Well, Malvary... here's an idea that just popped into my head!
How about you get some colorful FIMO, and work that into the ridges of
the bands/plugs, and then let it dry. I think that once it's dry, it's
fairly durable. But, if you ever wanted it off, it could be chipped
out. If you got two or three nice colors, you could blend them "snake"-
wise, so that when you put them in the grooves, you'd have the distinct
colors. It could be rather festive!
Let me know if this works!
There's also the silver modeling paste used to make jewelry, but it's
far more expensive and I've never worked with it. Don't know if heat is
required or not.
Clay
On 1/20/2011 9:34 AM, Malvary J Cole wrote:
A couple of years ago I bought several old bobbins which had
originally had pewter inserts, bands, plugs etc. I took them to a
local pewter worker that I know and after a very long discussion
decided that there was no way that new pewter could be added at an
even remotely economical method. Now I have to decide what to do -
whatever it is will not be even remotely like it was originally. I'd
just like to do something with them so that they can be used again.
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