Fill me in...

[Tawa]

Fill me in is not a request one should make in the UK. It could result in hospitalisation.

Indeed.

Having read some of the replies I shall go and put the cricket bat and knuckle dusters back in the car....... 

[Techno]

Right, all good stuff, folks, I'll get me a 6" roll so it doesn't go off.

Sadly, Wulf, it depends how long the putty has been 'on the shelf', before you buy it.

Cheers - Phil

[Wulf]

Yes, I guess that's a bigger problem with this stuff than the sealed Milliput boxes.

[Techno]

What can happen, with a really old batch, is........

The yellow section gets a waxy (almost like a gloss varnish) layer on it.
This is almost impossible to mix in properly, soooooo.....when you have finished mixing it..there are a load of tiny, little yellow 'lumps' in the putty.

If you're using it simply to stick bits together...or do a one off conversion, there shouldn't be a problem....They shouldn't hurt. at all.

However, if (anyone) I make(s) a master that gets pressed in the mould, under a lot of pressure, using some old g/s.....It can really wreck the finished article, because the yellow 'bit's' are effectively still soft, and don't make a clean impression

Basically, a really 'spotty'/'pitted' master metal.

Hope that makes sense ! 

Cheers - Phil

[Wulf]

Perfectly - that's what's happening with my Milliput!

[FierceKitty]

And my epoxy putty.

[Leman]

If my son ever catches sight of this thread he will read it out loud in a south east England, nasal, nerdy voice ......... and then piss himself laughing.

[FierceKitty]

No respect....

[Subedai]

If my son ever catches sight of this thread he will read it out loud in a south east England, nasal, nerdy voice ......... and then piss himself laughing.

What! Sirrah, why do you impugn the most excellent dialect of the south-east in such a fashion? I'll have you know there are a great number of dialects in this neck of the woods and only the type that get on tv with that Mr Kyle or as an advert for all things Essex have the extremely dubious honour of being both nasal and nerdy in equal parts. (A lot of the others are just a variation of English as is spoken by our European brethren, while there are a few of us still flying the flag!)

On a more humorous note, I read the other day that Chris Eubanks is writing a book on Ethics and if it sells he is going to follow it with a book on Kent.

I know where me coat is, don't bother telling me.