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Old 01-02-2008, 05:41 PM
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Default Mineral spirits and silicone

So I've been researching background construction methods and have found something of interest. I came across this webpage: Six Moon Designs - Ultralight Backpacking Gear and it got me to thinking about ways to thin silicone prior to application. from this description, I wouldn't suggest a 1/1 mixture, but squirting the silicone into a tube and slowly adding some mineral spirits and mixing until it is easier to apply sounds wonderful. So I began a search about it. First I searched dendroboard and only found using MS to help with cleanup. I then found these sites which do mention it use as a thinner.

http://www.sculpture.net/commu...php?t=4063
http://www.taxidermy.net/forum...C9664.html
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/.../resin.htm

Has anyone tried this? I'm experimenting with my background construction, and thought it would help.

Opinions/experiences?????
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