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David Wolff
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Started On : 06-Nov-2006 at 12:52:52 PM, #Views : 6249
Topic Subject : Re: Re: A new topic has been added-Aqua Resin Results |
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An Aqua Resin casting reinforced with fiberglass will survive a drop better than a hydrocal casting with fiberglass. They are lighter and more fexible. I can actually bend the sculpture some without cracking it. I cannot speak to repairing one...I would not want to try as matching colors again. It would be problematic for me. I am terrible with color matching.
Aqua Resin is supposed to be weather proof. It is more costly on the front end pound for pound than hydocal. However, I find I use a lot less Aqua Resin make the same size sculpture. I should measure it out one day and do a real comparison cost wise. One thing I can do with Aqua Resin I cannot do with hydrocal is incorporate powdered metals. Aqua Resin sticks to everything I have had it come in contact with. I mean it really sticks. The floor, the walls, my hands, my clothes, even the nosey dog.
The more I work with it, the more I like it. The only really disappointing thing about Aqua Resin, to me, is I lose that nice "ring" when I thump the casting. Aqua Resin just goes thud. I can tell you that an Aqua Resin casting would survive abuse much better than a hydrocal casting. You can also add more Aqua Resin long after the orginal casting has cured and not worry about it coming off or cracking the the original casting.
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