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I travelled to New York the last Christmas and I enjoyed it as much as troubles me and my family had there. One of them was my sister's camera. It le...
Resin can become an hazardous issue if you don't take the correspondent precautions. There are required some protections: - Latex or nitrile gloves. ...
Tools: - Sandpaper: · Wet sandpaper 120 · Wet sandpaper 360 · Wet sandpaper 1000 - Sander (optional but recommended) - A graduated cylinder (to...
My first idea was to sink all the lens exploded, but I haven't so much resin. Take apart the aperture and disassemble it as well.
My pattern was a 5x5 cm of base, even when the aperture has 3 cm of diameter. I did that so as to let a security space for any problem that can happen...
Solder the four LED's in series to a 12V plug. Make a hole for the plug in the base mold. Stick them with hot melt glue, which will be easy to remove ...
After take all the security measures, it's time to mix the resin with the catalyst. Polyester resin is often sold with the catalyst, so don't get mad ...
Right after mix the resin with the catalyst, pour it into the mold. Put the first aperture piece with care then. To create the "exploded" effect, I p...
After the resin dries completely, take it out of the mold. If you won't use the mold again, simply break it.
So as to smooth out the bigger irregularities, use a sander with a wood sandpaper. Afterwards, sand the piece first with the 120 sandpaper, then with...
Blend the polish paste with a bit of water and moisten a cloth with it. Make circular movements with the wet cloth in the faces of the piece. After th...
So this is the result of the hard work! I hope you enjoy this instructable. Please, post your questions or examples of this technique bellow.
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The grits above 1,000 were developed for cleaning airplane windows.
Sorry for spelling and gramatical errors I reciently cut the crap out of my thumb on a cd drive case and am typing without it and its actually harder than i thougt.