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  1. 14th September 2011, 09:15 PM #1
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    Hey Everyone

    Well I have a couple of pet snakes and when the male one shedded I tried using his shedded skin to put over some Baron tubes that had been painted white it all looked awesome until I put the resin in the home made molds the skin end up with bubbles under it and it didnt work out . So now my female one has just shedded last night and I want to try the same thing coz the first one looked awesome just need some help to see what I did wrong and what I can do better next time. I just order some real molds from the USA so that wont be the problem this time I have two weeks till they get here can anyone help me PPPPPPPPPPPPPPLLLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEE

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  3. 14th September 2011, 09:24 PM #2
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    Get rid of your snakes. Gee makes me shiver just thinking about having snakes so close. Sorry no idea on how to fix your problem. just have a snake fetish.
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  4. 14th September 2011, 09:27 PM #3
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    Hey Cookie

    Man you need some rapid set its just a snake HA HA HA HA HA HA nah I understand that not everyone like snakes but I do and thanks for looking LMAO

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    Ian did yoy cover it with CA?
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    Hey dj

    No I didnt mate is that what I did wrong

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    I have never done one but I would say cover it with CA and fold some over hang into the end of the tube and cover that with CA to. After you cast them you can clean out the inside of the tube. Good luck.
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    Hey dj

    Ok cool thanks I will try that when my mold get thanks for the help

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    DO NOT use CA on shed skins, it melts them

    I did a WIP on some a while back, I'll look for it.

    edit: here it is - looks like I had some bubble roblems too. I have found spraying with water based acrylic before casting helps other things, ensure plenty of curing of the spray before casting, but check it doesn't dissolve the shed skin first on a scrap. Also painting on the resin before casting helps, pressure too.
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    No problem.
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    just curious, were the skins tanned or dried?
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    Quote Originally Posted by NewLondon88 View Post
    just curious, were the skins tanned or dried?
    They are shed skins NL, the transparent outer dead layer the snake sheds, not actual skins
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    ah.. got it. never mind. move along. nothing to see here.
    We now return to our regularly scheduled programming
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