Don't you like the smooth, glossy appearance of lacquered furniture? But it seems difficult to acheive yourself at home. We've seen rubberized coatings that are available for dipping the handles of tools and wonder if this might acheive that flawless appearance and provide a protective rubber layer to boot!
One such product from a company called Plasti Dip is shown here, with rubber coatings available in dippable and sprayable applications. We'll keep you posted if we can work up the nerve to test it. One obvious drawback: most rubber coatings are available in very limited colors like "blue", "yellow", "red". -regina
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good luck with that
Red, blue, yellow. The primary colors.
Mix and get any color you want, sans white of course.
I used this stuff alot back in art school, and unless they changed the formula, it is not at all glossy- if you think it will look like the shiney red on your pliers, that is a different process.
if I remember correctly, I used the blue to coat a copper electroform, and it reminded me of a latex balloon.
it also comes in spray form, which is cool because some of the droplets sort of congeal in mid spray and during buildup- and it can create a very "fleshy" flocked sort of appearance.
(especially the red, which was more of a coral color than bright primary red)
anyway-- both are cool and can be used creatively-
but I don't remember either looking like lacquer at all. glossy polyurethane would be a better approach for that.
I used plasti dip on occasion for its original intended purpose. It does provide a nice even smooth finish but it also feels, well, plasticky. It seems like an interesting use - especially if you try to apply thin coats with the spray version. It does have some thickness to it. if you have every felt the rubberized handle of a garden trowel, pliers, or wire strippers, it will most certainly feel like that.
it also comes in white, black, and clear. if you would like to recreate something along the lines of tobias wong's rubber dipped chandelier at home, that something you could use. but it will not look like laquered surface at all.
I bought it once in clear, which was actually kind of cloudy. It works great the first time you use it. If you put it away for a while and try to use it again, you'll probably have trouble because it won't be liquidy and smooth.
I used the colorless one to coat the feet of some iron chairs... no more rust stains on the floor!
hmmm. I wonder if it could be used to repair the inside of a bag that I have? Outside: leather, in good condition. Inside some kind of plasticky fabric which is flaking off.
ReadyMade magazine had a project telling you how to make your own dumbbells out of old batteries coated with this stuff. I seem to remember some cautions about it being a little tricky to handle, in order to make sure it doesn't drip all over the place as it dries, etc.
i think i might try the clear kind on my sunglasses. expensive ones that have sharp "arms". they hurt behind my ears, and i was trying to think of something to wrap them with.
Try clear nail varnish for your glasses - works a treat!