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    :bawling: I was sooo sure that the "C" was for Crystal. And being a water sign, the mermaid was a perfect fit. Oh well. It still looks great even if it isn't for me. :)

    Since you are doing 40,000 of them, maybe one with the right name can get slipped in that order somewhere. ;)

    Crystal

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    Thanks, Crystal! :)

    LOL!! The bell is a clever idea.

    He wants one, eh? Well all the info is in the pic. Sounds like a nice winter project for a loving wife. :rolleyes2:

    (is he looking over your shoulder?)

    Seriously, PM Myriam if you'd like us to help you make it or to make one for him.

    We haven't tried the Fiebing's Chocolate. Thought we'd try Angelus because we heard they didn't

    have the reddish tint. But that PURPLE (Chocolate) was a shocker. We're still waiting to hear from them about that. The brown looked good though.

    Forgot to ask...need some snow? We have loads of it piled up around the place. Just going to waste.

    50+ inches so far. Makes things pretty but tough to get to town. We're snow bound until the county

    plows the road to our place.

    Myriam wanted to get out and do something...cabin fever, methinks. Anyway, she unlimberd the .45,

    put a playing card up against a snowbank and proceeded to ventilate the card and snow. Nice to see

    a happy woman! :cowgirl::gun:

    Thanks for the offer to help, I appreciate it! Right now he wants to work on a holster - so we will see how that goes first.

    I think we got some of your cold - thanks for sending that East. You may get dry this summer, so I will pass on your offer of sending snow.

    I am not sure I would be allowed to be near any firearms at all - cabin'd in with 50+ inches of snow, unplowed roads... I think our place would turn into something akin to "The Shining". :blink:

    Stay warm!

    Crystal

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    Beautiful job, Hedge and Myriam! The hubby was peeking over my shoulder when I first looked at this - and now he wants one. (I must put a bell on him so he can't sneak up like that. :) ) He likes everthing on the utlitarian side with little decoration to it, but he really liked the braiding, as do I.

    I have used the Fiebings Chocolate and have gotten good results, although there is a definite cherry undertone to it. I just played with some Fiebings Walnut Stain and that is a dark chocolate color with more of a tan undertone to it. Don't know if that is what you are looking for.

    Let's see some more!

    Crystal

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    Thanks Crystal. Yeah, I was just thinking about how Tandy antique actually seems to color the acrylic resist. I was thinking about then trying to remove the acrylic to expose the highlights without then having the color bleed all over it again. That's the hard part.

    I was thinging of trying a hint of black dye to the brown. It would sure darken it.

    This is the thread where the brown dye is mentioned.

    http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?s...amp;#entry77291

    For some reason I am not sure just adding black will work. Give it a try though. Let us know how that turns out! I just had an interesting go with Tan gel antique. I put probably 4 coats of resist on top of white and I still ended up with yellow.... :-) Isn't this fun??

    Crystal

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    How about working backwards? Maybe try resist and remove. I look at that and it looks like the high parts of the design are worn or rubbed. Try the antique and then go over with a deglazer or something like that. If you want to hit just the high parts of the design, back your deglazer rag with a sanding block or something with a flat surface and rub over. That would keep the remover out of the recessed parts of the design.

    I've also noticed the red tone to most browns. I did a little experiement one time and was able to cut the red tone in brown dye by adding blue dye. Not too much or you end up with purple. :-) Somewhere here, at some time, someone mentioned a brown dye that was a true brown without the red tones...I just can't remember who, where or when.

    Just some thoughts-

    Crystal

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    Marlon - Thanks for bringing up this topic!

    I have an airbrush sitting in a box and have been reluctant to give it a try. What is the white bottle/jug used for on the cabinet?

    Hilly - The shower curtains are a great idea.

    Kate - Thanks for the picture lessons! That does help take some of the mystery out of using an airbrush.

    Roo - good tip on the assembly and dis-assembly!

    Bree - Explosives warnings are always needed!

    Hisself -Good pointers on air flow and filters!

    Crystal

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