Wet Look...Opinions?

[Steve1236]

Tried a little bit of a different way to get the wet look on a botryoidal druzy specimen I didn't mind sacrificing, opinions would be greatly appreciated, good or bad. Thx

 

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[ToddsPoint]

What would happen if you tried to make a cab out of that? It does look wet right now. Neat rock. Gary

 

[Steve1236]

Its permanent, the wet look, this would actually be a easy specimen for lapidary, just cut the shape desired, round, oval, heart etc and your cab is done.

 

[DDancer]

Looks good and looks wet Steve.

 

[Steve1236]

Thanks DDancer, I thought it came out pretty good but I was afraid I'd get looks like **** comments lol, usually when you do something yourself you have a favorable bias so you need honest opinions from others to know for sure.

 

[fuss]

I think it looks good as well, do you have a before photo?

 

[Steve1236]

No I forgot to take a picture darn it, but it didn't look very pretty dry, that was why I was willing to sacrifice it.

 

[fuss]

Ok so what did you different for this one?

 

[Molewacker]

I think your wet look brings out the coral coloration in your sample nicely!

 

[Steve1236]

I used rustoleum gloss ×2 non yellowing uv resistant but this time I used my air compressor and made sure nothing clumped up anywhere, it's a lot faster and cheaper than buying a lot of acetone, but beware, do it outside only and wear a good respirator! I just did a batch on some other's, I'll post some pictures.

 

[Steve1236]

Sorry about the lighting, I took the pictures at dawn...
Again no before and after lol, I just finished those yesterday.

 

[fuss]

didnt google it, is it a spray lacquer? this stuff works pretty good on some rocks as well apparently, I bought I nice sawn and polished pegmatite rock that had it applied. Little bit more of a matte finish to it than gloss though.

https://www.amazon.com/Black-Diamond-Stoneworks-Provides-Protection/dp/B008RGZBQW

Ill post a photo at some point to show how it looks.

 

[Steve1236]

It's a spray clear gloss non yellowing uv resistant, it's for any surface, it works best on crystals or druzy specimens, I just did this freeform, I used it on the druzy only and taped the rest of the stone off.

 

[RTR]

It's a spray clear gloss non yellowing uv resistant, it's for any surface, it works best on crystals or druzy specimens, I just did this freeform, I used it on the druzy only and taped the rest of the stone off.View attachment 1750639View attachment 1750643View attachment 1750645View attachment 1750646View attachment 1750647
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Steve that spray works great I used it on this Gold specimen I found back in 2011 and it still has not yellowed

 

[Steve1236]

I like the stuff, if you notice dust or anything collecting after a while you can just rinse the stone off right in the sink then stick it back on your shelf, I myself have a few I did a few years ago and they look like I just did them, I've only ever used rustoleum gloss ×2 uv resistant non yellowing though. If my specimen is bigger quartz crystal clusters, I go with the rustoleum universal high gloss, makes the crytals almost blinding with sparkles and not cheesy looking, turns out really good, you just have to practice your spraying techniques, not to much and not to little.