Fordite - Gold and Chrome Sierra Pen
Material: Fordite
Kit: Gold and Chrome Sierra Ballpoint Pen
I made this on my lathe with Fordite. It was finished with 10 coats of medium CA glue that was wet sanded to a high gloss shine.
Fordite, also known as Motor Agate, is a unique automotive enamel material with an interesting history. The original layered automotive paint slag “rough” was made incidentally, years ago, by the now extinct practice of hand spray-painting multiples of production cars in big automotive factories.
The oversprayed paint in the painting bays gradually built up on the tracks and skids that the car frames were painted on. Over time, many colorful layers built up there. These layers were hardened repeatedly in the ovens that the car bodies went into to cure the paint. Some of these deeper layers were even baked 100 times.