve got no idea personally Dave, but you should ask RGTools (Ryan). He is a jeweller and will probably be able to suggest something suitable.

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Thanks Andy. This is a good one. I will take your advice.

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Every hardware store, paint store and automotive store sells the small tubes of 2-part epoxy. Some sets in 5 minutes and some sets in 5 hours. It’s not transparent when you mix the parts, it turns cloudy or cream color, but then it turns clear as it sets. I’m not sure how it effects the wood.. staining it or bleeding into the grain. Of course, try a sample before committing it to your project.

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You can always protect the edges where the silver will be by carefully brushing on some blonde shellac around the edges… sand away the shellac when done…

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Ted that is what I was doing was looking at the tubes and they all seemed not to be clear. I might have to try a test run with some.
Joe shellac never came to my mind. Thanks

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Dave, BentlyJ highly recommended “clear casting epoxy” from Michaels when I asked him about a similar application. I have also seen smaller sizes of West System 3 epoxy at Woodcraft.

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Dave, HF sells 2 small tube epoxy for 99c. I have used it before and it works very well, just don’t get it on your thumb though, I’ve had my thumb stuck somewhere for the last two years that does not show daylight.

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Andy thank you. A jewelry store.
thank you to Roger. You always leave em smiling.

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That’s my job Dave.
The cheap HF stuff does work OK, maybe for a test, then you can decide to use it on a real project or go for the same stuff with a fancier name and more fashion conscious tube.

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Dave, Michaels is a craft type store (like hobby lobby)

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Dave, here I used shellac to protect the edges from the colored epoxy... I didn’t want any bleed thru around the edges.

I painted the top untaped surface with Blonde shellac… being careful not to get it over the edge.

Ended up with a nice crisp edge.

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Got it Rex,
I have a hobby lobby, thanks Andy
Great link Joe.
Every little bit helps guys.

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Very interesting question. Sorry, I don’t have any input, but, I can’t wait to see what you’re comin up with. Although, what about after inlaying the jewelry, mirror coat over the top??? Don’t know if that’s any answer or not. I’ve never used it before. yet.

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I would suggest your local craft store and check out the jewelry section. Using epoxy for jewelry is popular and they want it to be clear. You could check youtube for videos, they usually tell you what brand they are using. Because it’s for jewlery, it comes in smaller amounts.

Roger what is mirror coat?
Thanks maw4 for the info.

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