alxe24
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After seeing a Sierra cast with stamps someone asked me if I could make a pen with words on it. She wanted to read Blessed, Joy, Love and the like. I ended up with this pen here (total of 6 words).
I designed the words on Photo Shop CS5, created an old kind of looking background, printed that on a white paper, used Mod podge to glue that to the tube and cast it on Alumilite clear.
The two problems I run into and hopefully someone can shed some light here were.
1) I have used the blue molds with plugs on the sides to cast it under 60 pounds of pressure. For some reason the times that I have use the mold so far I end up with some air pockets on the ends of the tube where it meets the mold. (any clues with that? )
2) When wet sanding, the water seems to wet the paper at the ends of the tubes ( in this case it kind of blended with the old style of the design ) Should I just dry sand these kind of casting? or is there a way to prevent this from occurring?
Thanks for looking and any comments or suggestions.
Regards,
Alex
I designed the words on Photo Shop CS5, created an old kind of looking background, printed that on a white paper, used Mod podge to glue that to the tube and cast it on Alumilite clear.
The two problems I run into and hopefully someone can shed some light here were.
1) I have used the blue molds with plugs on the sides to cast it under 60 pounds of pressure. For some reason the times that I have use the mold so far I end up with some air pockets on the ends of the tube where it meets the mold. (any clues with that? )
2) When wet sanding, the water seems to wet the paper at the ends of the tubes ( in this case it kind of blended with the old style of the design ) Should I just dry sand these kind of casting? or is there a way to prevent this from occurring?
Thanks for looking and any comments or suggestions.
Regards,
Alex