painting

Hi all, I've been trying to up my acrylic game lately, and I'm just struggling. The biggest issue I'm getting is a "crackling" effect on the inside of the blank. I can't tell whether it's the blank itself, the adhesive, or the paint that's doing it, but I've gotten it on pens I've done with...

I was looking for a better way to apply an even coat of paint to the pen blank hole after being dissatisfied with the common techniques I found. I tried painting the hole using a Q-tip but did not always get an even coat. Also had to deal with cotton fiber fuzzies. Tried spray painting the hole...

I just finished reading a thread and posts, one part concerning painting blanks and tubes. I got the idea of this- Has anyone done a contrast or complementary painting of the tube or blank to get away from thaw would be the plain vanilla approach. Example- instead of blue foe a transparent...

I would like to make some blanks with aluminum foil wrapped around the tube (possibly slightly crinkled or with a design), paint the foil, seal the foil?, glue "something" to the foil, and cast it in PR. My questions are primarily what glue(s) to use, what kind of paint, and what to seal the...

This is the first pen where I have painted the inside of the blank or the tube (did both). It's a Freebie blank called Appeltini from exoticblanks.com (Thanks Ed & Dawn). I have three more blanks from them to use. The blank looks somewhat lighter than it did before turning and there are places...

I've been making pens for quite some time but have mostly worked with wood as it is simply my material of preference. I do however from time to time make some acrylic pens and usually have fairly good luck in turning out a good looking pen. Recently I had a friend request I make her several...

OK, I had a big problem with my first batch of PR blanks that I tried. Here is what happened. I prepped the tubes but scratching them up and then proceeded to use Testor's all purpose model enamel paint on the tubes. I used various colors and then coated all of them with Testor's one coat...