For see through blanks I use acrylic paint with an ear bud ( q tip )
I paint the blank hole. You can get seriously different affects with different colours but I mostly use black.:wink:
Reasons:
The paint in the hole hides the patchy glued areas
The paint fills in the scoring from the drilling
The paint gives a nice contrast to items cast in clear resin.
I've just made a ton of cast shredded bank note blanks ( old fivers ) and the black paint works well with it.
Edit in; Managed to catch the time limit with a quick couple of pics
I made several blocks and rods with the shredded notes and the rods weren't as densely packed as the blocks so you can see that painting the blank black solved the problem of seeing the tube or the drill marks.
I have dozens of these damned crappy pens to make for my wife. She gives them to her students. She chose the bank note cast and the kits. ( Rubbish kits from Axminster ):frown: