As I have been doing my own decoys, mostly foam decoys from Homer or Bob Romstadt, I have been liquidating the odds and ends I had acquired over the years. Someone bought a couple Herters bodies from me and we got to talking. This resulted in me being commissioned to paint about 140 heads for him! While going through the 4 5gallon buckets, I paired up 6 different model 63 sized unique styles. I decided to make molds of these as there is no commercial alternatives readily available. I already had the coot mold made, and I now have Canvasback, Mallard, Pintail, and 2 versions of the Diver. My coots have been cast using Smooth-on Feather-Lite. Which works well, but is a PITA to work with. It is heavy solids, and settles very quickly. Each use requires several minutes of pre-mixing each component. So I sourced a sample of another material which I tried last evening for the first pours in a couple of the new molds.
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This new material Smooth-on Task 8 was much easier to work with, had only a little material settling, but kicked very quickly, and as a result generated significant heat. I know the molds will not last long with this material. Happy I only bought a sample kit! Back to the research. I may try 16lb foam next....
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This new material Smooth-on Task 8 was much easier to work with, had only a little material settling, but kicked very quickly, and as a result generated significant heat. I know the molds will not last long with this material. Happy I only bought a sample kit! Back to the research. I may try 16lb foam next....
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