SuperBoom
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Greetings all! Long time lurker/sniper, first time poster.
So I've been working on a fairly complex project for a promo piece; a wearable, flexible carbon-fiber look arm application.
I've been casting arms like crazy (and broke several; hydrocal/ultracal fingers keep snapping off in the alginate mold), and decided to go with a urethane resin for the arm part for durability. It will be slush-cast from smooth-on 380 I have laying around, but here's the question:
I'm scuplting on some additional pieces in either EVA foam or clay to the resin cast and covering all with a layer of 2x2 twill weave fiberglass for texture, then making the final glove mold in latex rubber. I'm wondering if clay will float off the piece or deform with the FG riding over it, so I'm thinking that gluing the foam in place is the way to go.
Is there a good adhesive that will keep the eva foam in place on the resin arm during the last mold phase?
I've tried the following with no luck:
Elmer's glue-all, silicone adhesive, loctite gel, general superglue.
I have these and will be experimenting: loctite 2-part epoxy, gorilla glue epoxy, loctite CA, polyester resin, ___. I'm a bit over budget already, so if possible, I'd like the fix to be reasonably cheap
For reference, the arm appliance I'm working on: click
As a side note, I've found some interesting ways to make twill weave fiberglass fabric an extremely flexible laminate, and homemade ultra-cal for $15 bucks a bag if you're all interested
So I've been working on a fairly complex project for a promo piece; a wearable, flexible carbon-fiber look arm application.
I've been casting arms like crazy (and broke several; hydrocal/ultracal fingers keep snapping off in the alginate mold), and decided to go with a urethane resin for the arm part for durability. It will be slush-cast from smooth-on 380 I have laying around, but here's the question:
I'm scuplting on some additional pieces in either EVA foam or clay to the resin cast and covering all with a layer of 2x2 twill weave fiberglass for texture, then making the final glove mold in latex rubber. I'm wondering if clay will float off the piece or deform with the FG riding over it, so I'm thinking that gluing the foam in place is the way to go.
Is there a good adhesive that will keep the eva foam in place on the resin arm during the last mold phase?
I've tried the following with no luck:
Elmer's glue-all, silicone adhesive, loctite gel, general superglue.
I have these and will be experimenting: loctite 2-part epoxy, gorilla glue epoxy, loctite CA, polyester resin, ___. I'm a bit over budget already, so if possible, I'd like the fix to be reasonably cheap
For reference, the arm appliance I'm working on: click
As a side note, I've found some interesting ways to make twill weave fiberglass fabric an extremely flexible laminate, and homemade ultra-cal for $15 bucks a bag if you're all interested