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help signing work
Keith Tompkins
>I need to sign some pieces which are ebonized....I've tried to locate a gold marker or pen, but all of the ones i've tried are not fine enough. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Does anyone make gold "India" ink?
Also, I've never turned a pen....no, really! I think I would like a fountain pen for myself...any difference in turning one of these? Thanks, Keith
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John Lucas
>Keith
I finally found some silver india ink but didn't like the way it tended to glob up on some letters. I use a dremel engraver on dark woods.
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Mark Kauder, Phenix City, AL
>Keith,
Have you considered either burning or Dremel-ing your signature, and then filling them with a silver/gold paint, that you could then wipe off surface?
Mark
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Rodney Jenkins
>If it's fine enough for you, a silver-ink Sharpie may be the ticket.
Available at Wal-mart and Office Supply stores.
try gel pens.
jim moy
>maybe you can try a gel pen. i use gel pens to sign fishing rods that i build, and they come in all colors.
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Fred L. - North Carolina
>Try gel pens, they are available everywhere, so you won't spend much to try them.
Fountain pens are trickier to turn and assemble than regular ball points. The kit is also much more expensive. My opinion is to practice a little using inexpensive kits, and then try the fountain pen. For these I like to buy the kits where they also sell replacement tubes separately.
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Don Evans
>The Sanford Uniball Gel Gold and Silver work well.
The Pilot with liquid Gold have felt tips and are great for "carefully" putting ink into Dremel recess writing. Let dry before continue with other coatings. They could also work on engraver writing to fill in.
You can also get some color material that is used like lipstick to swipe back and forth to fill in recesses, but I cannot remember the name of it at present. It is a colored wax. The wipe away excess.
Practice on same type wood (scrap). I find I have much better results if I use magnifiers to see when filling recesses with the Pilot liquid ink.
Don