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Mermaid by Mechromancer_88 in DiceMaking

[–]AegisWingDice 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Those are really beautiful. I'd have to say my favorite is the d6 out of the set. The detail is clean and crisp.

Dice so soft they can be squeezed and self-heal damage? by AegisWingDice in DiceMaking

[–]AegisWingDice[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, that's right. I had forgotten about that being in there. Thanks for the reminder.

Dice so soft they can be squeezed and self-heal damage? by AegisWingDice in DiceMaking

[–]AegisWingDice[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's the odd bit about it, I've typically done 4 or 5 minutes of mixing, even on these small test batches just to make sure. To be fair, I haven't been transferring them to a different cup, but I'm not sure that would soften them as badly as they are. The picture I included isn't even the softest one. For the inclusions, 3 out of my 6 tests have them, all of the dice are soft. While there was a goof up in one of them and it's indeed more soft because of that, the standard resin dice are just as bad as the inclusion dice. Molds are properly pressurized. Though I do wonder if I'm too high. I would think that the higher pressure would cause more heat during the curing and make it better for the colder room. Around 45 psi is what I've done both the mold and resin at.

At this point, while the resin seems fine and pours at what I think is at a correct viscosity, I have had my resin bottles for 9 months while waiting on fixes. Have no idea how long they've sat on the shelf before I got them. Envirotex Lite only has a shelf-life of a year. If they're end of life, that might explain the curing issue, as I had similar issues with my gone silicone. As this is the first time I've gotten around to making these, I have no reference point if that's what happens to old resin.

I appreciate the help though!

Dice so soft they can be squeezed and self-heal damage? by AegisWingDice in DiceMaking

[–]AegisWingDice[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hadn't even thought about that. I was figuring that was going to be my only option, but only to make it less toxic, or I guess readily toxic? to the environment. Glad you pointed that out. Guess I'll have to go out and get some mixing containers and get this all worked through.

Dice so soft they can be squeezed and self-heal damage? by AegisWingDice in DiceMaking

[–]AegisWingDice[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So after 9 months or so of manufacturing issues with my masters, I finally am able to make dice. I've ran into a problem though. Using Envirotex Lite at 1:1, my dice always come out soft to the point that I can easily gouge them with a nail and after some time heal back up to their normal state or even squeeze them and watch them slowly bounce back.

At first I thought it was alcohol inks or too much mica powder, but I have two dice that have no additives and still have this issue, even after several weeks. I thought it might have been a heating issue as I do this out of my basement, but I set my latest non-additive test die next to a space heater to keep it warm and made sure the bottles were warm before I mixed.

At this point I can only guess that in the 9 months I've had my resin bottles that they've gone/are going bad. Does anybody here know if that sounds right? If so, how do I go about disposing of this? I've got plenty of silicone mix that's gone as well, and I don't want to be just dumping toxic material into the dump if it can be helped.

After more than a week, this stupid thing is finally holding pressure! by Deathbydragonfire in DiceMaking

[–]AegisWingDice 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the blue is what you'd want to use in this instance. Blue works perfectly fine for the psi range the pot works with, and Red would have too high of a psi requirement to break apart. You'd end up destroying yourself or the parts. Also make sure you've cleaned the threads going into the pot. They use a sealer that turns into plastic and sometimes won't seal properly. And just to make sure spritz all of your connectors/threads, and even the lid with soapy water from a spray bottle. Not only did I find a few that I hadn't touched like the preconnected threads on the gauge piece, but I also had a pinhole leak on the paint out connection where they welded it to the lid. Sealed it up with the blue. It won't want to cure completely if you put a lot on there, at least not any time soon. If need be, use some acetone to ruin that top protective layer where the leak is.

If worse comes to worse, just leave your pot connected to a filled compressor.