An experiment, and maybe something new

[JasonGotaProblem]

So I was playing with an idea, and the end result worked out pretty interesting. I haven't seen this done elsewhere but that may be because I'm not searching the right terms.

What I did was take the rod, apply a thin coat of epoxy, then started sprinkling on colored mica powder, generally in clump form, shook off the excess then applied heat to melt it in. The first time I did it with a much thinner epoxy layer and it came out better, this time i went thicker and more powder stuck, and I see some bumps that I wanna go over With a clear coat next. With a thinner layer the excess just falls off. I'll post a pic of the first version when the pic upload is fixed, but i shot a video to be able to show it before that.

[thorhammer]

Modified marbling technique. looks good. I've put such into finish for guide wraps.

[Dominick]

cool looking... Dominick

[JasonGotaProblem]

Yeah i didn't think anything that easy to accomplish wouldn't have been discovered by now. I'm definitely gonna play around a bit more with this.

This is on my kid's rod. He's gonna be stoked.

[thorhammer]

Ya know, that may even be more interesting as a finish on a lure...either primary or a refurbish...what looks more like scales than irredescent mica flakes....put a popper blank in a rod turner and see what happens.

[Gfish]

Yeah a Christmas Wrasse imitation(an actual Wrasse species on the reef here).

[oldmanjoe]

Two -three coats of clear to bury the glitter .
   You can use a tooth pick to move the clumps around .   Light will play on what you see ....     Sun light says HELLO.
   Glitter ,nail polish with glitter or duck   tape with glitter .                                 
       

  Some Days i look like a Jedi  , and some times i look like Zeus throwing lightening bolts .

[happyhooker]

Outta sight--be careful with the the heat.

Frank
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[philaroman]

do ya' wanna catch fish or crabs?  ...i.e.,
are ya' makin' a Striper pole or a Stripper pole?

[JasonGotaProblem]

do ya' wanna catch fish or crabs?  ...i.e.,
are ya' makin' a Striper pole or a Stripper pole?

You my good sir just won the internet.

[Midway Tommy]

do ya' wanna catch fish or crabs?  ...i.e.,
are ya' makin' a Striper pole or a Stripper pole?

 

[philaroman]

well, Jason being a Floridian just outside the Morone saxatilis range,
I thought maybe a minor misspelling got him into all sorts of wrong reference materials

[JasonGotaProblem]

well, Jason being a Floridian just outside the Morone saxatilis range,
I thought maybe a minor misspelling got him into all sorts of wrong reference materials

As measured by clubs per square mile, apparently tampa is #1. Never been to any of them but I once met Joe Redner.

[steelfish]

.....I haven't seen this done elsewhere but that may be because I'm not searching the right terms.

What I did was take the rod, apply a thin coat of epoxy, then started sprinkling on colored mica powder..

thats the good thing about rod building, you can make your own desings, ideas, etc and give ^&%$ what the "accepted rules" of rodbuilding say.

I did something similar but just to have some sparkling on the blank not looking for a marbling or something alike, it was on a solid tip rod I had and wanted to rewraped it for my 6 y.o. daughter, she helped me to put the hearts stickers and to pour the sparkling dust on a light coat of epoxy, then after completely dry I put another coat of epoxy on the entire blank to have a smooth surface.

https://alantani.com/index.php?topic=20515.0

the ended result looked pretty good, she loves that rod and actually caught a fish on it on the 1st time using it.

[JasonGotaProblem]

Alex that's beautiful.

I'm just thinking back to that abalone shrink wrap now and laughing. Sunlight pics below. 3rd pic was my first one with lighter epoxy layer. That's a surprise in the covered portion of a 2 part rod. I think theres merit to both the thick and thin approach, different end results.