robutacion
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Hi peoples,
Recently, when I cast that bowl with the Mediterranean Cypress cones, that last pour I made with the carbon/black Pearlex powder, was a little much for what I could pour into that cast so, and caught by surprised I looked around for something I could used it on but, all my molds were in use so, I could use any of my many casting bits of wood, nor the amount of resin would be sufficient to fill any of the molds so, with the resin setting at any moment, something came to my mind, the exact same thing happened some time ago when, I had some left over resin and nothing ready to pour it into.
Anyway, I spotted an strawberry clear pack base container, grabbed it pour the resin into it and started putting this other stuff/material into it. I never stirred it, that didn't work the last time, I simply "dropped" it on the top of the resin going all around the resin surface as I went and until it wouldn't soak in no more.
The bowl mold was already pressurized in the pot so, I couldn't put it in there unfortunately so, I left it on top of the bandsaw table, turn the light off (passed midnight) and went to bed...!
The next day, I took the mold out of the pot and put it in the sun for a little while while I checked this weird mix I had in that plastic container. It was soft, very soft indeed, not that I was that surprised because I remember the last time I used this stuff so, I put it in the sun and left it outside for 5 days before it had harden enough for me to cut it into 3/4 size pen blanks (correct length to be advised soon)
Not 100% hard, I soaked it with the 5 cup CA in all 4 faces and left it alone. The next day I sanded it down and most of the CA come come off so, never soaked that much at all, nor it should, really so, I re-coated them again but this time they didn't look as rough, picked one of the 4 existante and took it for a spin in my lathe and made a normal "sample", as many others.
I don't think that, when I took the pics, the light was right, the camera seemed to have difficulty in focussing so, after a few trials, I settle with the pics below...!
So, what is this material I mixed in this dark resin...???
Note: Game conditions as per previous games, winner get blank/sample shown + 3 other solid wood blanks in a 250gr padded envelop, free of any charges...!
Good luck
Cheers
George
Recently, when I cast that bowl with the Mediterranean Cypress cones, that last pour I made with the carbon/black Pearlex powder, was a little much for what I could pour into that cast so, and caught by surprised I looked around for something I could used it on but, all my molds were in use so, I could use any of my many casting bits of wood, nor the amount of resin would be sufficient to fill any of the molds so, with the resin setting at any moment, something came to my mind, the exact same thing happened some time ago when, I had some left over resin and nothing ready to pour it into.
Anyway, I spotted an strawberry clear pack base container, grabbed it pour the resin into it and started putting this other stuff/material into it. I never stirred it, that didn't work the last time, I simply "dropped" it on the top of the resin going all around the resin surface as I went and until it wouldn't soak in no more.
The bowl mold was already pressurized in the pot so, I couldn't put it in there unfortunately so, I left it on top of the bandsaw table, turn the light off (passed midnight) and went to bed...!
The next day, I took the mold out of the pot and put it in the sun for a little while while I checked this weird mix I had in that plastic container. It was soft, very soft indeed, not that I was that surprised because I remember the last time I used this stuff so, I put it in the sun and left it outside for 5 days before it had harden enough for me to cut it into 3/4 size pen blanks (correct length to be advised soon)
Not 100% hard, I soaked it with the 5 cup CA in all 4 faces and left it alone. The next day I sanded it down and most of the CA come come off so, never soaked that much at all, nor it should, really so, I re-coated them again but this time they didn't look as rough, picked one of the 4 existante and took it for a spin in my lathe and made a normal "sample", as many others.
I don't think that, when I took the pics, the light was right, the camera seemed to have difficulty in focussing so, after a few trials, I settle with the pics below...!
So, what is this material I mixed in this dark resin...???
Note: Game conditions as per previous games, winner get blank/sample shown + 3 other solid wood blanks in a 250gr padded envelop, free of any charges...!
Good luck
Cheers
George
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