Baking sculpy on top of fiberglass?

TylerHam

Well-Known Member

• Dec 31, 2011

• #1

Second fiberglass question of the week! If I had a fiberglass mask and wanted to add a little organic detail with sculpy, would the mask be able to withstand the low cooking temp needed to cure they clay?

I searched with google and couldn't get a good answer. Thank you!
Tyler

 

Contec

Master Member

• Dec 31, 2011

• #2

i know that with resin props you can bend them if you put them in hot water so i guess it could warp your piece....and you dont know what kind of gases might get released in the oven.

 

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the_batdemon

Sr Member

• Dec 31, 2011

• #3

I'd be leery of putting the fiberglass in the oven, deforming being on of the reasons. What about using a heat gun to bake the sculpey?

 

Too Much Garlic

Master Member

• Dec 31, 2011

• #4

Use Aves Apoxie Sculpt instead. It's a self-hardening, strong, resin that works remarkably similar to super sculpey when mixed. Super Sculpey is brittle and will break off.

 

Ozymandius

Sr Member

RPF PREMIUM MEMBER

• Dec 31, 2011

• #5

Fiberglass shouldn't warp under the low heat needed for Sculpey, but then I would never put fiberglass or Sculpey in my home oven that I cook my food in.

In other words, yes you can do it, but there are better materials out there (epoxy) for what you want to do.

 

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TheBrothersRich

New Member

• Jan 1, 2012

• #6

yes apoxie sculpt stuffs awsome made from corn and cleans up with water

 

TylerHam

Well-Known Member

• Jan 1, 2012

• #7

Thanks guys! Im going to look for that apoxy stuff!!!