plantman
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This started out as a PSI Filibella antique copper pen kit. I changed the color of the background and crystals with blue alcohol dye/ink to make the copper design stand out better. The blanks are Birdseye Maple Burl tinted with the same blue alcohol dye/ ink plus a blender to soften the color. With the yellowish grain of the maple and the blue dye, the blanks look more green that blue on the photos. Sanded to 1200 grit and added 8 coats of thick CA. Re-sanded to 1200 and applied Nova #1 and #2 Polish. In my humble outlook this pen kit, without enhancement, is one of the most unflattering in the PSI collection. That is the reason I ordered this kit, to see if I could improve on it's looks. Hope this gives some of you out there ideas of what can be done with it. You can be the judge as to if it improved the look or not. Feel free to blast away !! Jim S