egnald
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Greetings from Nebraska.
This is my first attempt at a pour I called "Sunrise". Although my pour was more granular with more color separation and less mixing, the inspiration came from a blank by Tim Crowe at Turnt Pen Co. that he calls Daybreak. The resin I used was Alumilite Clear Slow and all of the pigments were Eye Candy brand that I got from Exotic Blanks. I used my 6.5" inch long mold targeting Bullseye Turning Supply's Stainless Steel Apollo pen kits because they use a 6" inch blank. I think they turned out OK, but I'm going to change up the proportions a little and make another pour with this recipe to make the dark blue and pink-orange ends a little longer. This should also make the blank lend itself to kits that only use a 5" inch blank by cutting from the middle. The recipe and proportions I used are:
Dark Blue: 8% Aoi Hi Blue (31 grams of the pour) - poured this into the bottom of the molds.
Light Blue with Clouds: 36% Carolina Blue (140 grams) and Ghost Blue 40% (156 grams) - poured in about 3 rotations.
Pink: 8% Ube Red (31 grams) - poured after the blues were exhausted.
Orange: 8% Shibuya Orange (31 grams) - poured on top after the red was empty.
I'm thinking next time I will bump the Dark Blue, Pink, and Orange up to 12% each and bring the Light Blue and Ghost Blue down to about 32% each. This should give me longer Dark Blue, Pink and Orange on the ends. I might try to end on the ghost blue before pouring on the Pink as well, maybe even swirling them together a little with a skewer before topping it off with the Orange.
Of course, they have a lot more depth and are more "shimmery" than it looks in the picture. I am really anxious to turn one of them tomorrow after they have had overnight to cure to see how they look on a pen.
Dave
This is my first attempt at a pour I called "Sunrise". Although my pour was more granular with more color separation and less mixing, the inspiration came from a blank by Tim Crowe at Turnt Pen Co. that he calls Daybreak. The resin I used was Alumilite Clear Slow and all of the pigments were Eye Candy brand that I got from Exotic Blanks. I used my 6.5" inch long mold targeting Bullseye Turning Supply's Stainless Steel Apollo pen kits because they use a 6" inch blank. I think they turned out OK, but I'm going to change up the proportions a little and make another pour with this recipe to make the dark blue and pink-orange ends a little longer. This should also make the blank lend itself to kits that only use a 5" inch blank by cutting from the middle. The recipe and proportions I used are:
Dark Blue: 8% Aoi Hi Blue (31 grams of the pour) - poured this into the bottom of the molds.
Light Blue with Clouds: 36% Carolina Blue (140 grams) and Ghost Blue 40% (156 grams) - poured in about 3 rotations.
Pink: 8% Ube Red (31 grams) - poured after the blues were exhausted.
Orange: 8% Shibuya Orange (31 grams) - poured on top after the red was empty.
I'm thinking next time I will bump the Dark Blue, Pink, and Orange up to 12% each and bring the Light Blue and Ghost Blue down to about 32% each. This should give me longer Dark Blue, Pink and Orange on the ends. I might try to end on the ghost blue before pouring on the Pink as well, maybe even swirling them together a little with a skewer before topping it off with the Orange.
Of course, they have a lot more depth and are more "shimmery" than it looks in the picture. I am really anxious to turn one of them tomorrow after they have had overnight to cure to see how they look on a pen.
Dave
