Shamrock Green Lucite on Zen

[G1Pens]

This is a Shamrock Green Lucite from Exotic Blanks on a chrome zen. Reverse painted green (with Ceramcoat). Tubes glued in with white Gorilla Glue.

Not really sure I am sold on the Lucite. It is a pain to drill (once again my drill bit got stuck as it neared completion) and it is harder to turn (lighter cuts). In the end I guess I am just not that impressed with the final product. I've seen PR that looks as good.....but that is just me.

I will say that this pen has one of my best finishes to date. I micromeshed to 12000 and then buffed with the Barry Gross system.

Anyway, let me know what you think.

 

[bobjackson]

What an elegant pen. Nice green. Great job.

 

[MorganGrafixx]

I'm really liking that blank! Nice work!

 

[omb76]

Looks great Gary! I really like that color green and the kit shows it off nicely!

I share the same opinion of Lucite as you do...not completely sold on it yet. The difference that I see as compared to other acrylics is that the Lucite seems to have a more "crystal" looking quality which is nice. I also find them more difficult to reverse paint as the paint doesn't want to stick that well.

 

[G1Pens]

I didn't have any issues with the reverse painting. I have starting using Ceramcoat paints and haven't had an issue yet on any blanks.