Casting Vintage Stamps in Acrylic using Silmar 41

[Schroedc]

Bit of an update, had to do 500 blanks last year and made a change, I'm warming up my resin bit to make it flow better, then adding the catalyst and then pouring, you have to work fast but I'm not vibrating them any longer as the bubbles float out right away with the warm thin resin.

 

[Wildthings]

Colin how are you warming it and how warm

 

[rocky1]

In Houston... Sit it in the sun in your backyard for an hour! Loosen the cap a little before you do.

 

[Schroedc]

Colin how are you warming it and how warm

I pour the amount in going to use into a mixing cup and set it in a bowl of hot water.

 

[Wildthings]

In Houston... Sit it in the sun in your backyard for an hour! Loosen the cap a little before you do.

20 minutes -- an hour and it will be cooked off! LOL

 

[rocky1]

When I keep mine in the fridge, I set the can out for about an hour. If it's at shop temps, there's no need; it runs like water.

 

[Johnturner]

Colin
Where do you get your stamps?
John

 

[Gdurfey]

@Schroedc , Colin, I just stumbled onto this thanks to John. Wow, this is great.

@Johnturner , John, I have a lot of stamps from dad. Was going to be retirement income until that hobby completely fizzled. Only issue is they are packed until we get moved later this year. Thanks for stumbling onto this, or finding it, or however you came upon it. I am going to have to slow down and go search for this stuff.

 

[Schroedc]

Colin
Where do you get your stamps?
John

Ebay, antique stores, customers, all over.

 

[Lou Currier]

The stamp collector in me cringes when I see this but they are cool pens and great keepsakes.