Sunday night2--Comments specific to Exotics, please!

[ed4copies]

Sunday night2--Why and what color to paint tube or backpaint - YouTube

This week we continue on the pen started last week.

We determine IF we will need to backpaint and what color might look good.

Comments welcome, as always!!

Ed

 

[longbeard]

Nice job Ed
Maybe cut 2 or so blanks and paint each one a different color to show how that color changes the appearence of the finished blank after turned. Maybe one white, a purple etc...

 

[ed4copies]

Nice job Ed
Maybe cut 2 or so blanks and paint each one a different color to show how that color changes the appearence of the finished blank after turned. Maybe one white, a purple etc...

Did you get a hold of my "planning sheet"????

As I was making this vid, I decided to make two sierras instead of one cigar for EXACTLY the reason you suggest----you may want to visit your doctor, if you start thinking like me, it could be a sign of premature senility!!!:biggrin::biggrin:

 

[longbeard]

I'm thinking that your thinking of sending me something

 

[edicehouse]

One thing I often do with a blank I am unsure of, generally there is a small cut off left (about half an inch), drill that, turn it down and back paint that and slide a tube in. Can easily get the paint out and change color.

 

[Jim15]

Thanks Ed.

 

[glen r]

Thanks Ed. Very informative as usual.

 

[PenMan1]

FWIW and as "weird" as it may seem, we've found that dark colored resin blanks perform quite nicely when reverse painted with white or light colors of acrylic paint.

Conversely, light colored resin blanks seem to have more "depth" and behave quite nicely when reverse painted with black or dark colored acrylic paints.

We discovered this by accident when we under painted a light blue and white luster blank with white paint. The end result look "flat" or washed out.

It MIGHT be interesting to take four or five blanks from the same batch and back paint each a different color.

Again, FWIW: we found that a throat culture swab (long tightly wound Q tip) mounted in a variable speed drill makes a very efficient "powered paint brush" when the drill is operated a slow speeds. At high speeds, it still works but is messier than a soup sandwich.

Signed,
The speckled man

 

[edicehouse]

I use more silver than anything, that seems to make the colors pop more.

 

[LagniappeRob]

Please also add not painted but with the nickel, white, etc tubes if you could... I've be reluctant to use them for wondering if the glow shows up.

 

[lorbay]

Thanks Ed. I was just telling a buddy of mine about painting tubes as he is new at this. Great timing.
Lin

 

[longbeard]

I'm thinking that your thinking of sending me something

Ed, i was right agian! :biggrin:
Dawn must have sent that thru her pen portal :biggrin:

 

[CrimsonKeel]

Ive always wanted to make a stick with all the colors i would use painted on it. then i could insert it into the scrap cut off end of the blank turned down. then you could slide that ring down to find what works best and give the right effect