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Qmavam Newbie
Joined: 11 Aug 2009 Posts: 6 Location: Panama City Fl.
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Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 11:54 am Post subject: Total Failure :-) |
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Ok, I tried using the plaster and clay I had on hand to make a mold for the corners of my coolers.
I made the mold and put it on a shelf and forgot about it for a week. When
I went back to it, it had shrunk and cracked into several pieces.
For my next attempt I'll try Bondo.
That is unless someone chimes in and gives a proven method they have used, with materials I can get.
Thanks, Mike |
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Fredo Master
Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Posts: 251 Location: Kingdom of Nye Area 51
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Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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The best way IMHO would be to cut a good corner off an old cooler and use that to pour your molds into. Use your clay to support and level the thin plastic when you pour. I've used Durham's Water Putty and have had simple molds last for over a hundred pulls...........Fredo |
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Qmavam Newbie
Joined: 11 Aug 2009 Posts: 6 Location: Panama City Fl.
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Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 8:26 pm Post subject: |
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Fredo wrote: | The best way IMHO would be to cut a good corner off an old cooler and use that to pour your molds into. Use your clay to support and level the thin plastic when you pour. I've used Durham's Water Putty and have had simple molds last for over a hundred pulls...........Fredo |
Thanks Fredo,
My old coolers don't have any good corners
I'll give it another try with Water Putty.
Mike |
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ANH trooper Master
Joined: 20 Oct 2005 Posts: 305 Location: UK
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Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 2:05 am Post subject: |
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My guess is that you used air drying clay and not oil based. If using air drying, you must keep your sculpts in a sealed plastic bag (or similar) when you are finished with it to prevent it cracking. I found this out the hard way after spending countless hours sculpting trooper armour parts onto plaster body casts. The thinner the clay is laid, the easier it cracks. |
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TK 109 Guru
Joined: 11 May 2007 Posts: 712 Location: Galena, Ohio
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Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 2:40 pm Post subject: |
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Yup, I second ANH trooper's remarks. I used water-based clay, and the stuff cracked off soooo easily...
But, It didn't matter because of my process I was using... _________________ -Alex
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jegner Site Admin
Joined: 30 May 2003 Posts: 2144 Location: Texas, USA
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Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 1:28 pm Post subject: |
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ANH trooper wrote: | My guess is that you used air drying clay and not oil based. If using air drying, you must keep your sculpts in a sealed plastic bag (or similar) when you are finished with it to prevent it cracking. I found this out the hard way after spending countless hours sculpting trooper armour parts onto plaster body casts. The thinner the clay is laid, the easier it cracks. |
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Fredo Master
Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Posts: 251 Location: Kingdom of Nye Area 51
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How do these damn bots keep getting in, and as a guest no less? I can't find him on the member list. They all seem to have a number after the name. In a way, it does seem to relate to the title of the thread. To bad we can't hunt them down and drive a stake through their heart, or at the very least, put their head on a stick... I doubt even that would stop them..oh well........Fredo _________________ If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you,
it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun...The Dalai Lama..Seattle 2001 |
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