Sanding marks inside the blank question

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I tried to paint the inside of my blanks but the tubes would not fit. I sanded the paint out. Will the sanding marks be a serious eye sore in a very almost see through blank and the brass tubes painted.
 
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Shouldn't be that big of an issue if you do a little more prep work. I've found that taking a steel rod and wrapping sandpaper around the length of it works great to sand the inside of a blank. I do this all the way up to my highest grit paper. I've also found that if you buy a GOOD brush for painting with fine hairs you can cut down on the thickness of the pain inside of the blank. I think I spent $12 on a professional grade brush and I no longer have issues with my brass tubes fitting inside after reverse painting. Hope that helps a little.
 
Drstrangefart said:
I use a gun cleaning brush mounted in my drill press to do the same job. I have no troubles on see-through blanks as long as the inside of the blank is painted.
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Do you mean you use a brass bore brush mounted in your drill press to sand the inside of the blanks?
 
You can also us spray paint and spray it into the blank from both ends to get good coverage. The thickness of the sprayed in paint is usually a bit thinner than the brushed in stuff.
 
76winger said:
You can also us spray paint and spray it into the blank from both ends to get good coverage. The thickness of the sprayed in paint is usually a bit thinner than the brushed in stuff.
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THIS!

And, if you go with flat paint instead of glossy, it's even thinner still.
 
When I use spray paint it is a quick shot and there is not even coverage. When I shine a light in there are serious misses. I hold the tip right up to the hole. Are you folks just holding the tip up to the hole and shooting it in or are you holding it away and spraying? I seriously want to know.
 
Flat spray paint and preferably a plastic flat spray paint. When you spray it in there will not be even coverage, but you put the tip right up to the hole and spray it in. Let it dry slightly, usually about 30 seconds, and you can spray more to get the even coverage you want. Also it helps if you spin the blank in your fingers when you spray. It spreads the paint around the whole for better coverage
 
I may be a newbe (1 year) at this, but have done about 50-70 acrylics now. When I paint the tube I just use a qtip. I have never had one where the brass would not go in and there are some "swirl" marks if you look really close at the paint but goodness gracious guys, it's the inside of a pen! It does not have to be perfect. Just my 2 cents worth. :rolleyes:
 
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I hold the rattle can nozzle right up to the hole in the blank, both ends, then blow any runs out with an air hose (watch where you aim it!)

EarlD
 
You have no idea how anal I am about this sort of thing. Just the way I am.


Richard Gibson said:
I may be a newbe (1 year) at this, but have done about 50-70 acrylics now. When I paint the tube I just use a qtip. I have never had one where the brass would not go in and there are some "swirl" marks if you look really close at the paint but goodness gracious guys, it's the inside of a pen! It does not have to be perfect. Just my 2 cents worth. :rolleyes:
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Richard Gibson said:
I may be a newbe (1 year) at this, but have done about 50-70 acrylics now. When I paint the tube I just use a qtip. I have never had one where the brass would not go in and there are some "swirl" marks if you look really close at the paint but goodness gracious guys, it's the inside of a pen! It does not have to be perfect. Just my 2 cents worth. :rolleyes:
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+1 Same here.
 
airborne_r6 said:
Drstrangefart said:
I use a gun cleaning brush mounted in my drill press to do the same job. I have no troubles on see-through blanks as long as the inside of the blank is painted.
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Do you mean you use a brass bore brush mounted in your drill press to sand the inside of the blanks?
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Yeah. It does great at cleaning up grooves, getting rid of wrong color paint, and making extra room for paint. Just takes stopping and checking it frequently. It leaves behind a kinda sand-blasted look. Much cleaner than drill grooves.
 
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