The color of steel

[Frederic Testard]

Thank you, Gary. I'll try this which seems quite easy to do.

[finescalerr]

"You could easily make your own version of Neolube. Sand a graphite pencil or better yet an artist's graphite stick to get powdered graphite then mix it with some alcohol."

Please report back on this and explain any tricks or quirks to be aware of. For example what is the best proportion of alcohol to graphite? Why not apply it with a brush? Is there a way to create a lighter shade? It is such a simple trick that could have many uses and modifications.

Russ

[RoughboyModelworks]

Yes, I would like to hear more about this too as I suspect it's not as simple as it sounds. For one thing Neolube is not just graphite in alcohol. It is colloidal pure furnace graphite in a mixture of isopropanol and thermoplastic resin. The thermoplastic resin is used as a binder, producing the film layer after the isopropanol evaporates. Secondly the larger graphite particles are 4 microns in size. I think you would be hard-pressed to produce pure graphite particles fine enough and of consistent size by rubbing a pencil on a piece of sandpaper. Commercial Neolube can be applied by brush or spray-gun. I've used it quite successfully in both detail guns and air-brushes.

Paul

[searoom]

Hey guys this is not rocket science. Take a piece of sandpaper, take a pencil(or graphite stick) rub the pencil tip on the sandpaper to make graphite powder. Get a nice little paint brush  and dip the bristles in some alcohol. Now, put the wet bristle in the graphite powder. Use this mix on the area to be metalized. When the alcohol dries burnish the area with your finger. A simple test will take you 2 minutes tops. Less time than it took to write this post.

[jacq01]

 Searoom,

  you forget you are on a FINESCALE forum, where they apply difficult to grasp techniques and materials 

  Jacq

[finescalerr]

Jacq, truth often is unkind. Go stand in the corner. -- Russ

[Chuck Doan]

The corner was deleted by Google.

[RoughboyModelworks]

Ohhhh.... well that explains the draft.

Paul

[marc_reusser]

Ohhhh.... well that explains the draft.

Paul

If you put your pants back on you wont feel it so much.


......off to look for the missing corner.


Marc

[finescalerr]

Sorry, the word "corner" is against the rules. You are banned for life.

Cordially,

Your Friends At Google

[RoughboyModelworks]

If you put your pants back on you wont feel it so much.
Marc

Well, I was hoping you'd notice...

Paul (move over, you're hogging the imaginary corner...)

[k27rgs]

i need another lifetime to try all these great ideas.  thanks for the info.  Mario

[jacq01]

Hey guys this is not rocket science

well I would not vote for that. To make it more complicated:

http://www.sisweb.com/referenc/msds/neolube1.pdf
http://www.sisweb.com/referenc/msds/neolube2.pdf

Micromark sells Neolube 2  maybe the canadian firm Neolube 1 for the $1100 mentioned ??

Jacq