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Anyone tried to make BIG dish at home?
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<blockquote data-quote="BombedOne" data-source="post: 548844" data-attributes="member: 300998"><p>If anyone wants to repeat dish construction, where's reflective side is made from foil, below are several recomendations.</p><p></p><p>1. To glue such different structural materials, such as foil and concrete or fiberglass, you need phase change glue. This means epoxy and it's subtrates. Any glues based on surface tension (cyanacrilate, pva or others) won't last for long</p><p></p><p>2. To avoid bubbling and wrinkling, go to internet, and find a software called "pepakura designer". This is japanese software, you draw some 3D model in it, then it gives you flat print of it, to allow to cut out of paper and glue back into 3d. It's trialware, but will suit your needs. Draw your dish in it, and it will give you detailed print out of patches with exact dimensions of each. You need to cut out them from foil, and then glue. You'll recive minimal wrinkles using this method.</p><p></p><p>3. Using thin, kitchen use foil not reccomended. Go to hardware store, buy a thicker foil.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BombedOne, post: 548844, member: 300998"] If anyone wants to repeat dish construction, where's reflective side is made from foil, below are several recomendations. 1. To glue such different structural materials, such as foil and concrete or fiberglass, you need phase change glue. This means epoxy and it's subtrates. Any glues based on surface tension (cyanacrilate, pva or others) won't last for long 2. To avoid bubbling and wrinkling, go to internet, and find a software called "pepakura designer". This is japanese software, you draw some 3D model in it, then it gives you flat print of it, to allow to cut out of paper and glue back into 3d. It's trialware, but will suit your needs. Draw your dish in it, and it will give you detailed print out of patches with exact dimensions of each. You need to cut out them from foil, and then glue. You'll recive minimal wrinkles using this method. 3. Using thin, kitchen use foil not reccomended. Go to hardware store, buy a thicker foil. [/QUOTE]
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