tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3980965597843358498.post7311557831376794411..comments2024-03-26T21:29:33.611-07:00Comments on Corbania Prime: Glass beadsCol. Corbanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01020939787609973241noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3980965597843358498.post-64728863207114199962010-01-30T01:34:21.557-08:002010-01-30T01:34:21.557-08:00No worries on the link mate, it's an excellent...No worries on the link mate, it's an excellent idea and it's working wonders for me.<br /><br />Have a look at ebay for alternative source of beads. I don't know woh this compares to your necklaces, but I thought it was a great deal.<br /><br />http://cgi.ebay.com/2-POUNDS-ASSORTED-COLOR-OPAQUE-COLORED-GLASS-BEADS-LOT_W0QQitemZ150407317421QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2304f987adCol. Corbanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01020939787609973241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3980965597843358498.post-10821417173066438172010-01-28T22:18:00.358-08:002010-01-28T22:18:00.358-08:00I just found this post, thanks for the link - glad...I just found this post, thanks for the link - glad to hear that using glass beads are working out for you!<br /><br />I went through a variety of agitators before settling on glass beads: tab clippings, bits of sprue, zinc-plated BB's; they all work to greater or lesser degrees, but have their own problems.<br /><br />White metal, esp. w/ a higher pewter content, generally starts to "degrade" in reaction w/ the deionized water in most acrylic paints - it's not the white metal so much as the other elements in it: copper, tin, antimony/bismuth, etc. I've seen "lead bloom" in action and decided I didn't want impurities sloughing off into my paints.<br /><br />Plastic sprue clippings were inert, but too light to shift paint and didn't do much other than float and take up pot space.<br /><br />I thought zinc-plated BB's were "it" (non-reactive & weighty!) 'til I noticed the outer plating cracked through use, exposing an unstable core - got a number of old pots now w/ rusting BB's stuck to the interior.<br /><br />I finally went w/ glass beads - fairly cheap, as inert as it gets, weighty, and don't occupy much space in the pot. Been using 'em for well over a year now and haven't looked back. I also bulked up my supply in another craft store necklace sale!Tinweaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04293563894232746690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3980965597843358498.post-71232655409605370742010-01-15T07:22:08.768-08:002010-01-15T07:22:08.768-08:00For another tutorial on paintmaintenance go here:
...For another tutorial on paintmaintenance go here:<br /><br />http://santacruzwarhammer.blogspot.com/2009/02/paint-maintenance.html<br /><br />we did this in feb of last year.<br /><br />cheers<br />Mike<br />Santa Cruz WarhammerSC Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15258905153733166390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3980965597843358498.post-79885381637539904762010-01-14T11:59:14.335-08:002010-01-14T11:59:14.335-08:00@W39 - yeah, they work really well.
@Siph - I'...@W39 - yeah, they work really well.<br /><br />@Siph - I've kept away from metal and flash bits as Tinweasels article says they can taint the paint as they corrode.Col. Corbanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01020939787609973241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3980965597843358498.post-83332139589687118552010-01-14T11:27:22.340-08:002010-01-14T11:27:22.340-08:00Don't waste your money - add small chopped pie...Don't waste your money - add small chopped pieces of metal from the miniatures excess tabs and whotnot. Doesn't cost anythingSiph_Horridushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07159625883822754521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3980965597843358498.post-87925878307083790742010-01-14T09:30:31.610-08:002010-01-14T09:30:31.610-08:00I use pennies--though I'm not sure they help.....I use pennies--though I'm not sure they help... have you actually tried the glass beads yet?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3980965597843358498.post-45294983929489342652010-01-14T08:11:32.218-08:002010-01-14T08:11:32.218-08:00I had read that blog post, found glass beads on Eb...I had read that blog post, found glass beads on Ebay and then forgot to buy them! I will now - thanks for the reminder :)Sholtohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13576403929813478210noreply@blogger.com