A few pics of stuff

so Ive been playing with Suspendaslurry for a while. Here is a bit of a photo dump of stuff. Dollar store funnels work great for making pour chutes. if you are making big statues, pour a hollow shell of paraffin and your slurry wont crack. vent between wax layers to minimize shrinkage. the Walt and Idols are about 5-6 lbs. Skulls are easy money. If you have criticisms, be constructive. These methods work for me. Im not a technical caster by zero means. Ive always worked on the fringe.

 

Nice work.

 

Great castings!

 

What metal are the idols and what methods do you use to finish them?

 

old brass sprinkler valves, and mostly just wire wheel brushing after an acid bath

 

some better pics

 

Acid bath?

What's that help with?

Pics before and after the acid?

 

One for the Canadians in the crowd:



I hit them with a die grinder with medium and fine scotch brite wheels. Not sure where I'm going to go from here, so my ears are open.

Pete

 

Beautiful! And one of my top 5 favorite bands!!

 

Acid takes off the crap. its only about a 30 percent bath of muriatic (pool) acid. they clean up much better.

 

That's a band? I would have bet my left nut it was JT

 

Rush 2112. It's a 70's thing. I wore it out on vinyl, 8 track, cassette (several), and CD.

 

I grew up on Rush and have some of their music. Of course it's all on CD and I threw the jewels out years ago. Nothing like a little Tom Sawyer cranked to 11!

psst.. I am pushing 50.