Reckless Eyeball
Tin 05-22-03 Demo Log
003-Covering a tin with Reckless Eyeballs
auntyalias: 003- 05-22-03, Starting on the Tin
auntyalias: since there is a limit on the size of our rollers
auntyalias: you can pull your sheet sideways by hand
auntyalias: to make it wider
auntyalias: see
lommomy: Sorry I need to read back, I got a phon call from HP
computers about my scanner that craped out. They won't fix my scanner
and I will never buy another HP scanner, this is my 2nd one that
craped out.
auntyalias:
05-22-03-DemoLog-002.htm
auntyalias: there's the log
auntyalias: it's all there with links and everything
auntyalias: see how I just wrapped one sheet around the tin?
auntyalias: cutting out a bit for the hinges?
auntyalias: I think I got it on backwards...LOL
auntyalias: need the over hang to be on the bottom half
auntyalias: let me turn it around'
wi1dangl left the room
auntyalias: after you wrap the whole sheet around, you cut the along
the seam on the back
auntyalias: when you use one sheet this way
auntyalias: your design on your sheet will match at the hinge seam
auntyalias: since it was continuous going all the way around
auntyalias: to do the corners I do hospital corners, cutting off the
excess, I could have cut little squares at the corners to do it
another way but this way seems quicker to me
ljcswartz: back--very nice
auntyalias: so there it is, the Eyeball Tin
lommomy: Clay will stick to the metal without glue?
lommomy: after baking
auntyalias: yes, because we've connected all the edges to itself
auntyalias: it'll stay put if there's no big air bubbles
auntyalias: no glue
auntyalias: I never use glue
auntyalias: now if I'm using paper mache boxes that are fluffy dusty
auntyalias: I'll put a coat of TLS on it before applying the clay
sheet
lommomy: oh , do you bake the tls before putting on the clay
auntyalias: I have tins that go back three years and none of the clay
has fallen off of them
auntyalias: Nope, just leave the TLS tacky so the sheet will stick to
it, the TLS will settle down the fluffy dusty sides of paper mache
boxes you get at the craft store
auntyalias: sometimes, like with the On Black with Citrus box, the box
I was using was slick and shiney, using a thin layer of TLS on that
helped keep the clay sheet to stick to it
lommomy: do you know if the new plastic Sucrets boxes will stand up to
heat?
auntyalias: I've never put one of those in the oven
auntyalias: the only way to test it is to not cover it with clay
auntyalias: put one in the oven for the amount of time at the heat
clay needs
auntyalias: and see if it doesn't melt into a pile of goo
auntyalias: I used this tiny plastic box that held stuff for fixing
eyeglasses, covered it with clay and cured it and it went goo on me
auntyalias: ruined my pretty clay sheets I used
auntyalias: I was sad
auntyalias:
lommomy:
auntyalias: so now if I'm using something that I've not put in the
oven before I'll test it ahead of time
auntyalias: Oh I used a box that cheese came in
auntyalias: Sproing, let me show you that
lommomy: looks like I need to test a few things
auntyalias: Biz-Archive/Sproing-thm
auntyalias: I covered it with citrus slices on gold clay leaves and
cured it and the glue came undone
auntyalias: the box came apart
ljcswartz: made me laugh
auntyalias: broke my heart so I saved it and put it on the web so
other folks won't do that
auntyalias: I tell ya
auntyalias: I figured, well hey
ljcswartz: ahh
auntyalias: we can use this for an example of how Future brings out
the colors
auntyalias: so it went into service there
auntyalias: see the second picture
lommomy: looks like it could of been a very nice peice
auntyalias: Biz-Archive/Sproing-002
auntyalias: it served its purpose in showing how Future floor polish
brings out the color on our cured clay bits
auntyalias: so it wasn't a total loss
auntyalias: taking these lemons and making clay lemonade. LOL
lommomy: I have used future on one of my pens,
lommomy: LOL
lommomy: did not bring the shine I thought it would
auntyalias: I got some discounted industrial floor acrylic, it's milky
to start but dries clear and it works just as well as Future
auntyalias: did you wetsand your pens first?
lommomy: yes
auntyalias: hmmm
auntyalias: most folks complain that the Future makes things too
shiney
lommomy: how many layers do you put on? I did 2
auntyalias: just saved this log
auntyalias: I have an appointment in a couple of hours so I'm doing
the log pages as we go
auntyalias: I best check my messages on the phone while I'm thinking
about it, going to network with some women across the bay tonight with the Family Midwife
auntyalias: brb
lommomy: I need to make dinner soon
lommomy: kids get upset when they don't eat LOL
ljcswartz: will you be back later tonight??
auntyalias: She's not called me yet, I don't know what's going on
auntyalias: she was supposed to take the day off of work because it
was her birthday and I was supposed to go with her to this networking
meeting in Oakland, across the bay from SF
lommomy: Thank you for showing me how the box works
auntyalias: I've left two messages so far so I don't know what's going
on
auntyalias: My pleasure honey
auntyalias: I'd best check this tin for air bubbles under the sheet I
sort of made it fast and it might be hiding air bubbles
auntyalias: when popping air bubbles move it to a place in the design
where there's a solid color
auntyalias: then poke it and ease the air out
auntyalias: then close up where you poked it
auntyalias: if you poke where there is design you could goof up your
design
auntyalias: I'm going to take a lunch break
auntyalias: got to eat something and I'll be back in a half an hour or
so
ljcswartz: ok thanks
lommomy: OK I will do dinner and catch up in an half an hour too