Questions: 1) What is the magic stuff in the one quart white bottle that you used to charge the rubber? 2) I guess there is a cotton ball in the middle of the rubber. Is the outside anything special or just a piece of cloth? For the gold accents, how about a gold sharpie marker?
The 'rubber' can be any absorbent material. Cotton balls work. The outer cloth in this particular case is an old 600 thread count sheet. The magic, as you call it, is simply a French polish. One recipe calls for 1/3 shellac, 1/3 turpentine and 1/3 denatured alcohol. Some of the store bought stuff has quite a few distilled petroleum products in them.
I have now been educated by a Master in the judicious application of an ebonizing rubber. Thank you, Zeke!
Not hard to do, but the masters are just that.
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Appreciate that!
Questions:
1) What is the magic stuff in the one quart white bottle that you used to charge the rubber?
2) I guess there is a cotton ball in the middle of the rubber. Is the outside anything special or just a piece of cloth?
For the gold accents, how about a gold sharpie marker?
The 'rubber' can be any absorbent material. Cotton balls work. The outer cloth in this particular case is an old 600 thread count sheet. The magic, as you call it, is simply a French polish. One recipe calls for 1/3 shellac, 1/3 turpentine and 1/3 denatured alcohol. Some of the store bought stuff has quite a few distilled petroleum products in them.