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Step 7Second coating and shaping
The giant match should somewhat resemble a regular match by now, but a second coating and shaping is necessary to make it more realistic. The entire point of this step is to round the match head off so there are no visible corners.
Making nitrocellulose lacquer:
1. Fill a glass jar halfway with acetone (Mason jars, salsa jars, or any type of glass jar with a lid should work)
2. Cut up about 8 ping pong balls and put the pieces in the acetone jar.
3. Stir until the mixture is homogeneous.
Coating the match:
1. Using the remaining 5,000 "dry" match heads saved from before, paint down a layer of nitrocellulose on the giant match, and then sprinkle the match heads over it, and press down to secure them in place.
2. Make the center of each face thicker and have it slope downwards to the corners.
Making nitrocellulose lacquer:
1. Fill a glass jar halfway with acetone (Mason jars, salsa jars, or any type of glass jar with a lid should work)
2. Cut up about 8 ping pong balls and put the pieces in the acetone jar.
3. Stir until the mixture is homogeneous.
Coating the match:
1. Using the remaining 5,000 "dry" match heads saved from before, paint down a layer of nitrocellulose on the giant match, and then sprinkle the match heads over it, and press down to secure them in place.
2. Make the center of each face thicker and have it slope downwards to the corners.
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Jul 11, 2009. 11:38 PMvandal1138
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"Dissolve the balls". Worst quote ever....
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Jun 19, 2011. 8:30 AMCronos Dage
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Agreed.
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Jun 11, 2011. 5:13 AMtynow
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now, you will tell us what we want or we will disolve the balls!!! mwahahahahaha!! okay coffee break now. (walks away while balls disolve)
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Mar 12, 2010. 8:55 AMuberdum05
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Yeah, that would hurt an awful lot!
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