![]() ![]() Please get back to me and tell me if it works. I have only used paint so far but this stuff is adapitable to anything I have used up to now. The web site recmends "dry colors", I guess that would be like Rit die or something like that. I ahve colored it with a little paint but it takes longe to set up when you have paint in it. You could even make a imprint in the bricks with some little wooden letters (inverted) It would give you a exact mirror immage of the mold.Īs I said it is cream color (ivory) in it's natural state. Th side up will be rough so the finished side would be the side down aganist something smooth. If I were going to use it in a mold I think I would spray the mold with Pam cooking spray first so it would be easy to break loose after it setts up. I think I could paint some pollyuathane over it and have it exactly like glazed tile. ![]() I might even try some 1 inch by 1 inch tile. With these casts you can duplicate the appearance of beautifully carved Spanish furniture. That is what gave me the idea to make paving stones with it. Durham’s Water Putty casts made from molds may be joined together and fastened to the flat surface of the item you wish to transform. After it setts up you can pop it fight out of the bottom of the cup and have a perfect round flat stone (well it is a mirror imange of the cup's bottom. When I use it I allways have some levt in the plastic cup. Sure would help making bricks/stones/blocks a lot cheaper. Kevin, you've got me wondering if this would work with the brick/stone stencils mentioned in another thread. Thank You all for your advise and knowledge I live in fear of useing some poroduct that should'nt be used on dollhouses and "anybody" with a brain knows better-LOL I am so new, I just want to check for screams of NOOOOOOOO before I proceed to far. ![]() The reason I brought it up was to find out if useing it was a no no in dollhouse construction. The thing with Durham's is you can mix a themble or a pail of the stuff depending on what you need and the rest don't set up after you open the can. I think that was used with wire lath in old houses to make a smoth surface. Let me tell you if it is a paint grade surface BONDO works like a dream, but you can not stain it.Īs for the plaster from Paris, I have never used the stuff. Sounds like this is what Gina is talking about. I have used it to "build" a corner back on a wall (real house) that was damanged in a spot. The graet thing about it is you can sand it and shape it. ![]() It is something that should be easy to find in almost ant hardware store. Sharon, I get mine at a lumber yard here called McCoy's. The thicker you mix it the heavyer the texture will be. It makes a texture like what we in the building trades called "knock down" Looks something like stucko. I use a brush to "stepple' it on and then use a 3 inch putty knife to go over the top of it after it has set up a little. Naw, this stuff is American-LOL I don't know about it's adhesive quality. In the meantime, get yourself a can of Durham’s Rock Hard Water Putty – it’s a shop staple.Sounds like Plaster of Paris with an adhesive. I have a toolbox to build in a couple weeks. Next time I dovetail a carcase together, I’ll shoot some photos. That’s because I haven’t ever had a gap in a dovetail (a bald-face lie). And – very important – it is a great glazier’s putty for securing glass in a divided-light door in an authentic way (thanks to Glen Huey for showing me this).īut despite my love for Rocky – the muscle-bound character on the label – I don’t use Durham’s to hide gaps in dovetails. If a piece get banged up in the shop, and I cannot steam out the dents, Durham’s is an excellent solution. When do I use it? Mostly with painted work. No lie.Īdd some dye (even food color) and you can tone the putty to whatever color you like. Mix it with Titebond II or Titebond III, and you can make a water-resistant or waterproof putty. You can make the putty any consistency you like – thin to wick into cracks. It dries quickly and, as advertised, rock hard. When you mix it with water, it makes a yellowish putty that is perfect for pine or maple. can will last for more than a decade, unless you really suck eggs as a woodworker. You mix it with water (and other things) to make a small or large amount of material, depending on the job. It puts all of the lame-o putties in tubes to shame - all pre-mixed putties dry out, crack, shrink (in my experience) and generally are a waste of material.ĭurham’s is a white powder, a lot like plaster of Paris. In my shop, putty is not a bad word, especially with painted works.Įver since I’ve been woodworking I’ve been using Durham’s Rock Hard Water Putty for many things in the craft. Remember this: Woodworkers have been hiding gaps in dovetails from rich people for hundreds of years. My second dovetail teacher said the following thing to me in 1996. I won’t name names because it is everyone.Ģ. I’ve seen the uber-awesome magazine-cover superstars fumble to adjust a plane, I’ve seen them split a mortise, cut their dovetails the wrong way, you name it. When I teach beginning woodworkers, there are three comforting things I want to tell them.ġ. ![]()
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