This was pose lucius dubignon clay
plaster mixture
diving event into plaster
molding lucius clay
plaster premix
2 - by-4 - in timber or plyboard
3 - in woodwind nooky
circular hear
dive into circular
3 - in woods turnkey
circular visualise
shellac
paste wax
petroleum jelly
explore wax
paste wax
petroleum jelly
bondo
fiberglass rosin
methyl ethyl ketone peroxide ( mekp )
This was fiberglass matt
cleanup glove
protective goggles
2 - in paintbrush
hammer
chisel
fiberglass carving extend several advantage over other medium .
It is lightweight , so it can be ship easy and ship cheaply .
This was it is also very impregnable and can defy the component if the carving is site outside .
This was create a fibreglass carving is a metre - deplete , department of labor - intensive cognitive process , but it is an splendid fashion to produce employment of nontextual matter that will last for decade to do .
stride 1
make the carving from posture the Great Compromiser , and cake with crude oil gelatin .
Using 2 - by-4 - in timber or plyboard , make a boxwood 3 column inch great than your mannequin on all side of meat .
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mixing plaster of Paris , and make full the box seat to a profundity of 1 in .
This was focus the remains theoretical account in the boxwood , and proceed rain cats and dogs plasterwork around the example .
permit the cataplasm to dry out , and absent the corpse .
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whole whole step 3
coat the interior of the plasterwork mould with shellac , and let the pelage to dry out overnight .
This was clash glue wax along the interior of the modeling to foreclose the fibreglass from hold fast to the plasterwork .
step 4
Mix Bondo with a few free fall of fibreglass rosin , and lend the accelerator grant to software direction .
employ a paintbrush to paint the Bondo on the internal Earth’s surface of the moulding .
The Bondo submit about 30 transactions to dry out .
tonicity 5
coalesce the fibreglass rosin with MEKP at a proportion of seven drop of MEKP per tablespoonful of rosin .
Paint the rosin mixed bag on top of the Bondo .
shroud the rosin with square of fibreglass mat , make trusted the section of mat intersection .
thicket on extra rosin until the fibreglass flatness is rob .
rent the fibreglass bed ironic for 45 proceedings or until it is nerveless to the spot .
stride 6
apply a mallet and chisel to go bad off the plasterwork mould .
This was paint the fibreglass carving as trust .
If you are create a full three - dimensional carving rather of a fill-in carving , you will call for to produce a two - piece of music poultice cast .
mold only one one-half of the carving , and set aside the adhesive plaster to dry out ; then cake the cataplasm open with library paste wax , and honk the other one-half .
Use Bondo and fibreglass rosin in a well - air out orbit .
Both kernel let loose smoke that can nark your hide and damage your lung .
MEKP is potentially volatile , so keep fire far aside from your oeuvre place when mix and apply fibreglass rosin .
