epoxy putty

[kenballacoan]

Hi, I'm a new member and have experimented using epoxy putty to make blanks for pens.
Only one attempt with a fountain pen kit, with moderate success.
Just wondering if anyone has any advice
I have used it for decoration on turned bowls.
I used black and white. I rolled out 2 thin sheets about 2" square and about 1/16" thick and one black then created a sandwich with the black in the middle. Then cut 1/8" wide strips which I wrapped around th tubes. Trying to blend each strip into the previous.
After 36 hours to harden it turned and polished reasonably, creating a zebra effect.
Has anyone tried this material and have any advise about finishing?
Thanks Ken.

 

[magpens]

I would say you could finish with CA glue, but I would want to try that on some scrap first.

It would be nice if you could post a picture, please. (even though the pen may be incomplete).

 

[chartle]

This sounds a lot like using polymer clay.

 

[kenballacoan]

Still trying to work out how to post a picture in a thread, but there are two pictures of the pen in my album

 

[Jim15]

Still trying to work out how to post a picture in a thread, but there are two pictures of the pen in my album

Hi Ken,
Here is the way I post pictures. I have a Mac computer so some of the wording might be a little different. Give this a try;




Here are the steps I took:
1 Download picture from camera to my computer.
2 Log onto site and click on the photos tab at the top of the home page.
3 Click on Upload button.
4 under category click on member photo albums then continue.
5 Then click the button to upload from computer then choose file.
6 scroll down to the upload button.
after the file uploads then just close out that screen and go to the forum testing 1-2-3 and scroll down and click on the new thread button.
7 then got to the button "My Photos" under the emoticons and select your photo from the my photos section.
8 then select submit new thread button.

I hope this helps. If not let me know and I will try and figure out what is wrong.

jim

 

[kenballacoan]

Thanks Jim.
One more thing sorted.
Pictures posted to my album.
Cheers
Ken

 

[jeff]

Thanks Jim.
One more thing sorted.
Pictures posted to my album.
Cheers
Ken

Ken, if you want to include photos from your album in a post, here's the method:

In the posting window, under the smiles, is a section called "My Photos". Click the link there that says "Insert", and you can insert photos from your album into posts.

 

[kenballacoan]

Thanks Jeff.

 

[kenballacoan]

Milliput epoxy putty

Photos of pen
View in Gallery

 

[Woodchipper]

Guys, thanks for the info on photos. If it is OK, I'm going to copy/paste it and keep it in my files.