Comments on: BEcon, second day

By: Holly

Holly — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 01:25:43 +0000

I second your take on the biggest gap at BCon. I paid for the conference, got too sick to attend, could not get a refund OR any information from the sessions! Big Bummer on that one. BE needs a spanking for that one. GAS provides a journal of the conferences which is a valuable resource for years to come.
Your blog gave me some tips on what I missed. Thanks- I think. Now I know more about what I don’t know1

By: cynthia

cynthia — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:22:36 +0000

Hi, Marshall;

Very much enjoyed your talk at BEcon and thanks for clearing up the point about the Gelflex and providing the links.

And thanks for visiting the blog! These posts are certainly getting a bunch of traffic–happy to get them circulating.

By: Marshall Hyde

Marshall Hyde — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:46:06 +0000

Hi Cynthia-
Thanks for covering the events at BECon so well. I want to clear up a little misunderstanding about the wonderful Gelflex mold rubber: it’s meltable, but can’t really be carved or shaped (except by poring into a form.) Sorry if we gave you that impression.

It is re-meltable and re-suable, and that makes it very economical.
It is poured at a fairly high temp (250-275˚F) that makes it unsuitable for pouring over wax, but OK for pouring wax into.

It is meant to be melted in a double boiler but works fine in a microwave; just heat it on high no more than a minute at a time. Check it, heat again, stir when soft enough to stir, heat again, stir, etc. You can burn it if you over-heat it, and once burned it is ruined. It has an emphatic petroleum product odor, so good ventilation in the room is suggested. Feel free to contact Jaqueline or I if you plan on working with it.

I don’t know of any US importers, although I think Lani may be looking into carrying it at Bullseye since our talk. I am attaching a few links to some suppliers in the UK and a few product information sheets, none of which says the same thing. Go figure. Have fun.

http://www.tiranti.co.uk/subdivision_product_list.asp?Subcategory=163&Subdivision=497

http://www.fredaldous.co.uk/search.cgi?action=search&query=gelflex

http://www.ema-models.co.uk/products/04360-gelflex-soft-natural-kg.html

http://www.geocities.com/fredaldous/SF98remeltablerubber.html

http://www.notcutt.co.uk/docs/hss/Gelflex%20Moulding%20Material.pdf

http://www.notcutt.co.uk/docs/pss/Gelflex%20Moulding%20Material.pdf

By: Jen

Jen — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 07:25:35 +0000

For us who are still saving our pennies to attend a BE conference, we are THOROUGHLY enjoying being there, through you, almost. 2011, here we come – that’s the aim. In the meantime, thanks a million times over for your blog.

By: cynthia

cynthia — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:58:23 +0000

Backburnered? You mean that’s not a word?

Wow, folks. What nice things to say. Thanks!

By: Linda Steider

Linda Steider — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:37:54 +0000

And you’re so FAST to post! Can’t wait to read what you write up about today’s juicy details!!

By: gary

gary — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:30:52 +0000

Excellent report. But, my dear, did you REALY write “backburnered” in there? Your high school English teach is probably spinning…

By: Tony Smith

Tony Smith — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:12:41 +0000

Cynthia,

Thank you for the journalist that you are. Your ability to capture the important morsels and flavor them with personality and perspective make reading your blog on BECon the next best thing to being there.

Tony