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Re: Friday Distraction - 1/30/15
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Reply to: #886633 by The Wolf Family
Feb 1, 2015 4:50am
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Nobody here has tried carving on a hockey puck? I once found a stamp carved on one and wondered what tool they used to carve it. The image was pretty rudimentary, so they could've used a nail, for all I know.
Re: Friday Distraction - 1/30/15
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Reply to: #886686 by Rocklun
Feb 1, 2015 8:32am
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I use OZ exclusively, but only because that's what works best for my style of carving. The pink stuff didn't work worth a hill of beans for me, but I've seen amazing works of art on it. To each their own!!
Re: Friday Distraction - 1/30/15
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Reply to: #886686 by Rocklun
Feb 1, 2015 9:05am
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Nobody here has tried carving on a hockey puck?

How did I miss that??
I've carved a flip flop, sink stopper, plumber's gasket, a blank store bought stamp, eraser, and about every carving material out there. But I missed that one!!
Re: Friday Distraction - 1/30/15
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Reply to: #886677 by TheKindlyVikings
Feb 1, 2015 9:34am
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I was doing an acetone transfer, which seems to soften up the surface even more.

Acetone will degrade any surface. And rubber is a soft surface. Acetone will take paint off down to the wood. It's heavy duty stuff, not gentle at all.

I rub gently once, see the image appear, *maybe* rub again gently, depending on the image. Then I let it sit for quite a while after peeling off the paper before I touch the surface of the pink stuff for any reason. Sometimes I won't even come back to it until the next day. The pink stuff has to kind of recover.
Re: Friday Distraction - 1/30/15
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Reply to: #886711 by The Wolf Family
Feb 1, 2015 11:16am
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If you try it and it works out, I want credit for being your muse! ;^)
Re: Friday Distraction - 1/30/15
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Reply to: #886686 by Rocklun
Feb 1, 2015 5:29pm
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We have found half a hockey puck carved, it really didn't stamp all too well, though.
Re: Friday Distraction - 1/30/15
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Reply to: #886762 by TallDave and ThimbeLinda
Feb 1, 2015 5:38pm
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We have found half a hockey puck carved

Yeah, that was probably the one I found! I think it was in RI?
Re: Friday Distraction - 1/30/15
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Reply to: #886763 by Rocklun
Feb 2, 2015 4:56pm
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That's the one! :)