Finished! I sanded them down with wet and dry, then sprayed with acrylic. Will be posted tomorrow.
The plugs have now been cast, here’s how I did it…
Mixed resin and poured into mould, filling it 3/4 full. Left to set.
Sprinkled watch parts on surface of cured resin.
Topped up with catalysed resin to top of mould and left to cure again.
Demoulded.
Today I got on with the business of making the mould for the resin pugs I am making for Cody…
I superglued the model into the lid of a little tub to stop it from falling over…
I mixed the silicone in the main part of the pot…
I then popped the lid back on and tuned the pot upside down to allow the silicone to run around the model. The cup is for a bit of stability as the lid was slightly domed!
Also this morning before I went to work, I baked some tags for a customer. They are ready for sealing, just need to print a few more disks and her order is complete!
And on the subject of plastic tags (kind of), last night I bought the February edition of Crafts Beautiful from ASDA as my article on printed shrink plastic is in it, page 50-51! Check it out 😉
Today I got another custom order on Etsy for some earplugs, after determining how they should look and the size, I made the model for the mould. It is made from a Police “Kill Your Speed” pen barrel which nicely was 1cm in diameter, and sawed it 30mm in length.
I then mixed some Milliput and filled the tube. Just waiting for it to harden and then I will gently sand the edges before making the mould.
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