Few Caballeros on blanks I cast

[mike4066]

First blanks to come out of some melamine molds. It's nice having 5 blanks instead of the 1-2 I make when I use PVC. (don't want to deal with 20 pvc tubes...)

 

[Rink]

very nicely done.

 

[SteveJ]

Those are all very nice casts!

 

[liljohn1368]

Those are really nice.. Great job.....

 

[Charlie_W]

Super job on the casts as well as the turning/finishing of the pens!
I think the blue is my favorite!

Also, I need to order some of the Caballeros pens. I like that there is no black plastic showing on these.

 

[terry q]

Nice job Mike. Love the blue.

 

[kruzzer]

Nice work Mike... the casting look great. My fav is the reddish one..

 

[BSea]

Those are very nice. I can't decide if I like the blue or red better. I have a few questions. What are melamine molds, and what pigments are you using?

I normally use PVC, but I'm open to try something else.

 

[D.Oliver]

Super job on the casts as well as the turning/finishing of the pens!
I think the blue is my favorite!

Also, I need to order some of the Caballeros pens. I like that there is no black plastic showing on these.

I'll second Charlie on this one.

 

[mark james]

Beautiful Job Mike!!!

I like the first two the best - great casts AND great job on the turning.

 

[J Michael]

All 3 are great and have something about them that I really like. But, I have to go with kruzzer on this one - the 2nd one as my favorite.

 

[mike4066]

Thanks for the positive comments guys, there's so much more to learn.

The blue/white is my favorite one.
I poured the red one a bit too soon, so between that and trying to create the swirls in the mold I lost some of the color separation.

Those are very nice. I can't decide if I like the blue or red better. I have a few questions. What are melamine molds, and what pigments are you using?

I normally use PVC, but I'm open to try something else.

They are the same as the flat cutting board molds, but with melamine boards instead of HDPE. Think of cheap white cabinets / shelves with the "plastic" coating to them. I had an old shelf laying around that I cut up.

The pigments the Casting Craft dyes that I picked up at Michael's. The green one is pearl-ex powder, and I think i added some green alumilite dye because I didn't have enough pearlex to get it right.