Yes, I stabilized them. The hull is pretty hard but the inside is like a peanut even after I stabilized. I turn a little and add thin CA to the inside then repeat. They are a pain, that's why I'm looking for opinions to see if they are worth messing with.
Yes, I stabilized them. The hull is pretty hard but the inside is like a peanut even after I stabilized. I turn a little and add thin CA to the inside then repeat. They are a pain, that's why I'm looking for opinions to see if they are worth messing with.
Next time drill several 1/8 holes through the pith before stabilizing and you will get the inside hardened. Then clean out the holes before casting and the resin will get in there and add some resin dots as "highlights"
I love the idea, and the pen is well crafted, but reverse paint the blank next time. "To me", it is distracting from the beauty of the rest of the pen. YMMV
My grandpa was a cotton farmer in west Texas, he hated cockleburs with a passion. He has been gone for 3 decades, but even to this day when I see cocklebur in the field or pasture, I think of him. As grandchildren he would have us go through the pasture and to them. We now own one of the places, and in his memory we have kept the cockleburs at bay.
Oh, ok thanks.Reverse Painting means that on cast blanks, painting the inside of the blank after you drill it out and before you insert and glue in the tube. This prevents the tube from showing and also prevents air bubbles and glue spots from showing.
Here is a perfect example of painting of different colors and how painting changes the colors:
http://www.penturners.org/forum/f19/seeing-believing-reverse-painting-151785/
Oh, ok thanks.Reverse Painting means that on cast blanks, painting the inside of the blank after you drill it out and before you insert and glue in the tube. This prevents the tube from showing and also prevents air bubbles and glue spots from showing.
Here is a perfect example of painting of different colors and how painting changes the colors:
http://www.penturners.org/forum/f19/seeing-believing-reverse-painting-151785/
I can't see the tube but the blank was cast with fairly heavy gold Pearl Ex, it doesn't show up in the picture as well as it does in person. That's the way my coworker wanted it.
I'll give it a try on the next one. Good info for the future!