Nice Rick, Did you have to reverse paint the blank???
I've had really good success with "blackening compound" from Micro Mark. Just scuff your tube, immerse it in the compound, remove and dry with paper towel. It turns the tube a satin black which will not come off.I didn't but I should have. My wife can't see it but I can:frown: My biggest problem in the past with reverse painting a blank is the paint gets scraped off when I put the tube in. Working on a sierra now that I drilled out slightly larger and will use 24 hr epoxy as there will be a little gap filling required. Will see how that works.