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I shot a short video of my carbonite pour and efforts to add texture, midway through the drying process. Enjoy.
Carbing Han - YouTube
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Carbing Han - YouTube
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Han Solo in Carbonite -- Elmer's Carboniting Video
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Glad to see more people using my idea of glue! I can't claim to be the first, but I had never seen it done before I did mine and after two attempts, I love the glue idea over flexible grout or other materials. One of the things I did to speed up the drying process was pour several small coats. Then when I went to make the texture, it was much easier to spread around and I didn't have to worry about it rejoining. Looking good.
Glad to see more people using my idea of glue! I can't claim to be the first, but I had never seen it done before I did mine and after two attempts, I love the glue idea over flexible grout or other materials. One of the things I did to speed up the drying process was pour several small coats. Then when I went to make the texture, it was much easier to spread around and I didn't have to worry about it rejoining. Looking good.
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Re: Han Solo Carboniting Video
The fan blowing all night really did the trick on drying. Almost TOO good, as it solidified a surface skin making normal sculpting impossible. I had to take a knife to it and carve it all up, then start flipping over the large chunks and pressing them down. At the top, where it was deeper, this wasn't a big deal and it was still very wet undernearth and this blending nicely with the chopped up "skin".
At the bottom, where it was shallower, though, was more of a problem. I ended up pouring more glue to soften the look and blend things better. I ended up using my hand to press everything flatter. I think it looks pretty good now, though. Once this is all dry I'll add thinner surface pours in small batches here and there.
Scott
The fan blowing all night really did the trick on drying. Almost TOO good, as it solidified a surface skin making normal sculpting impossible. I had to take a knife to it and carve it all up, then start flipping over the large chunks and pressing them down. At the top, where it was deeper, this wasn't a big deal and it was still very wet undernearth and this blending nicely with the chopped up "skin".
At the bottom, where it was shallower, though, was more of a problem. I ended up pouring more glue to soften the look and blend things better. I ended up using my hand to press everything flatter. I think it looks pretty good now, though. Once this is all dry I'll add thinner surface pours in small batches here and there.
Scott
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