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I found some of the same stuff I'm looking for in pre-made laminate sheets at a knife handle website but it was outrageously expensive. Then I found the flakes at a custom fingernail materials site :D and ordered some.

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I guess I'll give it a try and post my results in case anyone wants to try in the future. I'll try it out on some scrap to see if it's going to work. Worth a try I guess.

Thanks for the responses. And Crash, that was a cool idea that guy had with the bass. :D

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i would be tempted to make blanks to inlay rather than pour the chips into the route before adding glue

pour the shards and some clear epoxy onto a flat non-stick surface like some waxed glass or silicone sheet - possibly make a square mold to phelp - then cut the inlays out of the resulting sheet

it will look a lot cleaner than just pouring them in

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i would be tempted to make blanks to inlay rather than pour the chips into the route before adding glue

pour the shards and some clear epoxy onto a flat non-stick surface like some waxed glass or silicone sheet - possibly make a square mold to phelp - then cut the inlays out of the resulting sheet

it will look a lot cleaner than just pouring them in

Ummm...suddenly I'm feeling really stupid. I hadn't thought of that :D .

BTW, I still can't imagine how this product can be used for fingernails, can you? :D Seems like it would come out like lizard scales or something.

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i would be tempted to make blanks to inlay rather than pour the chips into the route before adding glue

pour the shards and some clear epoxy onto a flat non-stick surface like some waxed glass or silicone sheet - possibly make a square mold to phelp - then cut the inlays out of the resulting sheet

it will look a lot cleaner than just pouring them in

Ummm...suddenly I'm feeling really stupid. I hadn't thought of that :D .

BTW, I still can't imagine how this product can be used for fingernails, can you? :D Seems like it would come out like lizard scales or something.

There are some things you just don't want to know... B)

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its funny, i just saw this on a website the other day and thought to myself "hm, never saw this before". They dont seem to have pearl but its still something.

http://www.cookwoods.com/Mineral%20page.htm

Umm, those acrylic stabilized blanks...coloured, stabilized neck anyone? Or am I missing something here?

so long

Andreas aka Ace

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Honestly, do some inlay and you'll end up with PLENTY of MOP scraps that you can crush and mix and make blanks with. As for that Ric thread... they are routing MAD deep in those fretboards to do that?! Dunno if I like that...

Chris

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