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Okay I know recyle code 5 cups work with pr but I remember another post saying you could use two other codes but I cannot find that post anymore. So if someone knows can they please post. Thanks in advance.

:biggrin::biggrin: First 2 color casts. I am using PR and Perl-ex powder. Rounds are poured in baby bottle tubes and the squares are burl cap in PR at 50 lbs of pressure overnight one color in a silicon mold. Sorry about the shadows but is was a great sunny day so I took advantage of natural...

I've been trying to figure out how to utilize my carvewright system in this new pen turning hobby. I looked at custom pen boxes and display cases, but they didn't satisfy the inner-pen turner:confused:. I was thinking, was to do a straight sided carving in a hardwood and then filling it in...

Hi, Here are my first videos on casting snake skin. I am a total beginner so I thought newbies can probably learn from my mistake as much as success of other members here. Any helpful comments and suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Please note that I couldn't have even started...

So after bothering a whole lot of people specially Joe The Pen Wizard I finally gutted up to do my first casts. They didn't come out perfect, but at least they cured! I don't know what to do about air bubbles and the ends yet (see the yellow blank), but I'll keep trying. The first yellow is...

I'm kicking around the idea of making my own acrylic (or polyresin, I guess? What's the difference?) and need a place to start. Here are my questions: What's the process? Do I need an oven, or is it a lower-temperature process? What do I use to color the resin/acrylic? What are the...

This is my latest offering...... I mixed the colors myself, do you think I could sell these blanks? Please let me know what you think.

I KNOW I have seen a thread on this before, but cannot recall if it was on IAP's site or the Yahoo Penturners group site, and the search was frankly no help. Of course, now that I am ready to cast some PR, I cannot find the info anywhere. I have read most of the articles in the library that I...

First time poster, so please be gentle.:smile: I need some help. I am custom casting these for a friend of mine and thought I had it all figured out. My prototype (on left) was made with the following process: 1. Scuffed brass tubes with 220, wiped clean with denatured alcohol. 2...

I have been using PR to cast pen blanks, and I'm really tired of the smell. Does anyone know if you can use the luster pigments with alumilite? Thanks.

I did a cast for a special project/ idea that I had, and after I glued everything up, I could see right through the blank! I used about a half bottle of testors acrylic paint to 8 oz of PR. On one blank, I painted it black with Testors Model Master paint, and another was an old bottle of...

Hey, I wonder if you can give some help - its my first time casting coffee beans. Basically I am using a 6" copper tube (1" diameter) with a stopper at one end. Tonight I measured the amount of PR that I would need by loading the pipe with beans and measuring the amount of water it took to fill...

I have read through the threads, and the library before I attempted my first cast. I bought some PR at Michaels 2-3 months ago, and stored it on the shelf in my pantry. Tonight when I opened it (for the first time) it is much like a very thick jello - it that normal? Way too thick to pour. If...

OK, I had a big problem with my first batch of PR blanks that I tried. Here is what happened. I prepped the tubes but scratching them up and then proceeded to use Testor's all purpose model enamel paint on the tubes. I used various colors and then coated all of them with Testor's one coat...