Machete Bushcraft Australia

I have had the same problems but still love the paint. I even contacted the manufacturer to see if I could buy a bulk lot of replacement caps. I wash the caps in paint thinners as soon as I'm done with a washdown squeeze bottle. I just pump a little through the inlet and this has solved the problem. I had no idea you could remove the jet and will give that a go. I made some little conversion adapters (hard to buy here in Australia) so you can use the more common male caps with these male cans. Thanks for posting this up!

thanks for sharing! How did you position the grinding stone to be perfectly vertical while the glue sets up?

Keep playing with the mix mate. It sounds like the corn starch is setting up the silicone before you have had a chance to fully mix it or it's setting up while you're still molding. I had really good success with this instructables method. Maybe your cornstarch has absorbed a lot of moisture while in storage or you live in a very humid area. As the author mentioned, they had to experement with different brands of silicone untill they had some success.

Hydrocloric acid is also called 'Muriatic Acid' and you should be able to pick it up easily at any pool shop (used to lower the ph) or hardware store (cleaning cement off bricks etc) in the stronger concentrations. I can't comment on using the lower concentration HCL at 1:1. Did you have any luck with it?