Several weeks ago I found a Star shaving brush with a very worn boar bristle knot in it. Earlier this year I had obtained a 22mm UK boar replacement knot from TGN, intending to install it in another handle. I decided to go with a badger knot instead, so I had this spare boar bristle. I used a Forstner bit to drill out the old bristle.
I soon discovered that the upper handle, outer plastic shell was very thin (1/16 in.) and filled with a white substance, that held the knot in. I also found that the plastic upper was cracked in several places. I decided to carefully scrape out the white substance. While removing the substance, the cracks worsened. When I got to the bottom, a large piece of the plastic broke off. I finished removing the filler and glued the pieces back to gether. I intend to refill the interior of the handle with JB Weld to reinforce the thin shell and then redrill to fit the 22 mm knot.
While scraping out the filler, the original red color of the upper handle was visible. The outer shell had turned into a light brown color. I originally thought the beige and brown brush handle loooked good, so I was suprised to see the the original red color. Beige and red is a better color to my liking. I thought about sanding the outer shell down, but it is already thin, so I am thinking about filling in the visible cracks, sanding the repair down lightly and re-painting a red color.
I stopped by the local hobby shop to see about purchasing a small container of red epoxy based paint. When asking about a wear resistant, waterproof paint, I was informed that he only carried acrylic paints.
Question? Will that work for the application? The owner of the shop was only familiar with model car/airplane use and could not tell me if the acrylic paint would stand up to hot water and soaps/creams.
I plan to create a rough surface on the plastic, so any paint I use will adhere to the plastic.
Anybody done somethin similar? I would appreciate your help.
I have epoxy based coating that I use to refinish firearms, but it is very expensive and does not come in a red color.
I soon discovered that the upper handle, outer plastic shell was very thin (1/16 in.) and filled with a white substance, that held the knot in. I also found that the plastic upper was cracked in several places. I decided to carefully scrape out the white substance. While removing the substance, the cracks worsened. When I got to the bottom, a large piece of the plastic broke off. I finished removing the filler and glued the pieces back to gether. I intend to refill the interior of the handle with JB Weld to reinforce the thin shell and then redrill to fit the 22 mm knot.
While scraping out the filler, the original red color of the upper handle was visible. The outer shell had turned into a light brown color. I originally thought the beige and brown brush handle loooked good, so I was suprised to see the the original red color. Beige and red is a better color to my liking. I thought about sanding the outer shell down, but it is already thin, so I am thinking about filling in the visible cracks, sanding the repair down lightly and re-painting a red color.
I stopped by the local hobby shop to see about purchasing a small container of red epoxy based paint. When asking about a wear resistant, waterproof paint, I was informed that he only carried acrylic paints.
Question? Will that work for the application? The owner of the shop was only familiar with model car/airplane use and could not tell me if the acrylic paint would stand up to hot water and soaps/creams.
I plan to create a rough surface on the plastic, so any paint I use will adhere to the plastic.
Anybody done somethin similar? I would appreciate your help.
I have epoxy based coating that I use to refinish firearms, but it is very expensive and does not come in a red color.
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