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  1. stringpickin1

    Lexan melting and using in silicone putty based molds

    Thank you. Chose Lexan because I found it readily and easily melts. It is also used by guitarists in sheet form to create glue on finger nails out of.. By taking lexan sheets and cutting small sections and then bending the pieces to the arch of the nail the pieces are then glued on and then...
  2. stringpickin1

    Lexan melting and using in silicone putty based molds

    Hello everyone.. I am getting closer to my experiment with fingerpicking nails.. I have got rtv silicon with heat range up to 600f plus.. Going to be using 2 part clay/putty to make the mock up nails on my hands, and a ring part as well. Back to the lexan and some new questions please...
  3. stringpickin1

    Lexan melting and using in silicone putty based molds

    Thank you Berkshire and Aeon!! Good thing for me to be reminded about how volatile they can be. I will take that to good heed.. I am going to be melting relatively small amounts. There must be a small hopefully somewhat inexpensive metal melting crucible/kit or something out there that would...
  4. stringpickin1

    Lexan melting and using in silicone putty based molds

    Hello and good day.. Among other things I am a guitarist and have been trying to develop the perfect glue-on finger nail for finger-picking guitar players.. I have used acrylics personally for the last 25 years and have tried the old ping pong ball to gel, to lexan sheets bent and glued to my...
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