soligen
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It seems that teh popular choices for kitless fittings are brass and aluminum (or stainless if you have the right tooling)
We know brass takes on a patina, and have seen the opinions and methods for dealing with it, so my question is on aluminum. I know it can be polished to a high gloss and look really nice, but i've seen aluminim (not pen) with white oxidation.
So, my question is how long lasting is buffed-up glossy aluminum on a pen?
In my first kitless pen, I used aluminim rod from home depot. If there any real difference between using this vs. an alloy? (I see johnnycnc uses alloy 6061 if I remember correctly)
Thanks
We know brass takes on a patina, and have seen the opinions and methods for dealing with it, so my question is on aluminum. I know it can be polished to a high gloss and look really nice, but i've seen aluminim (not pen) with white oxidation.
So, my question is how long lasting is buffed-up glossy aluminum on a pen?
In my first kitless pen, I used aluminim rod from home depot. If there any real difference between using this vs. an alloy? (I see johnnycnc uses alloy 6061 if I remember correctly)
Thanks