magic sleeve

[alberty]

the owne advantage of magic baloon is color.
for use, you'll test. for me, my definitif position is :

bad idea, it's look cool, but not efficient.

[mrhappy]

Just had an idea for glow in the dark pick handles using a product from the local drug store, but I'm not gonna try it

Euuch, wouldnt it be all slippery too?

I was thinking about plastidip http://www.plastidip.com/consumer/index.html , to me this would be ideal for handles. You dont have to worry about glue or it coming loose or anything. Just dip it and your good to go.

[raimundo]

so now they're makeing the love sleeve with glows in the dark radium in it.

[maxxed]

so now they're makeing the love sleeve with glows in the dark radium in it.

I've even seen flavored ones, not gonna try those either!

[TheMikeMan]

good idea. You could individually package the pick handle sleeves with little logos on them and have a slogan like "Don't be a fool, protect your tool."

[illusion]

good idea. You could individually package the pick handle sleeves with little logos on them and have a slogan like "Don't be a fool, protect your tool."

Nice one.

[CVScam]

When I made a tool out of small hacksaw blade or street sweeper wire and it is not easy to hold I use 2 part epoxy. It comes in a plasic tube has a grey on the outside and black in the middle feels like playdoo you mix in your hand till it is even color and it sets in about 10 mins. It is almost unbreakable and you can shape it any way you want. I will take some pictures of what it looks like tonight and post them later.

[n2oah]

good idea. You could individually package the pick handle sleeves with little logos on them and have a slogan like "Don't be a fool, protect your tool."

That slogan could be used on a couple of other products too!

[zafox]

I've even seen flavored ones, not gonna try those either!


You could tell in the dark which picks were which!!

[pickin]

and why are you picking in the dark? j/k

[dmh]

For homemade picks, a quick solution to comfortable handles I found was this goopy mixture designed for coating the handles of tools. I can't remember for the life of me what it's called, but it's a semi transparent, plasticy material that dries overnight. My father had some that he used on his tools, so I just stuck the ends of my picks in a jar of it. The only problem I ever had with it is that it dries thick, making your picks slightly fat. Course, that'd only be a problem if you had to stick your set in a case.

[zafox]

Because the electricity company cut me off?

[NKT]

dmh, that sounds like liquid electrical tape, or one of the other plastidip products, or perhaps liquid whipping, which you use on the ends of ropes to stop them fraying.

I don't bother, but if I did, I'd go with heatshrink. Lots of sizes (but never the one you want) and lots of colours.

[dmh]

It wasn't liquid electrical tape, I'm familiar with the stuff. After a quick google, it was indeed Plastidip stuff. But on your note of heatshrink, that's probably the easiest, cheapest way to cover metal tools.

[Gordon Airporte]

For the homemade picks I use the most I sandwich the handles in pieces of aluminum strip, round the edges over nice, then give them a couple coats of Plasti-dip.
The AL strip is 1/16" x 1/2" and availabe in the big box harware stores in a display with other bar stock and such, usually near the hardware aisle.