ShapeLock

[conniefrere]

Thanks for sharing bill.

[Tiermann]

Thanks Bill!

[Baron Marshall]

Thanks for the update!!

I am sold on this now... just have to make the sales pitch to the wife... 

[cowabounga]

Thanks Bill for that comprehensive review. I'd love to see pics of what you've done with it if it's possible for you. Do the pellets melt completely or do they keep a spherical shape only softer? Can you sculpt/carve the compound before it cools down? How hard is the material after setting?
Lots of questions here. I hope I'm not being boring!
Best,
Arnaud

[Bill Blackhurst]

Great questions! This is how I have seen this material work. It comes in small pellet form. When you heat water to exactly 150 degrees just below boiling, you drop the pellets into the water & they turn clear. After they all turn clear you smash them together into a clump. It reminds me of the cloudy colored hot glue sticks that turn clear when heated up in a glue gun. It has the consistency of hot glue when it melts, but will not burn you, at they pliable temperature, & harden to what hot glue is like after it cools. It is like hot glue & can be reheated. It adheres excellent to existing plastic just like hot glue does. Sculpting characteristics are very good as long as you can keep reheating it to be pliable.

[Bill Blackhurst]

I'd love to see pics of what you've done with it if it's possible for you.

Until I can paint it & put some clothes on it, I can't show the project ! But it does give great potential for Plastic Surgeons in the world of Playmobil .

[bonniebeth]

[cowabounga]

Thanks for the answers Bill! I'm wondering if it's the same material my prosthetist uses for dental jigs and splints. Only he must buy it waaaay more expensive. 
Best,
Arnaud