Smooth-On is the company I get my silicone, resin, etc… from.
The recently launched a product called “Onyx”. It’s a black resin. It’s surprisingly hard to tint resin to really get BLACK. I usually end up with some purplish grey color. So this was pretty neat. It’s only $5 a bottle more than the white that I usually use ($89.75 I think for the Onyx).
The color is great. It really is black as can be. It kicks FAST! The pot life is 2.5 minutes. Pot life is essentially how long it is still liquid enough to pour. From the time part A and part B touch, you have just about 2 minutes to mix and pour it before it’s useless.
Needless to say I wasted a fair bit of it tonight as I learned how to use it.
I don’t think I’ll get more of it, unless I get VERY good at casting quickly with this bottle. Having to fly like that means more bubbles, voids and other things requiring cleanup.
I did get a workable clone commander pistol pull out of it. I needed that to clean up and re-mold. My first attempt at molding it (nearly a year ago now!) did not go so well. The master was trashed and the mold tore in a few places. So I made a messy cast of it, and am repairing it. A pain to be sure, but better than scratch building it again.
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