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Creating texture on button surface
upprc04:
Are you just looking to put a little bump on one button? Why not put a little drop of super glue on top of one button? I have accidentally got super glue on my mouse pad, and it take a lot of effort to get it off. It looks like you may want to make the whole top of the button textured, but this could could be one solution.
ragnar:
--- Quote from: upprc04 on October 05, 2010, 03:55:18 pm ---Are you just looking to put a little bump on one button? Why not put a little drop of super glue on top of one button? I have accidentally got super glue on my mouse pad, and it take a lot of effort to get it off. It looks like you may want to make the whole top of the button textured, but this could could be one solution.
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I think a bump like you describe would be a possiblity. I think the texturing would be best though so long as it is a thin lyer.
I might try out a bump via super glue though. I wonder if 2 part epoxy would work better.
I should add that I did do a test with a small piece of masking tape and it did wonders.
mrtuesday42:
i think we used rock salt, something that was large. i keep forgetting to look it up for yah man. ill ask my dad since he is all old school like that. you could just give it a try too :D
ragnar:
--- Quote from: mrtuesday42 on October 05, 2010, 04:54:54 pm ---i think we used rock salt, something that was large. i keep forgetting to look it up for yah man. ill ask my dad since he is all old school like that. you could just give it a try too :D
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I tried the Google for about 5 minutes and failed. If you get me some details, it would be appreciated.
At the same time I am starting to think more about the keep it simple concept. I should just try out the drill bit thing and make a dent. It will take all of 5 seconds.
mrtuesday42:
--- Quote ---And if you do that, you will rue the day you put it one when you need to sand the floorboards down and paint them. Silica (beach sand) does a fair number on sandpaper. Kind of like taking sandpaper to a piece of quartz.
And if you use ground walnuts, you'll rue the day you either trip and fall on the stuff or have to kneel on it with bare knees.
Either use the poly granules sold by Interlux, Z-spar and Epifanes for non-skid or do it the old way.
Once you've got your finish coat on, mask out what you want to keep glossy. Get a lot of table salt or sugar. Lay down one more finish coat where you want the non-skid, inside your masked margins.
While the paint is fresh, wet and sticky, dump a heavy layer of table salt/sugar on the wet paint. Go away. Have a homebrew. Take a shower, get dressed up a little. Take SWMBO out for dinner and a little clubbing.
Come back when the paint is dry. Brush off the excess salt/sugar. Get out your garden hose and blast away and dissolve the salt/sugar that has stuck to the paint, leaving a surface beautifully pitted where the salt/sugar used to be.
et voila! A beautiful non-skid surface with just the right texture. When it needs to be renewed, a light sanding, a new coat of non-skid and you're ready to go.
You can vary the texture by using salt or sugar of different crystal sizes.
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pulled this from a forum about dinghy's or something. saw a bunch of stuff about surfboards but was kind of hard to follow as they were more concerned with how abrasive it was. i googled 'non skid with salt' and found plenty. there are a lot of options in my opinion for it. you could just take some sandpaper too it and make it more matte textured. subtle.
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