MC Marbles Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 Steph touched on this topic in another thread... Why do some Ebay Seller's marbles all look so darn Glossy??? Hypothetically speaking...I suspect they are clear coating them with a product like Liquid Glass car polish or the like. I have also heard of waxed marbles drying out and the gloss flakes off. What are some tricks others have heard of??? & what to watch out for?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mibcapper Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 no trick involved in my using cheesecloth mark. it brings out the luster of a mib better than a jewelers cloth or anything else i've used. home displays and on the road. doesn't " hide" a thing ... shines em fine ... bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machinemades Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 Wet mint, high grade marbles do look like they are made yesterday. That is why they are graded high. This is one area you don't need to be suspicious. Sami Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 My thoughts about clear coating marbles were pretty much limited to ceramics. Might be able to find a better example in a tour of ebay but here's a hint of the unnatural gloss I started seeing a couple of years ago, I guess it was. I posted these in August of 2007. Compare the shiny brown ones to the non-shiny white ones. And there were many weird reflections in different marbles in this thread which Paula commented on, Some Dug China's. Even that bull's eye in one of the close-ups. Looks like the hair on it is stuck under hairspray. The gloss on the felt tip mibs isn't "glaring" but why is it there at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 A mill ball with a reflection like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glangley Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 Wow! Steph, that mill ball pic is awesome! lol and funny! I see a glob of the clear coat near the bottom just left of center, and inbetween the black lines. Wow, what a shine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Marbles Posted July 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 The reason I ask.... There is an Ebay seller (Not MarbleAlan)who sells 50 or 60 marbles a month. They have 100% positive feedback. 95+% of their listings the marbles look dripping wet. Almost oil covered. They just look to good to be true. It has me wondering... I will not name names here but if anyone wants to discuss it PM me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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