Thread: Ever tired to make scales out of epoxy?

Originally Posted by Traveller

Yes Im still making the cast scales,I do all sizes and colors,and have made molds for all the naked ladies,and peacocks and many others.I make them of several casting resins,and also kevlar cloth.Your choices are pretty much unlimited.I will post some pictres when I get home on Tuesday.
Best Regards Gary Alfonso

Hey Gary,

Thanks for finding the post. I'm glad you did. I was just curious to know if it could be done. Now that curiousity is gone...it can be done! What kind of resin do you use?

Brendan, I use several diffrent resins The one for crystal clear scales has to be vacum degassed, but all of the others are just mix and pour,and are very simple to make.The main issue is that once you mix a small batch you still need to pour 30 to 40 sets of scales since each set uses so small a volume.I usuall pour 30 sets every couple of weeks.Then you have to finish sand , polish and drill holes,so I guess I probably have have 1/2 hour in a set from start to finished razo(scales only)Its kind of fun though,and some really beautiful scales come out,as I said before Ill post some pictures when I get home on Tuesday
Best Regards Gary

Originally Posted by Traveller

...and some really beautiful scales come out,as I said before Ill post some pictures when I get home on Tuesday
Best Regards Gary

I, for one, am loking forward to seeing those pics!

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-Lou

A million years ago in another life I used to work for a prototype company where we made prototypes from drawings, made clay models, prepared silicone rubber molds, cast, fabricated, machined and polished prototypes in plastic for different companies...We worked in Acrylic, Epoxies, and Polyesters...

The world has moved on a bit since then and the plastics have become better and better...

I am sure that they NOW have a plastic <> filler matrix today that would be perfect for razor restoration...

Making little silicone or urethane molds from different sets of scales would be quite possible.

What had me wondering was which plastic <> filler matrix would be most stable and suitable for making, and using as scales... Polyesters, Expoxies, Urethanes?

Which fillers would give the most strength, graphite, glass..?

Then I guess would be the necessity of disassembling different razors to use the scales as protoypes for the molds...

Of course this would give you the opportunity to "replace" broken scales by using them as the model for the mold, and "repairing" the broken scale with body putty or clay, and then making a mold from it and then casting it's "replacement" from the plastic.

Yes, I'd definitely like to know more about this. I still have the skills to do the work, I've just been out of the loop for so long, I've forgotten the EXACT formulations, the suppliers, etc...

It is quite feasible to set something up in a basement, attic, kitchen, or garage workshop.

Lot's of hobbyists today use home-made plastics in making & repairing things....

Tony.