More Supplies

I bought a bunch of stuff over the last two weeks and am starting to experiment with them. Here's the Aves Apoxie Sculpt, which comes in two containers instead of a tube like the 5 minute epoxy putty. It also has a working time of 1-3 hours instead of 5 minutes and comes in various colors - I got white to match the tone of resin.


The safety solvent lets you smooth and feather this stuff out nicely. It also seems to work with regular epoxy putty, but there is a finer difference in the putty grain with Apoxie Sculpt. I think this stuff will work out really nice, was actually cheaper than the tube stuff by weight, 1 pound for $12, and it supposedly can be frozen to extend the shelf life.

I also got this 5 second gel resin to try out. Originally intended for use on fingernails to smooth out the surface before painting, you brush it on and it fills pin holes ready to be sanded in 5 seconds. At least, that's how it's supposed to work. I'll have to see if it really does on the next kit, it was pretty expensive too, so it'd better work!

And last, a new nozzle for my G44 airbrush, which had started to feel like I was fighting it to get a fine mist. I knew nozzles and needles would wear eventually and need replacement, but since I'm still fairly new to this, I didn't know how to tell when it needed replacing. Well, I think when you feel like you are fighting with your airbrush after having just cleaned all the parts, it needs replacement. ^^;; Comparing the two nozzles under a loupe, it's easy to tell the opening has grown larger on the old nozzle (it's trumpeted) due to perhaps excessive force cleaning it or just regular wear. After replacing it, it's like night and day and back to being a joy to use. Best part - it was just $4 for a new nozzle. ^^

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