Jehster1
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Picked up a dyed curly maple blank and when I got down to size I noticed a couple of streaks the dye didn't penetrate. I originally tried to just hit it with the Keda dye but those spots didn't want to take and it just looked splotchy instead of blended so I just decided to experiment on it. I broke out the propane torch and gave it a nice char, not full Shou Sugi Ban blackened, as I didn't want to heat up the epoxied tube too much, but pretty dark. Then I wire brushed the char, sanded to 600 to lighten it up some more and used about 10 coat of crimson Keda Dye. I then finished as I usually do. It's got a nice depth to it. Kit is ProX Deco.
One day I'm going to actually post a picture of a pen where I get to say, "Made this pen. Didn't encounter any issues. Came out exactly as I had it in my head."
One day I'm going to actually post a picture of a pen where I get to say, "Made this pen. Didn't encounter any issues. Came out exactly as I had it in my head."