Product for scratch protection?

acritzer · Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 4:51 am Post subject: Product for scratch protection?

I'm having custom inlays made for my finger buttons. I need some kind of thin clear coat to brush over top to protect from scratches.

Anyone have specific recommendations?

Divitt Trumpets · Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 5:03 am Post subject:

What material are the inlays?

You could lacquer over the inlays. Many lapidary artists use epoxy resin to coat and bring out the colours in stones. This will wear away over time.
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acritzer · Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 5:07 am Post subject:

It's called Tru-stone. Some type of synthetic stone...often used for custom pen making.

Divitt Trumpets · Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 10:05 am Post subject:

I use that for some of my inlays as well. It's fairly hard but not as hard as real stone.
I don't think it will get scratched unless you purposefully rub it against something abrasive. It shouldn't scratch from normal use. It's also used a lot in custom guitar neck inlays, and that would see more abuse than a finger button.
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Don Herman rev2 · Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 3:55 pm Post subject:

Maybe just car wax?
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acritzer · Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 4:27 pm Post subject:

Yep. Ok, thanks.