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Other Stuff => Workbench => Topic started by: 6milPhil on July 21, 2010, 11:38:34 PM
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I've been playing about with green stuff, but I'm not really used to it, typically been using miliput before.
Wondering how long it takes green stuff to cure completely, also can it be painted before it's cured, like miliput, without effecting the curing?
cheers in advance
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I seem to remember after about 1/2 to an hour it will be too firm to work, though you might be able to push in some details. This also depends on temperature and the mix. Normal is 50/50. I think more yellow has a longer cure. I always waited 24 hrs before I messed with it like sanding or painting. I don't know how painting it prior to curing will affect it.
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Thats about right- I use a deeper blue mix usually for cloth and flesh- its much stiffer and dries very quickly.
You can also heat up green stuff to cure faster - put it under a desk lamp in a tin can- (search for miniature ovens) and putting it in the freezer can stop the curing.
Since your a milliput pro , you may like to know you can freely mix milliput with green stuff to get different qualities. Try adding a little GS to your standard milli mix to get a little of that rubberyness. On a fifty/fifty mix you will find that the milli and GS drying times are out of phase and give you a sort of whacky stage where the material is a little odd and rips- just put the sculpt down, make a cup of tea and by the time your back its behaving again.
Another nifty trick is to mix a tiny bit of super sculpy into your mix and it will help you feather in (blend) the edges into dried stuff.
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Hmmm I'd have never considered mixing milliput and greenstuff. o_o
Top tips thanks chaps.
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This site might help you http://www.cheddarmongers.org/prod/blog/vermis/notes_on_epoxy_putty?page=0%2C0 explanes the diffrent types of putty.
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Very handy Thanks!