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Has anyone taken an acrylic pen blank and cast to it??? I am talking about using a pen blank bought from one of the vendors such as Bear tooth woods. If so will the resin stick to it without problems??? Thanks in advance.
 
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jttheclockman said:
Has anyone taken an acrylic pen blank and cast to it??? I am talking about using a pen blank bought from one of the vendors such as Bear tooth woods. If so will the resin stick to it without problems??? Thanks in advance.
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I've filled carved areas on "acrylic" pen blanks (PSI Sourced) (0.005" to 0.015" depth) with PR. No delamination as the blank was turned / polished. I would say the bond is pretty strong. Not sure how strong though.

I posted some examples earlier this year (I think???).


Ed
 
But this was done with casting the same kind of resin over and over.
Joe S. said:
I think I saw someone carve the blank, cast it, carve it, cast it in another color, ect. It was cool!
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John: If you know the purchased blanks is polyester resin then casting more polyresin over it should be do good. I would even think using polyresin to over cast a purchased blank would work well enough. But, I can't say for sure having not done poly resin over a non poly resin blank. Good luck.
Do a good turn daily!
Don
 
I've done it many times with a wide variety of commercial and homemade blanks. I've filled with PR, epoxy, and polymer clay and never had a problem with any material not sticking. Should not be a problem.
 
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