Marble Dip for the Machetes

[Mike Vines]

Well I read the "Mild to Wild" thread on marble dipping, and you all know how I love to sit around and not do anything and be happy with the same old same old  NOT.  I couldn't wait any longer to get going on this cool aspect of crown dipping.

With out further adoo, Here is my 1st attempt on an arrow after about a dozen trial and error pieces of broken arrows.  I think I like the results.  Room for improvement, but in all I think it looks really cool.  Gonna be some really pretty Motor City Machetes coming out of the shop now...FINALLY

   

[Bowmag]

Cool. That  would look good with some red swirls in it. Well done.

[J.T.]

awesome job Mike I'm going to play around with that myself as soon as the woodies I have ordered get here.  What paint did you use? I tried it today with some broken pieces and some bohning paint that I had laying around my results weren't so good it was heavy in spots and verry light in others I think maybe I needed to thin the paint out more.

[Mike Vines]

I used a rattle can from Home Depot and it was the "Cream" color of the camoflage paint line, and did 3 drops each of Testors cream, black and olive (you can see the color in the lower left of the picture right below the marble).  Even worked on a bare shaft.  There is some trial and error involved, but once I get it figured out, it will be a pretty cool addition to the arsenal.

[Dirtybird]

Nice job Mike.  Ill be trying this out real soon.

[Over&Under]

That is too cool!

[jcar315]

Very nice....

[Roger Norris]

You have talent Mike!!

[Mike Vines]

Originally posted by Roger Norris:
You have talent Mike!!

Thank you Roger.  These are the arrows I'm making up to join you and I in Wyoming.

 If I were a mule deer, I would be honored to have one of these pass thru me.

[Jon Stewart]

Good looking camo sticks Mike.

[cecilm]

Mike do you have the link to the mild to wild thread I got no results on a search? Thanks

[Mike Vines]

A fine How-to

http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=126745

[damascusdave]

Hey Mike, you need to figure out how to get a snake skin pattern to go with Jake the Snake (Beavertail)...guess I forgot to mention that I named the bow I traded to you...I also called it Jake the Snake (Zebra) with the left handed zebrawood riser I had for it

DDave

[Mike Vines]

Good name for that one Dave.

[BOWMARKS]

Nice job Mike,I have all kinds of nothing to do time going to have to give that a try also.

[STICKBENDER98]

Nice job Mike, I have done the marble, or swirl dip before.  I used my bohning cresting paints which i had thined down, it seemed to spread out over the water better than the paint straight from the can.

[Mike Vines]

Added a pic of all 7, now to learn how to do it more consistantly.

 

[steadman]

Those look nice Mike  

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Those look great Mike!