Tiki Magnets (mold making with RTV, casting with resin) - Tiki Carving

S sporkboyofjustice Member Eugene, Oregon Joined: Mar 30, 2004 Posts: 184	S sporkboyofjustice Posted posted on Thu, Jun 3, 2004 11:38 AM On 2004-06-03 10:50, suburbanpagan wrote: Hey Sporkboy! Way to go! I used to make tiki nacklaces out of plaster, but they broke so fast it was a bummer! I finally found a great source to make them out of resins that I can color, texture, sand, paint, or whatever! I can throw them at the wall (God forbid I do that to a Tiki of course!) and they won't break! I can hook you up with the website that I order from if you are interested...I'm only suggesting resin because I'm sure you've dropped a few already, right? :) check out the results! http://www.thetackytiki.com And keep on keepin' on! Thanks suburbanpagan, I did think of resin but I haven't busted out my resin kit to see how that would work. I never did get the hang of casting with that, maybe now is the right time to give it a go again. I really like doing this kind of stuff on my own mainly because I'm cheap but it's also because I won't be selling them so I want to keep the cost down. Fortunately I work for myself for free so labor is not an issue. The only two that I have broke were really thin and broke when I tried to apply the magnet. I've decided to go for thicker and more beefy designs for the rest of my magnets and I like the results as they just feel more substantial as a magnet.

On 2004-06-03 10:50, suburbanpagan wrote:
Hey Sporkboy! Way to go! I used to make tiki nacklaces out of plaster, but they broke so fast it was a bummer! I finally found a great source to make them out of resins that I can color, texture, sand, paint, or whatever! I can throw them at the wall (God forbid I do that to a Tiki of course!) and they won't break! I can hook you up with the website that I order from if you are interested...I'm only suggesting resin because I'm sure you've dropped a few already, right? :) check out the results!

http://www.thetackytiki.com

And keep on keepin' on!

Thanks suburbanpagan, I did think of resin but I haven't busted out my resin kit to see how that would work. I never did get the hang of casting with that, maybe now is the right time to give it a go again.

I really like doing this kind of stuff on my own mainly because I'm cheap but it's also because I won't be selling them so I want to keep the cost down. Fortunately I work for myself for free so labor is not an issue.

The only two that I have broke were really thin and broke when I tried to apply the magnet. I've decided to go for thicker and more beefy designs for the rest of my magnets and I like the results as they just feel more substantial as a magnet.

Post #94394 by sporkboyofjustice on Thu, Jun 3, 2004 11:38 AM