Fluxcapacitor
Well-Known Member
Anyone get anywhere researching a different material that is a little closer or stronger?
DIY Back to the Future 2 Jacket
- Thread starter MitasTouch
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The real stuff is just inverted latex rubber castings of Florescent Lighting panels from Home Depot.
Good piece of trivia knowledge there :lol
Nope..... It was an illusion :lol
For his next trick he'll make us all believe the Volvo panel isn't really what they used on the HIC... :lol
They weren't. They are from a 1973 AMC Pacer. :lol
Ha ha! I'm gonna buy up all the wrecks I can find and charge a mint! :lol
(We now return you to your BTTF Jacket thread...)
That's a really nice find! Much better than foam. I'm going to implement this into the jackets I will sell. Thank you. But I do have a little tip. Could you use a heat gun to press the tubing down flat? It's too rounded, being half of a tube and all.
I think it would be worth a try. It would be much more accurate if it does. I myself don't have a heat gun, so if heat does help flatten it then I would probably have to hover it over the stove or something lol.
And there's a lip on the end of the jacket that I'm using that's elastic and whatnot, and I used about 1 5/8 inches wide piece of foam to cover that. You'll see when you get your jacket.
Still raised too much for my taste. I'll give it a go when I come to that part in my build.
I have a feeling that this stuff would be pretty toxic to heat up. Good luck.
BTW, how wide are the waist and cuffs on this jacket?
Oh then nevermind lol. And the belt is 1 5/8 inches and the cuffs are 1 3/4 inches. They're a little wider than the movie, but only because I wanted them to cover up the velcro cuffs already on the jacket.
dbalschi
Sr Member
Could you let it sit in boiling water for a bit to reshape it rather than applying direct heat?
That would be a lot of tubing to fit into a pot. The belt will be one long piece, but I guess it would work. You probably couldn't leave it in for long because it might melt or distort too much.
Fluxcapacitor
Well-Known Member
No no no, your not thinking 4th dimensionally.
My attack to this great find would be to first get it flattened out as Mitas mentioned. I'm thinking clamping it between some 2x4's and applying heat from a heat gun could work well. This way, you can put the whole length in and get it done at once. Then, if the results were good, make a mold of the full length and then cast in rubber. I have been looking for what I think the original was, and I think it was a type of leach line similar to what they use in the star trek movies and shows. I have not been able to find a small thin type like the one on the jacket but unless I can come up with a better alternative I would like to try and find that. My jacket hasn't even come in yet but i'm just trying to come up with the ideas first. The only thing I have no idea what to do with are the spring sleeves.
My attack to this great find would be to first get it flattened out as Mitas mentioned. I'm thinking clamping it between some 2x4's and applying heat from a heat gun could work well. This way, you can put the whole length in and get it done at once. Then, if the results were good, make a mold of the full length and then cast in rubber. I have been looking for what I think the original was, and I think it was a type of leach line similar to what they use in the star trek movies and shows. I have not been able to find a small thin type like the one on the jacket but unless I can come up with a better alternative I would like to try and find that. My jacket hasn't even come in yet but i'm just trying to come up with the ideas first. The only thing I have no idea what to do with are the spring sleeves.
