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Limited Run The Princess Bride Battle of Wits Goblets cast in lead-free pewter
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It takes a long time to develop a natural patina that way. You won't notice from wash to wash. For my set I'm just going to use the chemical patina on the outside and not the inside. I don't think dishwasher will make it black dark, just duller and darker over time
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Well, I've been trying to do it the right way and am taking this opportunity to learn more and have had some failures. The way I did if before was causing casting problems and I want to do it right.
Doing it properly is harder but will work once I get it right.
The first try like this used more plaster than I needed and the weight/"water pressure" ended up pushing the clay over.
I tried again with a laser-cut wooden skeleton for strength, and less plaster for a smaller mold and less pressure:
It worked better but sprung a leak that I tried to plug unsuccessfully and ended up making a game time decision to turn the casting on its side and use the wooden wall supports as sides to the mold, building up more clay and slapping the thickening curing plaster on its side. This ended up working out. It's the first one that's the hardest. The second and third sides will be easier since they are supported by the previous sections.
The cup will be a silicone core to ease removal and reduce hot tears, and the rim/upper section will be a 4th part that the core sits in. This will be done ontop of the first three identical sections.
Or that's what my current plan is....
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Doing it properly is harder but will work once I get it right.
The first try like this used more plaster than I needed and the weight/"water pressure" ended up pushing the clay over.
I tried again with a laser-cut wooden skeleton for strength, and less plaster for a smaller mold and less pressure:
It worked better but sprung a leak that I tried to plug unsuccessfully and ended up making a game time decision to turn the casting on its side and use the wooden wall supports as sides to the mold, building up more clay and slapping the thickening curing plaster on its side. This ended up working out. It's the first one that's the hardest. The second and third sides will be easier since they are supported by the previous sections.
The cup will be a silicone core to ease removal and reduce hot tears, and the rim/upper section will be a 4th part that the core sits in. This will be done ontop of the first three identical sections.
Or that's what my current plan is....
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I got one do so one from that mold and broke the mold trying to get it out.
I made another one using the silicone I had in hand but it wasn't enough so I reused the rubber inside of the cup, hoping that it would fuse, but it didn't. I just got a delivery of more silicone Friday and will try a new mold this week.
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I made another one using the silicone I had in hand but it wasn't enough so I reused the rubber inside of the cup, hoping that it would fuse, but it didn't. I just got a delivery of more silicone Friday and will try a new mold this week.
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