I learned things doing this one.
1.Do not layer up tinted polyester resin as a color coat on a shell.
This naked shell had a tone when struck with a knuckle.
I killed it with polyester resin. No tone when struck and really heavy in weight. Not to mention that the head rings would hardly fit. OK. Re-start.
So I sanded off all the added resin and a little more of the original shell making it a little thinner and smoother.
The Tone came back.
For color, I tinted shell with auto paint fog coat topped with satin lacquer.
These are really light coats, so the shell still tones.
A lot of inner glass flaws on this one. Would not sand out.
So they are visible if you look real close.
Large holes were filled with tinted polyester resin and fiberglass cloth.
Small holes filled with tinted monomer.
This is the first Pearl shell of any kind I have worked on.
Fiberglassing and painting. Wild stuff man.
Big Learning experience for me.
PNOC, SA