You can also use Sharpie markers and get a nice, even color. Just turn it to its finished dimensions and color it, sand, color, sand, color, and finish.
I have tried using a sharpie to no avail. When finishing with CA the sharpie runs. As for the food coloring. I do believe he is using the paste type food coloring. I also believe that it is not alcohol based like the liquid.
i've got a question regarding the cob pens. do they have to be cast and/or stabilized in order to turn them or do you just drench it with CA when you've got it close to the size of the final pen?
Hello
To answer your questions..the blank was not stablized, it was just a dried corn cob from a feed store..the food coloring is a gel paste ..I'll post a link..others may work but I hav't tried them..I'll try to do a tutorial to show how I do it
Thanks for all the nice comments
Harold, like has already been said, I too think that is the nicest corn cob to date. The colour is really vibrant. Mark Ligget gave me a handful of them and now I realy want to try one. I also thought they had to be cast[:I]
Thanks Harold!!! That is one fine looking pen. I gave my brother-in-law one I had made just last evening and he really liked it. Wish I had colored it up a bit. Sure do appreciate you volunteering to post a tutorial. That's what makes this site great.
Here is the link I said I would post for the liquid food coloring..The blue is#5217 Royal Blue..it comes in a 13 oz bottle, that would probably do thousands of pens..
I will put togeter a tutorial as soon as the weather breaks here..right now its just too darn hot and humid[}]