can Lignum vitae be accelerated to Green?

[gandsande]

Hello all, I have a customer wanting a pen from Lignum vitae, However she wants it Green like the blank is NOW after sitting on my shelf for a long while and who knows howlong sitting around before i aquired the blank.

I can find very little on the web for suggestions or methods to accelerate the oxidation to cause the green or to determine if it will even begin to green back up after i turn it.

Does anyone out there have any suggestions?


Greg

 

[randywa]

I've only made one, but I left it in direct sunlight for a couple of days to get the green back. I've also read that a lamp will work also. I just can't remember if it was regular or a cfl bulb.

 

[Sylvanite]

UV light causes lignum vitae to turn green. Just set the completed pen in a window that gets direct sunlight for a day and it will change.

Regards,
Eric

 

[Ankrom Exotics]

+1 for sunlight.

 

[randywa]

Also don't forget to turn it so all sides get the sun.

 

[gandsande]

Anybody got some sunshine I can burrow? Thanks all, I'll give it a try if the sun ever comes back out. Sometimes it feels like 6 months a year of nothing but passive sunlight.