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Re: Liquid Plastics
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Date: 
Fri, 27 Aug 2004 00:36:05 GMT
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In lugnet.parts.custom, Bianca Nebab wrote:

> Silicon molds work fine. Some parts can be replicated
> fairly well, however, any piece requiring a lot of under cutting (e.g, studs)
> can get complicated, since air bubbles result in the undercut areas unless you
> create proper air channels to allow trapped air to escape. Air channels in turn
> result in extra flak that has to be trimmed off and finished, etc. The smaller
> the part, the harder it is. So, I think injection molding is still the way to
> go.

Hi - have you tried using an autoclave to reduce the bubbling?

Darrell



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  Re: Liquid Plastics
 
(...) I use Smooth-on liquid plastics regularly with my other toy hobby, making custom action figures. The problem with using them to make LEGO-compatible parts is that these liquid resin plastics (like Alumilite, Micro-Mark, etc) are meant to be (...) (22 years ago, 26-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.custom)

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