Stabalizing a "pencil" blank

[79spitfire]

This question is mostly for Mesquite Man, but if any of you have input I'd love to hear it! I made a colored pencil blank by pressure casting colored pencils in clear PR. Being that the colored pencils I used are painted wood with a colored 'lead' core, they are kind of soft and tend to tear out easily. Would it be possible to stabilize the blank with Cactus Juice, even though it is already cast in PR? Would the stabilizing resin and the cast PR react or discolor each other? Is it even possible? How big would the explosion be? (just kidding)..

:befuddled:

 

[79spitfire]

I can hear your compressors and vacuum pumps running from here....

Any ideas? (and yes I did a search....)

 

[MesquiteMan]

I would be most worried about the heat needed to cure them. Also, the Cactus Juice may mess up the paint. Personally, I would not mess with it.

 

[wyone]

I would think LOTS and LOTS of thin CA

 

[79spitfire]

Can you get thin CA in 1 gallon buckets?

 

[KenV]

Can you get thin CA in 1 gallon buckets?

And in 55 gallon drums -- depends on what you are set up for.

 

[79spitfire]

Thanks, Iv´e been trying to make a colored pencil pencil for a while now. I may end up investing in a power sander. I´m very sensitive to CA. In reality, I would make myself very sick.

 

[KenV]

George -- no one really knows if or how this might work. You might have to experiment and see how you can make it happen.

 

[79spitfire]

Thanks, at least I know I haven't asked the same question that's been answered before!