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best adhesive for foam

Best adhesive for glueing these back to back to make a double ply.
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Applying custom decals to plastic figures

I'm having trouble getting decals to stick on action figures. Decals can be a decent alternative to painting, as they take much less skill to apply. But I find certain edges or corners won't stay put, possibly from touching oils on my fingers,…
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How do I lengthen this ball chain with screw closure?

I'd like to be able to just find another screw closure just like the one on the necklace, screw it in, and then I would be fine, but I haven't been able to find one. This is a Gucci necklace, I would prefer not to have to cut off the original…
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How to clean off spray adhesive?

This probably comes up more often than people would like, but how does one clean spray adhesive (at least the 3M brand) from various materials? In particular fabric or self-healing cutting mats?
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Light fastness in NuPastel

I am new to pastel drawing. I have a few Nupastels that I purchased a few years ago. I am interested in purchasing more of these, but I read a few posts on the web that Nupastels are not light-fast in reds and blues. My question is whether or…
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Are GSM and teeth related to each other when the paper is cold-pressed?

If the paper is cold pressed, should I assume that 300 GSM paper will have more teeth than 200 GSM paper? Does higher GSM mean more teeth for cold pressed paper?
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How do I get a glass jar out of refractory plaster?

So today I made a metal foundry with a 2/4 plaster 1/4 sand and 1/4 water mix and I put a glass jar in the middle of it to create room. But now the glass jar is stuck and I don't want to break it. Any ideas to get it out?
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How to narrate a complete story into a single painting?

A picture can say a thousand words Sometimes we have to portray a series of scenes into one single picture. I wan to make a painting which depicts a series of things into one single element, Currently I am finding it very difficult to portray…
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What material is this jacket made of?

You can see it clearly if you zoom on the torn sleeve. It doesn't look like gabardine or corduroy to me, so I'm a bit confused. (The screenshot is from 2015's TomorrowLand, in case that helps.)
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Using leather to bind books with substrate

I have acquired some leather that seems to have been made to be in vehicle interior. I want to use it to bind books with some tooling done to it. This leather seems to be thin compared to the hide that is normally used to bind books. This makes me…
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Creating one-way mirror-like lenses

I want to make some kind of lenses. I want to dye (or buy) a piece of white glass or plastic (whatever works best). However, I still want to be able to see through it - I guess about 80% white and 20% transparent. I only need to see through from one…
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Line cutting technique for wood blocks: japanese vs. western

Does the line cutting technique in western wood block printing differ from the one in japanese wood cut? In japanese wood block printing the line is cut almost exclusively by a sharp pointed knife - the hangi to by cutting at the line and then…
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How to sew this seam with a Brother 847 sewing machine?

I'm a beginner with respect to sewing and I'm wondering how I can use my Brother 847 to accomplish the following seam: For some context you may check out this video: https://video.bellroy.com/test.mp4 Does this kind of seam/technique have a name I…
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Ways to cast a rod shape out of resin?

I'm looking for a way to cast a rod out of clear epoxy resin. (I want to make a fake lightsaber.) The most obvious way would be to use a hollow cylinder-shaped mold, but I'm wondering if I have options. I can imagine there might be some process…
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How can one blow/work with borosilicate glass to a container of precise dimensions?

I am a poor graduate student who is wishing to make a container out of borosilicate. I need pretty tight control over the final shape. Is it possible to work a piece of glass to a specific spec by hand? I want to make a perfect hollow cylinder that…
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