Drstrangefart
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The white spot is a void I tried to fill with coffee and flood with thin CA. Instead it turned crystalline. It still looks interesting, but not the intended effect.
I assume you used accelerator on the ca or the coffee was not dry enough?
Accellerator tends to do that if the ca layer is very deep. I figured that was it as most coffee is pretty dry.I assume you used accelerator on the ca or the coffee was not dry enough?
Accellerator. Coffee was dry as a bone. Deep void. I figured I'd just hit the surface and the stuff at the bottom wouldn't cloud up.
Accellerator tends to do that if the ca layer is very deep. I figured that was it as most coffee is pretty dry.I assume you used accelerator on the ca or the coffee was not dry enough?
Accellerator. Coffee was dry as a bone. Deep void. I figured I'd just hit the surface and the stuff at the bottom wouldn't cloud up.
Did you use grounds or whole bean? Regular or Decaf? I would have gone with whole bean - regular if I turned it in the morning. Whole bean - Decaf if I turned it later in the day. I can't handle caffeine too late in the day. :tongue::biggrin::tongue:
Of course, I'm just goofing off, as usual. That's another fine looking pen from "The House of Allen".
Yet another example of how accelerator can mess things up. Maybe there is a reason that CA is refered to as 'instant'. What I want to know is what should it be called when people use accelerator ... maybe More Instant or Instant Instant.
Seriously, why use accelerator in the first place? By the time you use the CA, put the cap on, put the container down, pick up the sandpaper - or tool - the CA should be hard enough to work. If not wait a second or so longer.
Cloudy CA is often the result of residual moisture in or on the material being glued. And here is a perfect example.
BTW, very nice pen. Just tell people the white spot is cracked crystal ... which in a way is what it is - kinda!