faster curing.

[Jjartwood]

I had an order for several pens that required me to drop a couple of castings,
and as we all know it was a tight schedule to complete them (nobody ever says "take your time") so I had to hurry along the curing process. I found that after the casting started firming up a bit if I placed the mold in a plastic zip lock baggie and placed it in a sink full of very hot water it cured up nicely.
I went from cast to turned pen in just under 4 hours,I'm still not sure how much the hot water helped but I'v never been able to turn that close to a pour before.
I doubt that I'm the first one to do this but I found it very interesting that the heat from the water would move the curing along this quickly.
Mark

 

[18111]

It's nice to know. Thanks for the tip. btw, what resin are you using? yoshi

 

[seamus7227]

while i have never tried this, (great idea by the way!!) it makes sense because heat is what kicks the resin off faster for curing. some people put their blanks into the toaster over and get similar results as well.

 

[BSea]

I may have to do something like this. I think it will help get better color separation. Especially on pours of 3 or more colors. My problem is I use PVC for PR blanks. So I'll need a way to keep the heat on them after I pour.

 

[lorbay]

I may have to do something like this. I think it will help get better color separation. Especially on pours of 3 or more colors. My problem is I use PVC for PR blanks. So I'll need a way to keep the heat on them after I pour.

Heat lamp??

Lin.

 

[BSea]

I may have to do something like this. I think it will help get better color separation. Especially on pours of 3 or more colors. My problem is I use PVC for PR blanks. So I'll need a way to keep the heat on them after I pour.

Heat lamp??

Lin.

That might work, I was thinking a hair dryer rigged up to a box to hold in the heat. I thought I'd use my remote smoker thermometer to make sure it didn't get too hot. Frankly, it's probably more trouble than it's worth. But I may try it anyway.

 

[PSNCO]

I may have to do something like this. I think it will help get better color separation. Especially on pours of 3 or more colors. My problem is I use PVC for PR blanks. So I'll need a way to keep the heat on them after I pour.

You could cork both ends of the PVC. (on second thought, a tight corked seal on both ends might build up too much pressure.) Or, instead of a hairdryer, you could get a cheap 1500W tabletop ceramic heater to place in a box.