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white acylic blank problem

scouseroy

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I bought a White acrylic blank, but after drilling it I can see the tube through it, I'm guessing I will need to paint the tube before glueing it ,but what type of paint should I use?
 

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Paint the inside of the blank with acrylic paint.

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I've had the same problem and I can't decide what to do. There are so many colours of blank that white or black surely wouldn't look ok every time? I didn't know whether to get the pre painted brass tubes as well
 

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I've had the same problem and I can't decide what to do. There are so many colours of blank that white or black surely wouldn't look ok every time? I didn't know whether to get the pre painted brass tubes as well

Use the colour that will suit the blank best. If the blank is very transparent the glue can show up if you paint the tubes, but not if you paint the inside of the blank.

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Thanks Peter . I have been wondering if the model acrylic paints would be fine? That way you only buy a small amount rather than a large tube

Poundland had several large tubes of acrylic paint, I needed black and white so I don't remember about other colours. Use a cotton bud to get the paint into the blank.

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Reminds me, must get a couple of white blanks for a couple of wedding pens pronto.
Tried corian but it was 2 pieces glued together that didn't hold, well it held until the final fine cuts and then went ping!!!
Tried epoxy to put it back together again but it cracked when I held the 2 halves together.

Tried spirit staining (white) some white elm blanks but just looked a mess.

What alternatives are there ?
 

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Reminds me, must get a couple of white blanks for a couple of wedding pens pronto.
Tried corian but it was 2 pieces glued together that didn't hold, well it held until the final fine cuts and then went ping!!!
Tried epoxy to put it back together again but it cracked when I held the 2 halves together.

Tried spirit staining (white) some white elm blanks but just looked a mess.

What alternatives are there ?

White acrylic blanks?
 

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Paint mate paint I did one and still have it with a chip in it now to prove it was wood underneath.
There is a pic on here somewhere.
Edit just found one with a poor pic but there is another with one of them orrible blingy things in white paint too.
 

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Reminds me, must get a couple of white blanks for a couple of wedding pens pronto.
Tried corian but it was 2 pieces glued together that didn't hold, well it held until the final fine cuts and then went ping!!!
Tried epoxy to put it back together again but it cracked when I held the 2 halves together.

Tried spirit staining (white) some white elm blanks but just looked a mess.

What alternatives are there ?

Ed posted a few weeks ago about some white acrylic sample he got, I also got some, but I can't remember the name of the company. It can't be hard to find his post though.

Peter
 

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Reminds me of one of the first pens I posted a picture of on here. You could see the tube at the ends of the blank.
Luckily I had to do a touch up job on the car and still have plenty of white primer and silver paint left over :winking:
 

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Paint the blank of it's very transparent, if its more opaque rather than transparent you'll probably get away with painting the tubes.
 

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I use a white acrylic primer in an aerosol from Halfords and had no problems with it !!!:thumbs:

For one minute I thought you were talking about spraying the blank with paint:funny::funny::funny:

Peter
 

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No I meant the barrel but I know Grumps has painted a wooden blank white !!!!:whistling::whistling::whistling:

I know what you meant, I had seen grumps painted blank and thought you were advocating the same, but only for a second or so.

Peter
 

paulm

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Reminds me, must get a couple of white blanks for a couple of wedding pens pronto.
Tried corian but it was 2 pieces glued together that didn't hold, well it held until the final fine cuts and then went ping!!!
Tried epoxy to put it back together again but it cracked when I held the 2 halves together.

Tried spirit staining (white) some white elm blanks but just looked a mess.

What alternatives are there ?

I bought a sheet of 22mm white acrylic on ebay. I'll check it out to see what I've got left.
 
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