"Easy" is the wrong word...Dollpimp2018 wrote:Thanks everyone for the input, I had no idea the fumes were toxic, I was under the impression that it was easy to melt TPE and to make repairs on dolls easily with a heat gun, ^^;
I got a heat gun, how do I set it to melt TPE?
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Re: I got a heat gun, how do I set it to melt TPE?
Re: I got a heat gun, how do I set it to melt TPE?
Use this stuff: http://douglasandsturgess.com/mm5/merch ... NG-HOTMELT
I used it years ago, and I believe it is raw TPE. I think I used Ultraflex. Looks like flesh colored oatmeal mixed with mineral oil. It melts much more easily over and uniformly than TPE that has already been cast. I'm not sure what you sculptural skills are, but I used it to make shapes in oil based clay, cover it in plaster, pull out the clay after it's set, then fill it with ultraflex that has been melted slowly over a stove.
It doesn't like to stick to TPE which has already set.
I used it years ago, and I believe it is raw TPE. I think I used Ultraflex. Looks like flesh colored oatmeal mixed with mineral oil. It melts much more easily over and uniformly than TPE that has already been cast. I'm not sure what you sculptural skills are, but I used it to make shapes in oil based clay, cover it in plaster, pull out the clay after it's set, then fill it with ultraflex that has been melted slowly over a stove.
It doesn't like to stick to TPE which has already set.
