braddsn Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Thought I would share a breakthrough (for me) with you guys. As you have seen in my previous posts, I am doing a lot with phenolic. It has completely replaced redgum in my chemical arsenal, and I recently cut some charcoal stars using it as a binder. Well, a couple nights ago I decided to try my hand at rolling with it. I simply omitted dextrin from a color star comp, and since the comp called for redgum, I of course used phenolic as the replacement. I use the spritz and sprinkle method, and I used 91% isopropyl alcohol in my spray bottle. The stars came out perfect, and were rock hard in under 3 hours. Also, the stars were harder to crush than dex bound stars. In the summer, it is very humid where I live, and it takes FOREVER for dex bound stars to dry. Rolling with phenolic changes everything. I highly recommend trying this if you haven't. I see why the chinese do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynomike1 Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Thanks Brad, now i can get some. I am almost out of Dex anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
braddsn Posted October 26, 2016 Author Share Posted October 26, 2016 Mike, you will like it. Your climate is the same as mine, when it's super humid and sticky, it takes FOREVER for some stars to dry. Especially ones containing strontium nitrate. Rolling with phenolic solves this problem! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynomike1 Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 (edited) http://yoursmiles.org/bsmile/fun/b0212.gif Edited October 26, 2016 by dynomike1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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