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Post by Mastercaster on Sept 12, 2013 18:35:19 GMT -8
  The round ring on the far left is the original gasket. This is all that holds water in the sink. I was able to make a master out of the Polytek flex 70 that I have and make a master. I then made a silicone mold of this gold part to make another master out of the 300 soft resin that I use. I am hoping to sand it down and polish it into yet a final master for a really good gasket. |
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Post by Mastercaster on Sept 13, 2013 16:32:39 GMT -8
  OK....So the above effort was another POS, but I made this now and am pretty happy with it. I can't believe one stinking gasket master has taken so long! |
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Post by Mastercaster on Jan 4, 2014 22:49:53 GMT -8
  I am back on this project. The black round part is the gasket master and the other part is the actual stopper part that I finally polished and clayed up. |
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Post by Mastercaster on Jan 5, 2014 13:25:23 GMT -8
 Here is a part of the stopper assembly clayed up |
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Post by Mastercaster on Jan 6, 2014 15:56:50 GMT -8
 Here is the complete mold.  Since this is a part that will be used as a stopper in a kitchen sink I needed to put SMOOTH-ON TASK 8 specs to the test. I put it in a pan of water and boiled it for a few minutes.  And this is the part removed from the water. This means the parts I make for you are dishwasher safe.  |
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Post by Mastercaster on Jan 6, 2014 19:10:48 GMT -8
 I decided to make one of these parts out of the SMOOTH -ON 300 series resin.  I also made another one out of the task 8 and added some red dye for fun. Since I am only mixing 15 ML of resin I did not have enough dye so it turned out this pretty pink In one corner of the round pot is Whitey and in the other corner of the round pot is Pinky!  It's starting to heat up!  It's starting to boil!  It's really boiling.  I pulled Whitey out first and it folded like a wet noodle.  I pulled out Pinky and gave it a squeeze and it did not bend at all. So, what is the moral of this story?  |
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Post by darkrapid on Jan 6, 2014 21:30:56 GMT -8
Man, What is that red dye made of???
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Post by Danno on Jan 7, 2014 8:47:11 GMT -8
So, what is the moral of this story?
Don't eat pink noodles.
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Post by FMW on Jan 7, 2014 9:11:48 GMT -8
Suggestions:
1) Make several parts with different amounts of red dye to see if you can tune the part for optimum flexibility.
2) Market the pink parts as "Firm" or "Extra Crunchy".
FMW
BTW: Round pans don't have corners.
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Post by Mastercaster on Jan 7, 2014 9:50:50 GMT -8
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Post by Mastercaster on Jan 12, 2014 20:36:17 GMT -8
 Here is the gasket that will hold water for the stopper. |
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