Thread: First Pen Blank

Nothing is ever lost hehe,just takes on new life The mixes vary from time to time weather temp thickness of cast etc, time will tell you when to add more catalyst and when to add less ,keep in mind that to be accurate with percentages you need to weigh your components ,100 mills of resin has a different weight factor than 2 mills of catalyst. which at first glance is the 2% recommended in most cases. So weigh your resin then calculate your % of catalyst by weight . 1.5 % works most times It is a fun learning curve though hehe,and opens up endless variations and possibilities , enjoy the journey : Cheers ~ John

Thanks for the advice, I've just ordered a set of scales to measure the resin and catalysts.

Thought you might like to see how it turned out... So, here's the pen from my first ever successful cast blank. An Americana 24kt Gold Fountain Pen... Pretty different I think...




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Cheers,

Chrome

Looks like you broke up some colored acrylic and cast them ,always a surprise when you do that hehe ,All good fun , cheers ~ John

Nice work chrome My question is where can you get scales that can measure that small of amount to weigh resin but most of all catalyst ?

Cheers Ian

Originally Posted by Dorno

Nice work chrome My question is where can you get scales that can measure that small of amount to weigh resin but most of all catalyst ?

Cheers Ian

Ian try the $2 shops often they have digital kitchen scales Sue uses a set for weighing my food portions (her fibres of wool)

Catalyst is measured by eye dropper or syringe Ian or medicine cups and you know where you can get those from.

Ian,
I have two sets of digital scales that I bought on eBay. One does only up to 500 grammes in 0.01 gram increments and the other does up to 5 kilos in 0.1 gram increments, so I have it covered. They were each only about 5 or 6 UKP including batteries IIRC.

Cheers, Chrome