Alchemy - electroforming on plastic, but really it's alchemy ;-)

[curious aardvark]

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Quite impressed with this.
Due to the excessive handling it got while I was trying to stop the bloody thing from bobbing to the surface, there were a few spots where the paint had flaked. But on the whole - it certainly worked :-)
Only used one coat of the paint as well.

I figure a coat of clear varnish after lating to seal it in and stop verdigris and you've got something very saleable.

Todays task - try making my own cconductive paint.
Just going to try a basic acetone and graphite mix to start with.
If it works it has the advantage of drying a lot quicker than the paint, and being a helluva lot cheaper. Plus compared to the solvents in the conductive paint, acetone is positively good for you :-)

Tried a couple different voltges and settled on 0.9 in the end, give a nice clean plate and at a decent speed.

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Just about to pop these in the tank for a test plating.
made up two different paints. One, just acetone and graphaite and one with an added secret ingredient :-) that should make it stick a lot better and not flake off.
I'm using pla as my base. So acetone based 'paints' don't naturally stick that well.

Interesting to see if there's any difference between the two mixes :-)
They look the same painted on.

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