MicroFlex Abalone Shell Inlay Strips

SKU: MFLEX-GOLD
Sale price$13.99 USD

Color: Gold Paua
Size: 4.75 x 2.75 in.
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MicroFlex Abalone Shell Inlay Strips

Product Details

All-new MicroFlex™ Abalone is remarkably thinner and easier to apply than previous abalone products!

Create stunning inlays and more with these hot new rod decorations. Simply trim, heat up for a few seconds in a microwave or with moderate heat from a heat gun, peel and apply. Available in 17 colors.

Please note: This is a natural product, some imperfections may be present on the sheet and/or edges.

MicroFlex abalone shell veneer - exclusively from Mud Hole

Key Features

  • Multiple sizes available to fit any project
  • Adhesive-backed for easy install
  • Super fine lacquer finish
  • 17 Colors

Proposition 65 Warning


CA WARNING.

CA Proposition 65 Warning

WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals including Lead, which is known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm. For more information go to https://www.P65Warnings.ca.gov

Customer Reviews

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Chris Linville (Charlotte, NC, US)
Abalone inlays

I love the look it gives me as a stand alone decoration and as a back ground for decals

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S.G. (Ames, IA, US)
Beautiful

Absolutely Beautiful! Can’t wait to pair this with some metallic purple thread wrap!

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Performance Fishing Rods Wallace (Alexandria, VA, US)

MicroFlex Abalone Shell Inlay Strips

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Brett Wayman (Saluda, VA, US)
Great addition

This is awesome stuff. Easy to work and looks wonderful

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Michael Danek (Owosso, MI, US)
Beautiful, but you have to know how to use them

I love these abalone sheets, have used them a number of times. However, I disagree that a heat gun is the best way to make them flexible enough to wrap around a rod blank without cracking. The best way, in my opinion, is to soak them in water that has been heated to boiling , then wait until the backing is almost totally soaked by the water. It will look dark as it wets. Then carefully separate the abalone (previously the sheet was cut to the right size for the blank) material from the backing, and get one whole edge of it free. Then carefully place that edge into position, and press it down. Then progressively pull the rest of the backing off and press the abalone to the blank. When done then protect its surface with a piece of paper and vigorously burnish it down hard to the blank. Then I wrap it with the paper protector and tightly wrap that in highly stretched electrical tape, then leave it on overnight.

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