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| lamprey:
Hi Gang, So, I'm in the planning stage on a standup machine. I have most of the details worked out, but one thing I'm not able to do is match a Tron handle with any other items. I guess this isn't too big of a deal, but for what I'm doing it would be nice to have a stick, spinner and a couple of buttons all match. I guess the easy option is to make everything black, but who wants easy? ;) I realize that the Tron handle repro (by GGG) in injected so doing it at home is a bit of a different animal. Recently, I've been messing with silicon molds and liquid plastic/urethane on a car project. So, I was thinking that it wouldn't be to terribly difficult to make a mold of a spinner knob and some buttons (and a repro Tron handle if needed) and then just cast a few parts. So, the short question, does anyone know the proper liquid plastic and pigment to duplicate the color and UV reactiveness of a Tron handle? I did some research and found some stuff at Smooth-On that might work. I had very good success with their Smooth-Cast Onyx for a black car part, so I was thinking I'd try some of their other products. For Plastics they have: * Smooth-Cast 325 - Which I think I'll try first. Not sure if it is clear enough though. * Crystal Clear Series - Optically Clear Liquid Plastic - This appears to bet the best. But, Smooth-on doesn't/won't sell online. I'll check my local plastic stop and see if they have anything of this quality. * Clear Flex Urethane Rubber - If I read the info right on this stuff, it is flexible, so that is a no-go, unless I'm misreading things. And for Pigment they have: * Ignite Fluorescent Color Pigments - I think I'll also try this and see what happens. * Cryptolyte UV Glow Additive If anyone has an info they can share I'd appreciate it (I'm looking at you Randy! ;)). I can see the Ignite pigments not working and using some combination of a blue pigment and the Cryptolyte for all I know.. :dunno Appreciate any thoughts, even if you want to tell me I'm on a fools errand.. :cheers: EDIT: Fixed URLs |
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