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Wondering if I got a bad batch... Does this stuff have a shelf life or sensitivity to heat? I've had it waiting for about a month, but there has been a heatwave for most of that time. No AC at my place.
The stuff ain't smooth nor easy to shape. It's more like working with wasabi: sticky, pulls up at the slightest touch of tool or finger, easily smudged around, cannot be shaped smooth while 'wet' and generally mushes around and rips up when I try to shape it. When dry, it is as tough as any other putty to deal with.
I had hoped aves would be smooth like clay when working and then dry as shaped. Instead, the immediate texture is like when you rip apart a well-kneaded gum eraser -whereas a gum eraser is easily smoothed back over, this stuff is not.
I gotta find something better for recreating the 'tree bark' details on the TRU Godzilla. The seams are horrible and I was hoping aves would be my salvation.
This batch is labeled 'natural' color, but both tubs are green/gray. Ins ome ways it's great, in the mentioned ways, it is not.
The stuff ain't smooth nor easy to shape. It's more like working with wasabi: sticky, pulls up at the slightest touch of tool or finger, easily smudged around, cannot be shaped smooth while 'wet' and generally mushes around and rips up when I try to shape it. When dry, it is as tough as any other putty to deal with.
I had hoped aves would be smooth like clay when working and then dry as shaped. Instead, the immediate texture is like when you rip apart a well-kneaded gum eraser -whereas a gum eraser is easily smoothed back over, this stuff is not.
I gotta find something better for recreating the 'tree bark' details on the TRU Godzilla. The seams are horrible and I was hoping aves would be my salvation.
This batch is labeled 'natural' color, but both tubs are green/gray. Ins ome ways it's great, in the mentioned ways, it is not.