Haynie
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Do you mean you use a brass bore brush mounted in your drill press to sand the inside of the blanks?
My gun cleaning kits are in Colorado I wonder if they have something similar at wally world.