Inlaying With Coloured Epoxy

[Jaden]

Guys, ive heard of people using (or pouring) coloured epoxy into fingerboard inlays and levelling off etc when its cured.

is this normal ?

ive always cut solid inlays but I have some inlays that are just too fine to cut and would like to use this method.

can anyone describe the process please ?

[RDub]

Haven't tried it, but I think I might have seen a post here. There is a product called Inlace I believe. Try a search for it. I've been on their website and it looks pretty cool. I know Woodcraft carries it.

[foil1more]

Yep, Inlace is good stuff. I used the black to inlay my name into the headstock of my base. It's fairly easy to work with but it does smell really bad. Grizzly Ind. sells it too.

[Jaden]

cheers guys, that stuff looks exactly what I was after !

[Quarter]

I played around with some stuff called PearlEx the other day and was pleased with the results. Its a ulta fine powder used for scrap booking and other crafts etc.

http://www.jacquardproducts.com/products/pearlex/

I mixed it into epoxy, filled the cavity, then carefully leveled it off with a razor blade. The blade will pull just a bit of the mixture out leaving the fill a tad low, a good thing.

Once the epoxy starts to kick and firms up, I added a layer of clear over the top. You need to do the clear before the fill fully kicks or you will not get a good bond.

Once all cured, sand / scrape / level / polish / finish as needed. You don't want to get into into the powder layer, it goes dull and loses the pearl look.