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[newtoolsmith]

Hi friends,

as I promised, pictures of my visco machine will follow.

Before I have to solve a little problem:

The NC-laquer I use for my visco is very brittle when dried. The laquer breaks if the visco is bent.

How much camphor should I add to plastifise it like it is done to make cellophan?

I think, dissolving camphor in a small amount of aceton and put this into the NC-laquer folowed by stirring should give the wanted efect.

But how much camphor to use?

Has anybody done this before?

MfG
newtoolsmith

[Pretty green flames]

I hear around 5-8% will greatly add to elasticity of NC.

[Plays with Fire]

Will this work with the camphor oil sold in herbal stores (search froogle for camphor to see what products I mean)? I don't know if they're some type of extract or something.

I assume that this will make my finished fuse bend better without cracking when dry?

Also, I add 5-8% to the acetone, before mixing with the NC?

[Mumbles]

There is no camphor is camphor oil interestingly enough.

Camphor does indeed make the NC more plyable, so the fuse won't crack as easily. As for the mixing it doesn't matter the order. Just make sure they're both in soln before coating the fuse.