Painting your Blanks

[Bammer]

I had an interesting result with some blanks I cast and thought anyone wondering if they should paint the tube or the blank might find it informative.

1st ... paint the blank.

So I made a slab cast with baby pine cones in it. Came out nice and I cut it into blanks and proceeded to drill one and paint the blank.

Cap came out a treat but the nib section cracked on assembly, my fault.

So I cut another piece and drill and glued up, when I turned it I realised in my hast I had forgotten to paint the blank.

What a difference painting the blank had made.

So I had two halves of a pen that didn't match, I then cut 2 more blanks, painted the nib section and left the cap section as it was.

Here's the results, what a difference painting the blank made. Same slab, same colours and the blanks looked the same before I started.

The gold in the light one is actually gold colour, which stands out more because of the brass tube



Neat huh

Brad

 

[Penpal]

Thanks for the lesson Brad result two good pens.

Peter.

 

[wm460]

Amazing the difference between the two.

 

[flexi]

Just goes to show....still two great pens....well done..

 

[woodhacker]

There both superb pens brad, I'm leaning towards the lighter one

 

[Graham_C]

Love 'em both Brad, smashing pens

 

[Penpal]

What a difference a day makes. Learning to handle this medium is necessary as you have amply proved and won the battle.

Peter.

 

[TonyL]

I paint both the inside of the barrel and the tube, then use epoxy to glue together. The epoxy acts as a lubricant. I have found many to paint just the tubes; but I can't do it without seeing the glue lines, so I paint both.

 

[Bucks]

Quite a difference between the two, but both are very nice pens Brad