My first vertical cast

[G1Pens]

I made my first vertical cast the other night. I used an ice cube tray from WalMart. Mixed up enough to fill three "cells". This is the result of that cast. I am very happy with it. I used two colors. One is a tan mica that I added a touch of yellow to, the second color was a brown mica. I let them thicken up a bit to where they were a more like a very thick syrup. I poured the colors into the mould together letting them intertwine as they went in. After about 5 min I took a dental pick and stuck it in each cell, twisted it and pulled it out.

The colors in this are really nice. There is brown, green, gold, yellow. It has a depth that I really like. Since in has the gold in the blank I did not paint the tubes. I don't know that it mattered, but if anything shows through it only adds to the look.

Thanks for looking.

 

[bitshird]

Cool Casting!!!

 

[Ironwood]

That's great, I love it!!

 

[firewhatfire]

Maybe you should teac the class Saturday

 

[renowb]

Man those are awesome!

 

[propencity]

They turned out great. Did they slip out of the cube tray easily after they cured?

 

[steeler fan1]

Gary,
Very good job, nice mixture on the blanks.

Carl

 

[Bree]

Looks great!

 

[seamus7227]

wow, they look fantastic for a first time!! Well done!

 

[Tanner]

I like it. The colors look great together.

 

[navycop]

Looks great. Good choice on the pen kit also.

 

[EarlD]

Gary, that's just awesome! Hope you bring it to the meeting tomorrow. I plan to drive up from Albany.

Earl

 

[G1Pens]

They turned out great. Did they slip out of the cube tray easily after they cured?

They popped out pretty easy. They had to be pushed out. In other words they didn't fall out, but they came out easy

 

[corian king]

Very Nice! Love the colors

 

[robutacion]

I made my first vertical cast the other night. I used an ice cube tray from WalMart. Mixed up enough to fill three "cells". This is the result of that cast. I am very happy with it. I used two colors. One is a tan mica that I added a touch of yellow to, the second color was a brown mica. I let them thicken up a bit to where they were a more like a very thick syrup. I poured the colors into the mould together letting them intertwine as they went in. After about 5 min I took a dental pick and stuck it in each cell, twisted it and pulled it out.

The colors in this are really nice. There is brown, green, gold, yellow. It has a depth that I really like. Since in has the gold in the blank I did not paint the tubes. I don't know that it mattered, but if anything shows through it only adds to the look.

Thanks for looking.

Definitely, an excellent colour combination and colour blending/effects...!:wink:

One of the things that I've learnt very earlier on with the casting is that for an 100% resin cast, the round vertical mold system is always half of the solution for a interesting blend of colours, something that you can not achieve in a open horizontal mold of 6 to 7 blanks capacity. However, the savings it could offer in resin saving, I wouldn't like to do any of the wood, pods and other bits casted in, in those single round vertical molds so, I suppose, different tools for different jobs, huh...???

Good luck...!:wink:

Cheers
George

 

[rizaydog]

Great cast. Good choice of colors. They work well together.

 

[arw01]

Wowser! That is really cool looking, I think I can even make out some of the iridescence from the Mica powders. Great job!

 

[Dan_F]

Very interesting result, the subtle greens make for an effect similar to a golden abalone.

Dan

 

[AuS MaDDoG]

Absolutely love it !! the colours and the mix looks great!!

Cheers
Tony.

 

[EarlD]

Gary, thanks for bringing your pens to the meeting yesterday. This one is really nice!!!

EarlD

 

[Brooks803]

Gary, thanks for bringing your pens to the meeting yesterday. This one is really nice!!!

EarlD

I agree Earl. It's even better in person!