Anyone Ever Tried HydroSpan/HydroShrink? Possibility for new heads for Sideshows

[Bradlee_scott]

My first attempt at hydrospan looks like a disgusting mutant. I think it's important to get the mix ratio correct on the 2 parts. But I'm going to try again.

omg! post pics! i love mutants!

 

[BUFFY2ANGEL4EVER]

that's really interesting, I can't wait to see first pics

 

[sueworld]

Same here! I can't wait to see how folks get on with this stuff, and actually manage to enlarge a head successfully.

 

[Bradlee_scott]

I have to ask Sue, what is the story behind the kiss on your avvy and sig???? PM me?

 

[Anzik]

Same here! I can't wait to see how folks get on with this stuff, and actually manage to enlarge a head successfully.

Sue, out of respect for you, I'm leaving this alone.

 

[dwing]

Sue, out of respect for you, I'm leaving this alone.

Wow, I really didn't see that one cause usually I catch those. Funny.

 

[Ironman1188]

If anyone successfully gets this to work, PLEASE let me know.

 

[dwing]

Do some Google image searches on this stuff-I found some neat pics. I have never cast anything so I don't want to start with this. I would bee neat to get a list of the heads we want and have one of our great artist here cast in HSpan and then recast in resin for us. Even if we end up paying 20/25per head at least we get some very wanted HS.

 

[sueworld]

Sue, out of respect for you, I'm leaving this alone.

Oh err Miss's! *g*

 

[sueworld]

I have to ask Sue, what is the story behind the kiss on your avvy and sig???? PM me?

Oh thats just from the opening episode of the TV series 'Torchwood, where Jimmy boy played a guest role as Captain Jack's ex lover. The animated icon is taken from their first scene together, where they snog and fight, in that order!

 

[Bradlee_scott]

It's hot, lol.

 

[sueworld]

I pretty much thought so too. *g*

 

[Mookeylama]

i'd like to give this a try but does anyone know where to buy the Hydrospan (enlarging) stuff at? only place i can find is like $70 for 3 quarts, which is way more than i'd like to start with. Dave where'd you buy yours?....

 

[sueworld]

Have you tried the company that created it?

https://www.industrialpolymers.com/water_abs_expanding_urethanes.html

 

[Bradlee_scott]

Has anyone tried to use this on weapons? Imagine the accessories and bases you could create.

How about heads? I think I am gonna try my hand at it next weekend. What do you guys usually use for making molds? any tips?

 

[Anzik]

you mean mold boxes?

 

[Bradlee_scott]

Yep. What do you use to make the mold? Is it crazy complicated?

 

[Anzik]

This is what I use.
https://sideshowcollectors.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38934&highlight=mold

 

[Promising Galahad]

Has anyone been able to produce near bubble-free casts of head sculpts using Hydrospan? I've just attempted my second casting, pouring the urethane as thinly and slowly as I possibly could, yet there's still an aggregation of tiny bubbles throughout.

 

[Anzik]

How old is your resin?