ldimick
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Thanks to Jay Pickens for his fine article on blackening tubes.
I recently bought a few cellulose blanks from CSUA. Upon receiving them I saw that they were a bit too opaque to really turn without treating the tubes. Yesterday I got some stuff in form Pipemakers.org and tose are darned near transparent.
So I read Jay's article. Of course, since the weekend is here, and I want to turn pens NOW, I didn't want to wait for the BLACKEN-IT to be shipped to me. So I did a google search and found that model train enthusiasts use this stuff all of the time. So this morning I made a quick stop at my lobby model/rocket/"spend too much money at" store and bought the BLACKEN-IT.
So check your local hobby store under train supplies.
I recently bought a few cellulose blanks from CSUA. Upon receiving them I saw that they were a bit too opaque to really turn without treating the tubes. Yesterday I got some stuff in form Pipemakers.org and tose are darned near transparent.
So I read Jay's article. Of course, since the weekend is here, and I want to turn pens NOW, I didn't want to wait for the BLACKEN-IT to be shipped to me. So I did a google search and found that model train enthusiasts use this stuff all of the time. So this morning I made a quick stop at my lobby model/rocket/"spend too much money at" store and bought the BLACKEN-IT.
So check your local hobby store under train supplies.