I do alot of white crowns. I simply buy some Delta cream coat craft paint and water it down and use that for either dipping or use it with a soft rag and wipe it on. I dont use the bright white as it seems to take more coats then a flat white. they bring out the wood grain just like a stain would instead of covering it up like you might think a paint would. I only use craft paints for the crowns, and they do NOT bleed in the gasket lacquer at all. plus its under 1.00 a bottle and they last for along time.

Dianna

Hey Grey, believe it or not I was the fella that put him onto 'his' gasket lacquer, that toothy no good LOL! Anyways, he cant get a corner market on the stuff so if you want to know where to get it at 85 bucks for 5 gallons, plus shipping, let me know, ya got my email!

Dianna,
Does that Delta cream coat make pretty thin layers then? I'm sure you understand my wish to keep the coat fairly thin and light weight. If you thin it, I reckon you can control it pretty well. I think it's fine if some grain shows, I just want arrows I can see fly. Old and feeble as I'm getting, high vis helps!<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> When I had trouble with those compressed shafts, it was from dipping in the water based stain, and the water went into the end grain. If I ever use the compressed again, I'll just brush the crown on like I do the rest of the stain..
Thanks!
Tom

Hi, Dan. Egypt-something-or-other wasn't it? For the quantity I'd have to buy and the pain and suffering in decanting it I'd just as soon keep getting it from Troy and make him hassle with putting it in the smaller container <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

Besides, gotta do my part for keeping him in business, he's good people.

But, thanks!

Edited by - Grey Taylor on 01/28/2002 20:42:42

Hey Walley, I do caps like Di does, btw thanks for the info Di <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>! Anyways, I dip mine. I do thin it about 50 50 depending on the color. Dont let the big bubble sit on there and a patch of little bubbles will pull the paint off as the group of bubbles falls but letting it sit till the bubbles are completly gone in the tube like with bohning will get to the point where the paint and water start to seperate! I seal the shaft first! Stain with an alcohol based stain on those compressed shafts, seal once over the stain to the bottom of your cap area, then over the hole shaft. Then dip, crest I use testers, dip in water based (I hit it twice) to protect the testors, I have pics I posted awhile back, smear city. Then finish coating with the gasket lacquer. What I find if I try and seal the caps before cresting without waterbased on the caps is the gasket wants to eat a little paint at the shoulders of the nocks. Not sure why it does it but it does. Maybe I am not letting the paint cure long enuf or its to thin but sealing in the water based AFTER I cap AND crest seems to works and why ask why when it works fine right LOL. Then again thats what works for me!

Thanks for the help with the ducco and gl. I have a routine I'm going to try that I got from a search on the subject before. I believe it was from DI and stealthy.

thanks

Rich

Dan,
When you say you seal the shaft first, does that mean with gl? I think you meant you do that just to the cap section, right? If you're putting one coat of gl on after the tip section is stained and before the cap goes on, why don't you do it all at once? Anyway, that's something I haven't tried. I've got some white latex enamel thinned down to where it pours off the shaft pretty fast after dipping, but it still builds up faster and thicker at the nock end. Maybe if I put up a ceiling fan in the shop and mount clamps to the end of the blades....centrifuge those things off....yeah.<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>
Seriously, thanks for the tip. Having that smooth gl surface to put the cap on makes sense.
Tom

Wally...With that delta paint you dont have to thin it, but I do. I have squeezed a drop on a rag and rubbed it on like a stain and that way it will not build up on the nock tapers. I guess the best thing to do is just mess around till you get the look you like.

Dianna

Wally...With that delta paint you dont have to thin it, but I do. I have squeezed a drop on a rag and rubbed it on like a stain and that way it will not build up on the nock tapers. I guess the best thing to do is just mess around till you get the look you like.

Dianna

Thanks Dianna,
Is there an echo in here?<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> I can held the mess around with it part! I can clean up the nock tapers OK, what I'm trying to avoid is a lot of paint thickness on the crown area, after I've tapered the shaft itself. I think ol' Richie got more than he bargained for here, but it's a favorite topic for a lot of us.

Tom (wallypedal) or Wally or whatever