There's an interesting new substance called Sugru: http://sugru.com/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugru .
Might do the trick ... Margery. ================================================ margerybu...@o2.co.uk in North Hertfordshire, UK ================================================ > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] > On Behalf Of Clay Blackwell > Sent: Thursday 20 January 2011 14:59 > To: Malvary J Cole; ARACHNE > Subject: Re: [lace] How do you feel about "Restored Bobbins? > > 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 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
