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Painting the tubes!

Morse

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Looking for your experience.
I was making a pearlescent white pen.(sirocco)
Thought I'd best paint the tube.
So added a drop of acrylic white paint to the Gorrilla 5 minute epoxy and painted the tube as well. Left it overnight.
When I turned the pen it broke apart, as if it wasn't glued.
To much paint?
Or don't add paint to the glue?
What are your suggestions please.

Dave
 
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Hi Dave, I wouldn't add paint to the glue, paint the tubes, (scuff them first) then paint the inside of the blanks. Leave everything to dry, then glue in the tubes. :thumbs::thumbs:
 
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John, just thinking (dangerous I know).
Are you spraying into the blanks and onto the tubes or are you using the acrylic paint in bottles?

Dave
 
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As john said, I found using an appropriate colour spray paint gave a nice even finish without adding too much thickness which can make it difficult to get the tube into the drill hole. I've tried painting tubes with acrylic paint and brush but it usually always went on too thick and uneven. :thumbs:
 
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On the white pearlescent I paint the tubes, paint inside the blank and also mix a very small amount of white painters acrylic in to epoxy glue.

Brush painted, sprayed and also dipped the tubes, but find brush painting does the job on the tubes and the inside of the blank.

Always measure the tubes with drill measure after painting to make sure they will fit in to the painted and drilled blanks. If not then drill slightly larger before reverse painting the blanks.

Always worked for me..
 
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Walter said:
Glue is glue, paint is paint, don't mix them. Just my opinion.

Paint the inside of the blank, let it dry, glue the tube in. End of.
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That is how I do mine it also prevents the glue showing as the paint is between blank and the glue.
 
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Thank you all for your advice.
I did all, the scuffed tube/inside the blank and added to the glue. I didn't skimp on the glue either.
Just came apart looked like the glue hadn't adhered to the painted tube.
Think I'll spray them next time.
Thanks again.

Dave
 
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You can add pigment to Epoxy but it needs to be specifically for the product. Not sure how much they cost now but I used to buy small bottles of it but the colour range was quite limited.
 
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There doesn't seem a "one fix all".
I used Axminsters acrylic coloured paint for all the tubes and blanks with a cotton bud as a brush.
Think I will spray next time, but wonder if that will be to wasteful!
Thanks again for all your input it shows how we all work.

Dave
 
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As Walter said, don't mix. I spray tubes with two coats, halfords primer and then black or white. Don't need to scuff or key the metal, they don't scratch cars before they paint them. Use the primer, it bonds the coat to the metalwork, the clues in the name. The paint is liable to scratch off the tubes if you don't use primer. If you need to paint the inside of the blank, don't use it!
 
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