Palantirion
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I have a little concrete and stone tortoise in my garden. Over 20 years or so the concrete weakened and his head (and right foot) split and fell off. Today I put the pieces back together with a few dabs of ProPoxy20 and CA to tack weld them while the Poxy cured. Because of erosion the concrete has some pretty wide cracks, and gaps. And half the right foot was completely gone.
I had bought a bag of Pal Tiya when I first heard about it - probably Savage's fault, as many good things are. I thought it would be good to fill the tortoise's cracks and gaps. Being experienced with a lot of epoxies, resins, adhesives, and putties I must say this stuff is WEIRD, in a lot of ways. I thought it would mix like cement, but it seems to soak up water and become more fluid over time, which led me to initially over water it. And it isn't sticky, but it sticks. Water smooths it out really well...and then it grows hair?!?! WTH? How does it grow hair? And why? It's like magical chopped fiberglass strands just appear, from what was a powder! Also, the hairs go away with an additional smoothing with a little water.
Because I added too much water I ended up with too much mixed material. So I thought I might as well try to replace the missing 1/2 of the right foot. This is about a full inch of depth and a couple inches wide and tall - far more than the instructions say is ok. I expected it to stick to the cement and then droop from it's own weight. While I finished blending the edges the bottom of the foot dropped a little. I nudged it back up a little and it didn't distort from the shape I had sculpted, or dent from pressure! I nudged it few more times over about 5 minutes while I tidied up the other repair areas. And then it just stayed there! It was nowhere near cured, but it just clung on like it had a brain and knew the shape I wanted it to keep. So weird.
I checked on it a couple hours later and it's dry but not fully cured (I think). The foot repair had not drooped at all! I wrapped the repair areas with damp cloths and plastic wrap - because according to the instructions water (that stuff that makes it runny) makes it STRONGER as it cures!?! Weird.
Has anyone here worked with it? I'm quite impressed, but feel like there is undoubtedly a plethora of tips and tricks Weta knows that might make this stuff even more interesting and unique medium.
I had bought a bag of Pal Tiya when I first heard about it - probably Savage's fault, as many good things are. I thought it would be good to fill the tortoise's cracks and gaps. Being experienced with a lot of epoxies, resins, adhesives, and putties I must say this stuff is WEIRD, in a lot of ways. I thought it would mix like cement, but it seems to soak up water and become more fluid over time, which led me to initially over water it. And it isn't sticky, but it sticks. Water smooths it out really well...and then it grows hair?!?! WTH? How does it grow hair? And why? It's like magical chopped fiberglass strands just appear, from what was a powder! Also, the hairs go away with an additional smoothing with a little water.
Because I added too much water I ended up with too much mixed material. So I thought I might as well try to replace the missing 1/2 of the right foot. This is about a full inch of depth and a couple inches wide and tall - far more than the instructions say is ok. I expected it to stick to the cement and then droop from it's own weight. While I finished blending the edges the bottom of the foot dropped a little. I nudged it back up a little and it didn't distort from the shape I had sculpted, or dent from pressure! I nudged it few more times over about 5 minutes while I tidied up the other repair areas. And then it just stayed there! It was nowhere near cured, but it just clung on like it had a brain and knew the shape I wanted it to keep. So weird.
I checked on it a couple hours later and it's dry but not fully cured (I think). The foot repair had not drooped at all! I wrapped the repair areas with damp cloths and plastic wrap - because according to the instructions water (that stuff that makes it runny) makes it STRONGER as it cures!?! Weird.
Has anyone here worked with it? I'm quite impressed, but feel like there is undoubtedly a plethora of tips and tricks Weta knows that might make this stuff even more interesting and unique medium.
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