workinforwood
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This is my first test blank. I have two to do, 1 to do CA, and 1 to cast. This first pen blank...I don't recall what it is called, but it is very psychedelic. I have a lot of experience with CA, and I know when you put it on thick, you can be in for a lot of heart ache. Sometimes it can get some air bubbles or white chunks from un-even drying or clouding or who knows what/why, other than the fact it is caused from going so thick. Regardless I have to do a CA finish. I'm cheating too 
I spray painted the blank with a metalic blue paint. I squeezed out some of my oil base artist paints. This type of paint is very thick. I painted part of the blank here and there with red. You can just brush this on..then you wipe it off, so the paint fills most of the channels and is wiped off the upper surface of the blue. Let that dry awhile then do it again in some other spots..ie the yellow. Let that dry and then do the rest in orange. Now the chanels are mostly full of paint and the outer surface is a uniform color. This will need a few days to cure before I can spin a finish on it...artist paints are thick and take a long time to cure..it may seem dry to the touch in a few hours, but it will not truly be dry.
I spray painted the blank with a metalic blue paint. I squeezed out some of my oil base artist paints. This type of paint is very thick. I painted part of the blank here and there with red. You can just brush this on..then you wipe it off, so the paint fills most of the channels and is wiped off the upper surface of the blue. Let that dry awhile then do it again in some other spots..ie the yellow. Let that dry and then do the rest in orange. Now the chanels are mostly full of paint and the outer surface is a uniform color. This will need a few days to cure before I can spin a finish on it...artist paints are thick and take a long time to cure..it may seem dry to the touch in a few hours, but it will not truly be dry.
