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Hey everybody,
Has anyone ever heard of or used "APOXIE SCULPT". I'm thinking about getting some and am looking for info. For that matter has anyone tried any epoxy puddy besides the GW green stuff?

Thanks

Theres the Tamaya Putty, its light blue and white. But still a two part epoxy.
A buddy told me its the same substancy as Green Stuff but I find it a bit softer.

I dunno, I prefer GS over the Tamaya Putty for some reason.

I swear by Oatey Epoxy Putty as a compliment to GS.

It hardens in 5 minutes, has a nice grey color, gets hard as a rock, and is easily sandable. I use it all the time as a filler/bonding agent on damaged or poorly joined pieces. I use it when I mount magnets on vehicles (it's also slightly magnetic). Drill a hole for the magnet to fit loosely in, drop a wad of the putty in the hole, add magnet, press parts to together, and hold for 2 minutes. It also works great for making quick casts of small items.

Since finding this stuff I can't help but discover more uses for this product, I'm almost finished with my second tube.

You can find it in hardware stores in the Plumbing department. It if sold in a clear plastic tube and costs about $6 for 4 oz.

Apoxie Sculpt on Brushthralls.com: LINK

just remember that it doesn't necessarily sculpt the same way as green stuff. i wouldn't consider it a holistic alternative. it's not as 'detail friendly'. get it, try it out.

the other thing you can do, with milliput OR apoxiesculpt, is mix it with your green stuff to get a bit of a compound product that shares the properties of both materials. generally speaking:

- green stuff: very elastic, even retains a small bit of that when dry; does not do as well for holding sharp edges as some other things; does not sand/file as well as other things; does great job for sculpting detail
- brown stuff: works a little differently, not quite as elastic, also hardens to a sharper/harder edge

you can work the 2 together to get a bit of both properties on one mix.
you can use more blue (hardener) to make the green stuff harder, and dry quicker.
you can use more yellow (extender) to make the green stuff more elastic, and dry more slowly.
water only lubricates green stuff, there's really no way to "thin" green stuff.

- apoxie-scuplt: it's more of a clay than a putty, so it works differently; doesn't "push" into gaps as easily, i've found, but does great for sculpting terrain and/or more organic pieces. when mixed with water, thins/melts it to make it easier to work, or to gain different working properties. sands/files way better than green stuff.

can be mixed with green stuff to adopt some of its properties into the green stuff.

- milliput: much like apoxiescuplt, it's more of a clay than a putty. again, can be thinned with water. one good application is thinning small gaps/indents by thinning it and smoothing it into the gap/into the dent you're trying to fill. can be sanded/filed very well, to a very smooth finish.

can be mixed with green stuff to adopt some of its properties into the green stuff.

you can probably learn more through the onelist sculpting FAQ.