Knurl GT with one of my first cast blanks

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It was actually my 5th attempt to cast with Alumilite (first 4 were not so good!) I finally got some good color separation so made it into a pen! I am pretty happy with it, please let me know what you think.
 

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That is nice !

I presume that on the left is the blank as it came out of the mold.
What did you use as the mold ?
 
It looks great! Casting is a trial & error process. You'll have many duds but will learn what works. It took me a couple of gallons until I got consistently good blanks. You have the advantage of getting help here so it should go faster for you. I pretty much started with almost zero knowledge.
 
Yes the blank pictured is the one I used for the pen. I bought some 1/2" HDPE sheet from amazon and made a few molds. This came from a single blank mold I made with it. I figured a single blank would be better for testing as it uses less resin until I figure out how it all works.


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