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Dan, what's a silicone degreaser?

This is a repost from FISD (by me) learn a lot while restoring my ESB helmet. I used several methods to remove the previous paint. 1) (wet) sanding Takes a lot of elbow grease and takes ages. Also, you might lose some detail 2) "hair waxing" apply some tape firmly to the paint, and then rip it off. Most of the paint will stick to the tape 3) Oven cleaning spray yes. it works. Spray some foamy cleaning spray for the even onto the plastic. Let it work for at least 24 hrs. The paints gets "eaten away". Use a soft (tooth)brush to clean the rest. Repeat if needed. It does not affect the plastic. Just the paint Karin

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The one on the left ?

Like that?

Thanks for your kind words, Rick! If anyone wants to make his own set, I'd gladly share my knowledge. Templates and instructions are in my tutorial.

Also, keep in mind that you can't make molds of the plastic hand guards that come with your armor a ) it woud be recasting b )latex shrinks a lot, they'd end up too small

quantity depends on your mold. I suggest buy at least 16 oz to experiment and get the "feel" for it. The first casts never work out,

yup. that would do the job.

It's called "Kiwoplast - liquid rubber" and I don't think it's available outside of Vienna, Austria. It's a local brand,

if you're interested, look at my tutorial at fisd.

sorry, don't know of any brands in Canada.

Any mold builder latex will do, but you have to make a master build and a plaster mold etc first.

Where's it going?

Ok, I'll bite. I need some of the seeds! What's your PP?

which kind of primer did you use?

Nice job on the hand guards!

Mike (TK 4510) is a member here. Nice, accurate belts and other stuff- Trooperbay

I know The rubber is quite heat resistant, actually.

yeah? what happened?

LOL! Why didn't I think about that! Looks very authentic! A great way to simulate the heat of the two suns at tattoine!

I'm adding a pair of latex hand guards with gloves

I agree! I'd be interested. Keep up the good work!

Wood glue... who would have thought. How do you clean the brush after painting. I think I'll try it myself now. Thanks for your kind words, Graham!

Thanks! I think I'll paint the strips soon In the mean time, I finished the interior, screen accurately, of course