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yeah,
A friend sent me this link to SUGRU - a new product? well I've Never seen it before.


It claims to stick to everything I wonder if it could be useful for molding (vasiline on the part then encase in sugru.
Thoughts and Wargaming Applications?

Panic...

ugh, those kind of adverts always annoy me -.-

as for the product it looks awesome and would be great for replicating parts on models. providing it can hold detail that is though I'm sure it can :'3

It seems that this "sugru" is air-activated via drying or some other means considering it is workable 30min after opening the package. Plus, it seems to rely on much of it's adhesion due to its rubber qualities. For that I believe it may be prone to noticeable amounts of shrinkage.

Epoxy Putty (green stuff, brown stuff, etc) is excessively useful because the substance is chemically-activated rather than being air-dry or heated-to-harden. Air-dry or heat-to-harden substances oftentimes 'harden' by removing moisture/water/substance from the compound. Epoxies are activated by kneading and the shrinkage is nearly negligible; hence it's usefulness in miniatures molding.

That being said, it probably wouldn't be useful as a substance to make miniatures out of. Also, considering its shrinkage and advertised adhesive/rubbery qualities, it would make a very poor mold as well. Many molds are created from a two-part silicone partially because the two-part mixture is chemically activated (minimal shrinkage) while the silicone qualities give it a flexible and non-adhering quality; this "sugru" seems to lack everything ideal about using a silicone mold.

I may be completely wrong about the shrinkage. Just a guess.

Didn't watch the video, but name reminds me of a bioproofing product I was looking at...

It looks interesting. I agree it could work for molds, but there are already better products out there.

SUGRU starts as a putty and hardens to a rubber.

All I've used it for is to make feet for my daughter's electric piano. I didn't notice shrinkage but I wasn't looking for it. I think it cures by a chemical process, rather than loss of moisture by air drying.

It might work for making moulds, but there are well proven moulding compounds already on the market so unless SUGRU is particularly cheap, it may not be worth the bother.

yeah,
I just found it so just throwing it out there. I wasn't sure if news or discussion...
It's existance was news to me

n0t_u wrote:It looks interesting. I agree it could work for molds, but there are already better products out there.

Kilkrazy wrote:... but there are well proven moulding compounds already on the market so unless SUGRU is particularly cheap, it may not be worth the bother.

I was thinking about the convenience of having small ready mixed dollops of silicone.
Although the 24hour drying kinda makes this convenience moot...

I'm always looking for and trying new products.
At the moment I use 3 different products for molding depending on the size of the part being copied, how many copies I want and the accuracy required..
1)2part silicone - not cheap - great for large items - Link to using silicone mold for casting turbo laser turrets for X-wing
2)2part puttys - not cheap - good accuaracy in 2 part mold. great for small items - very fast set times.
3)Insta mold - low accuarcy - but very cheap since it can be reused. Link to using instamold to make a Y-wing wreck - in the spolier

I think I'll give this a pop at some point and try it out... doesn't seem cheap on eBay.

I'm also thinking it's electrical insulating might be useful if it can be used as the cast material
for a project like wiring up something like a landraider.

It's high temperature qualities means a mold could be used in an oven with oven dried casting materials.

It's flexible... so cast parts can flex, power feeds, hose etc...??

(not wargaming but I'm planning on building a SNES emulator inside a old SNES this looks like it might be an ideal product to hold the mini ATX board in place...)

Panic...