Using Silver metal powders & clear resin in castings? anyone tried it?

[calmasacow]

one I get my rifle finished I wanna make a mold of its parts. I have seen a few videos of using using the smooth-on metal powders both mixed in brushed into the mold. My thought is that once it is Painted any scratches will have silver underneath it so it will just look like metal. I was thinking that this would allow for a good deal of abuse without compromising the look of the prop.

Has anyone tried this before. I think thorssoli had done it with some foam M6's but what about Hard Resin? Curious on if it makes things brittle and how does it wear? scratch.

If insight would be great.

thanx in advance.

 

[Tactonyx]

I don't think it compromises the strength of the cast. Brandon McClain casted my DMR in the same method you're describing. Here's a link to the end result: http://tactonyx.blogspot.com/2010/11/halo-m392-designated-marksman-rifle.html

 

[calmasacow]

hard to tell from the pics. does it look good? Does it look like scratches in to silver metal?

 

[Dani Girl]

Yes. its called metal cold-casting. It actually looks like "metal" when you're done.

http://www.smooth-on.com/gallery.php?galleryid=312

I've created some small jewelry holders using this method (rings, broaches, etc), since I don't have a smelting pot. ^_^

 

[Tactonyx]

Oh yeah! It Looks really good, you won't be disappointed.

 

[calmasacow]

Yes. its called metal cold-casting. It actually looks like "metal" when you're done.

http://www.smooth-on.com/gallery.php?galleryid=312

I've created some small jewelry holders using this method (rings, broaches, etc), since I don't have a smelting pot. ^_^

yeah that is where I saw it and got the idea from just curious if anyone here had tried it. and could offer any insight maybe something not obvious from those videos.

 

[Dani Girl]

Nothing more I can offer. The video pretty much covers everything. No special treatments. Mix your powder well in the resin, pour as you do with normal resin, cure and pop it out of your mold when ready.