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  1. 14th March 2012, 03:25 PM #1
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    Has anyone finished a pen using CA over metal and acrylic??? I have a pen in progress and I used acrylic and aluminum segments. I was hoping to just polish the acrylic and the metal will naturally polish. But I noticed the blanks I had someone cast for me are abit too soft and they will mar and dent very easily so I will now have to put CA on them. I just was wondering will the CA stay on the aluminum or will it chip off??? Hopefully someone has done this and has results that are favorable. Thanks.
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    I have done a few segmented pens, where I have used aluminium or brass sheet in between segments. I finished these pens with CA, they have held up well, but the strips are only thin ( up to .5mm / 20 thou ) wider strips may be more prone to the CA delaminating off the metal, I dont know how they would go.
    I have heard of one guy who finishes his brass cartridge pens with CA, so it must stick pretty well.
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    I have used CA over Acrylic on ocasions, seems to have held up ok, Amos
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