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5th May 2012, 08:33 PM #1
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Keeping things dry
I run most things I cast through my dehydrator first, to ensure they are completely dry, as PR sticks a lot better and it hates moisture. My dehydrator is a large rectangular tray version and I usually run it when it is completely full. Last time was a while ago and when I went to cast something last weekend, I found due to the extensive wet weather we have had in Qld, most had absorbed the moisture again. The corn cobs were almost soggy
Anyway, someone suggested I put them in sealed pastic bags, but then I remembered I use vacuum bags for the meat in the freezer, so why not use them for my casting stuff
I ran the dehydrator again, then put the dry stuff in the bags for casting another day
Some cedar pods, sheoak pods, small gum-nuts, croc jaws, corn cobs and already cast pine cones and banksia (for stabilisation).
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5th May 2012, 10:00 PM #2
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Looks neat. Ive heard that putting things in the freezer removes moisture aswell. Haven't tried it though
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5th May 2012, 10:06 PM #3
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Good thinking 99
Originally Posted by dai sensei
Anyway, someone suggested I put them in sealed pastic bags, but then I remembered I use vacuum bags for the meat in the freezer, so why not use them for my casting stuff 
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5th May 2012, 10:34 PM #4
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Yep it does. That is how I dry my corn cobs without them going mouldy, 12 months in the freezer, then in the dehydrator prior to stabilisation. Originally Posted by Ringtail
What I eat this year are pens next year
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5th May 2012, 10:54 PM #5
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What, like the dog? Originally Posted by dai sensei
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6th May 2012, 12:27 AM #6
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Geez you are a patient man. 12 months of waiting for a corncob. I couldn't do it
. Maybe 24 hours
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7th May 2012, 01:01 PM #7
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I have some pen blanks I glued up over 5 years ago still waiting to be turned, 12 months is nothing LOL
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7th May 2012, 01:40 PM #8
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You must have been born without the male impulse bull at a gate gene
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