Completed one Sedona (kit) Chrome pen in fabric filled bakelite [ Micarta ]. The cap and barrel are finished differently, if you look closely.
The barrel is sanded to grit 1000 with water & soap before applying CA. Four coats of medium CA is applied in stages and sanded again with grit 1000 and water later finished with micromesh polish. The texture achieved is of the the actual Micarta frozen in CA.
Barrel is sanded with cooking oil for long before two coats of thin CA [ Indian Fevikwik ] is applied. This generates smooth wood like finish in worn matte texture.
I might not enjoy seeing the contrast on a sinle pen for too long. Perhaps I will add four more medium CA coats on the barrel as well to make a matching glossy finish.
FYI : Thin CA gets absorbed in the micarta or wood and strengthens the material but medium /thick CA mostly does not penetrate. It form a prtective coating on a relatively superficially strengthened material
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