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So I attended to make some cut rubber stars using Ned's method from skylighter I'm going to post recipe I used for red stars my comp was more like sand than rubber only thing I changed was I used alcohol to wet instead of acetone post-20685-0-74477900-1528848716_thumb.png
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Well? How did they turn out? Light one?

 

The acetone would dissolve the parlon and if too much is used it turns to a warm taffy like mess. It's difficult to get the solvent just rite.

 

Alcohol works well and yes it cuts like wet sand but when they dry, are rock hard and light easier than the acetone made stars. That being said, it still requires a larger quantity of RG to be used as a binder. 9% makes hard stars. There are other formulas out there which are more suited for alcohol solvent. The stars you posted are better used with acetone to allow the parlon to partially dissolve and be used to assist the binding.

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The only change made was quite large. Rubberstars are bound with the rubber. The alcohol just isn't strong enough to cut that stuff, and you end up trying to glue your stars together with the redgum, instead of the parlon.

I'd switch back to Acetone, and use plastic bags, like Zip-lock bags, for the mixing, to avoid getting the mess everywhere.

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Using a 90/10 mix of acetone and alcohol reportedly can cut down on the stringiness that sometimes happens.

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Well checked my stars this morning and they were all mush so I put back in the bowl added acetone rollled them cut them and they turned out good
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Excellent, we expect video.😎
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Got to put a few layers of prime tomorrow but I lit a couple tonight they burn hot and nice red color
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Some stars do take a few days to dry. That is especially dependent on how large they are and how much water is in your solvent. It was probably nothing to worry about. Glad you got them taken care of however.

 

As an aside, I generally dislike acetone bound parlon stars. Watch for an incandescent orange tail, which can happen. I see it too often from acetone bound parlon stars, and also from clumpy parlon in stars bound with other solvents. Probably depends on the source among other factors.

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Some stars do take a few days to dry. That is especially dependent on how large they are and how much water is in your solvent. It was probably nothing to worry about. Glad you got them taken care of however.

 

As an aside, I generally dislike acetone bound parlon stars. Watch for an incandescent orange tail, which can happen. I see it too often from acetone bound parlon stars, and also from clumpy parlon in stars bound with other solvents. Probably depends on the source among other factors.

 

Thanks for the advice mumbles its hard for a new guy like me to figure out which formulas are best for what there are so many different formulas for the same comps
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If I'm planning to use acetone in a 100+F environment, does it work as a solvent for parlon and is there enough time before evaporation to cut some stars?

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I would wet them in a sealed container like a plastic bag. Hot, dry climates dry stuff out fast. Keeping a spray bottle of acetone around to rewet wouldn't hurt either.

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Excellent, we expect video.

Dont think I like that formula they were kinda washed out red and definitely need to use courser mgal they burned really quickly
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