Russknan
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Finally got things together and cast my first Alumilite blank. Put a couple pieces of waste cherry into the mold, mixed the resin, added a bit of Alumilite red dye and a touch of yellow. Came out of the pot better than I expected. Decided to put it on a Classic Elite II rollerball, another first. Turned the lower blank and was having a great time until, near the end, I took off a little too much with the skew at the nib end. I hadn't realized that I was that close to the tube. Anyway, got BELOW the level of the bushing and also managed to reveal the tube in two places (see pics). I had, previously, painted both the blank and the tube. In one of the two spots, I had even scraped the red paint off the tube. I understand that the normal advice would be to part off a little at the top and bottom of the blank and segment something onto the tube to hide the oops. But I'd like to know whether it would be possible to save this, as is. Could I cap the end with painter's tape, mix some red paint into a little bit of CA and put it into the voids, etc.? I really don't have anything invested in these blanks, but wonder whether there could be a chance to practice something new. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Russ