Monday, July 23, 2018

Habitat Free Form Black and Painting

After some research, I found a company called Reynolds Advance Materials. I called their Allentown location and asked for advice. They suggested a product called Habitat Free Form Black. It is a epoxy puddy clay that cures in 24 hours and can be applied straight onto the fiberglass. It is used to make stage props and aquarium corals so it is durable and weatherproof. To apply the Free Form, the two parts of the epoxy are mixed together equally making a clay that is simply smoothed onto the structure. It has an hour working time before it is too hard to move into new shapes. 



After 24 hours, it is ready to paint with any acrylic enamel paint. I looked for a paint that was also outdoor paint. Since the school colors are red, red is the color that I painted it, along with brown for the base and some primer to make sure that the paint would properly adhere to the sculpture. These are pictures of the sculpture as it was painted and when it was finished:




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