Toni,
It is the one thing that I don't like so much about the pen. With that much contrast, it should be more even, in my symetrical mind.[
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John,
It's a spray-on lacquer. I tried CA, but it didn't work out for me. I'm going to try dipping lacquer, then if that doesn't work, I'll go back to CA. I'm also just getting used to a buffing system. I bought one a year ago from the seller's forum here, but never got it hooked up right, until recently. I had droop lines really bad in the CA, so I had to take it off and refinish it in spray lacquer. That's my stand-by, but it just doesn't give me the finish I like. I did this pen at the last bubbasville east meeting, so I was rushed for time with the drying times on the lacquer. When I do them at home, I like to give a day between coats, or at least a day, before buffing. Ideally, I would like to wait a week.
Rob