How much ridgidizer?
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How much ridgidizer?
I have been trying to make a few barrette molds using 1/4 inch fiber blanket and the alumina ridgidizer. I painted the ridgidizer on with a brush, both sides, allowed to dry and then burned off the binder. They were somewhat stiff but when I put the barrettes on and tried to slump they broke in the middle. What am I doing wrong? Thank you for your help.
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This may not help with your question, I don't know anything about rigidizers, I'm quite new at this, but I made my barrette molds from Ceramaguard. I cut the shape of the barrettes that I get and stack them together, so I can slump one or many at the same time depending how many forms I stack horizontally. The best part is they never need kiln wash.
There might be a slight line on the underneath side of the slumped barrette, but that gets covered up by the clip anyway.
There might be a slight line on the underneath side of the slumped barrette, but that gets covered up by the clip anyway.