Post #57739 by OceaOtica on Thu, Oct 30, 2003 3:00 PM

hey emspace,
have not had that happen with a joe.
i work with resins, acrylics, urethanes, and plastics often in my line of work. though i can not tell you what particular resin or urethane they use to pour up the peices, i can tell you a little general info about them. the cheaper the resin or urethane, the more filler. the more filler, the weaker and more crack/chip prone it is. heating up most of these products in an oven can release gases, in a small amount that will not make you keel over. but they can smell bad, and can also inundate your oven so as to make food you cook in the future taste like chemicals. when shaping plastics,acrylics, and hard waxes, we usually use the hot water method. boil or heat up your water first, turn the fire off and dip. the other option is to carfully use a heat gun, preferably on low. this gives you a more focused heat. Back to the filler, the more there is, the less likely you can bend it without fracturing it.
if you have already counted this statue as a loss, try it out.
good luck

[ Edited by: tikitanked on 2003-10-31 00:03 ]