First Attempt at Wood/Acrylic Hybrid Blank

[lhowell]

Have had these blanks for a few months but was unsure exactly how to finish them being wood and acrylic. Finally found some advice on here about wiping with BLO and then finishing with a CA application. I grossly underestimated the transparency of the purple blank and am a bit embarrassed at my folly as I am usually very careful to back paint the blank hole either black or a similar color as the blank. Have another one made up ready to go that I back painted the blank hole black. Will see how that one turns out!

 

[qquake]

They look great to me!

 

[OZturner]

Great Pens, Lee.
If you hadn't mentioned not painting the Blank, I would never had known that it wasn't meant to be that way.
It is not a disaster, but I bet you will not let one through in the future.
Regardless it is a Magnificent Blank,
And your Fit and Finish is Superb,
Congratulations,
Brian.

 

[ginagreenlee]

How do you keep the color of the acrylic from bleeding into the wood during sanding and polishing? i've only done one and the wood ended up with a very blue tinge to it.

 

[lhowell]

How do you keep the color of the acrylic from bleeding into the wood during sanding and polishing? i've only done one and the wood ended up with a very blue tinge to it.

I was a bit worried about this too but surprisingly it didn't turn out to be an issue. I did my normal abranet 240-400, wiping the blank clean after each grit and sanding lengthwise after each rotation pass through the grits.

Wiped on a coat of BLO and rubbed it into the blank pretty good followed by 5 coats of CA and accelertor. Started in on my MicroMesh up through 12,000 grit and then high speed application of Novus 2 and 1 polishing compounds.

All sanding was performed at low rpm...around 500 in the opposite direction from which I turned the blank down.

Hope this helps!

 

[Jeepmiller09]

wow looks great! I am a big fan of the wood/acrylic pens! They always remind me of a picture from the space station looking at Earth

 

[stonepecker]

I have never been crazy about wood/acrylic blanks.
These two pens give me a whole new outlook. I rerally like how they turned out.
You did a great job. Congrats

 

[robutacion]

Have had these blanks for a few months but was unsure exactly how to finish them being wood and acrylic. Finally found some advice on here about wiping with BLO and then finishing with a CA application. I grossly underestimated the transparency of the purple blank and am a bit embarrassed at my folly as I am usually very careful to back paint the blank hole either black or a similar color as the blank. Have another one made up ready to go that I back painted the blank hole black. Will see how that one turns out!

Those are 2 very impressive pens, a great job for a first (and second)...!:biggrin:

The blanks look familiar, tough...!

Cheers
George