i’m finally repairing my fett helmet mold. the silicone is fine, but the jacket has a HUGE crack. i poured resin in it months ago, so that the silicone would be solid. now i’m making the new jacket.
i’m using plasti-paste from smooth-on instead of fiberglass. the fiberglass smells terrible and leaves itchy, hazardous fuzz everywhere.
plasti-paste costs about 2x as much, but has no odor, and requires no fiber sheets / mat.
so far so good… i did one coat on one side. i’ll need a second coat on that side, since i didn’t mix enough. side 2 i’ll do enough in 1 shot.
i also got some of the sonite wax paste for a release. i’m mostly interested in preventing silicone from bonding to itself, but i’ll test it out on the jacket.
fun with casting!
all this is to clear up some space, physical and mental, for the clone weapons that i’ll be casting up soon… hopefully next week.
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