Autumn Flexigran

[dougscott]

Nice material -- turns beautifully, takes threads nicely and polishes to a good gloss. The material has some iridescence so there's some sparkle in it. The pen is trimmed in antique ivory PR and ebonite and, unlike most of my pens, posts.

 

Thanks for looking!

Doug

[PMcRoadPen48]

Very nice looking pen Doug! What is your secret to polishing Flexigran? I have found it to require careful sanding and then equal attention to buffing. This is a pen I've done in Autumn Flexigran with end caps in red Urushi, both from Richard Greenwald.

[nappy155]

dope...

[fountainpagan]

 

I love it. Very beautiful.

Thank you for sharing with us.

 

What is PR, please? And the tortoise material is called Flexigran, is it?

 

 

PMcRoadPen48 - yours is also a beauty. Congratulations.

Edited January 13, 2015 by fountainpagan

[dougscott]

What is your secret to polishing Flexigran? I have found it to require careful sanding and then equal attention to buffing.

 

I don't think the material will ever get to a mirror-like shine, but I found I can get a good gloss if I wet sand down to 2000 grit then buff with white diamond.

 

 

 

 

What is PR, please? And the tortoise material is called Flexigran, is it?

 

 

 

PR is polyester resin -- a brittle plastic that has the advantage of taking a wide variety of colors and additives nicely.

 

 

dope...

 

 

Okay, I'm not the brightest bulb in the box, but...

[jebib111]

dope was a nice compliment.

[PMcRoadPen48]

Thanks for the feedback Doug. I sand up to 8000 grit with jewelers sand paper and have about 7 different buffing compounds depending on the material. I'll have to get some white rouge just to try it out. I find that alumilite and flexigran have similar polishing properties, but think alumilite takes a better shine.

 

Thanks again.

[dougscott]

dope was a nice compliment.

oops -- that's what I get for not having anyone under 60 in the house.

[Algester]

I don't think the material will ever get to a mirror-like shine, but I found I can get a good gloss if I wet sand down to 2000 grit then buff with white diamond.

 

 

 

 

PR is polyester resin -- a brittle plastic that has the advantage of taking a wide variety of colors and additives nicely.

 

 

 

 

Okay, I'm not the brightest bulb in the box, but...

I thought PE stands for Polyester since there's also PU which stands for polyurethane ohh well, thought I'm into the smoother barrel and section transition guy instead of the flushed when capped type of guy

[fountainpagan]

Thank you for explaining it to me, Doug.

[linearM]

I like the off white ivory accents, a very nice pen.