Apoxie Sculpt

[pixelpixi]

On previous glowing recommendations from this forum I ordered some Apoxie Sculpt. Tonight I used some to attach some base rocks that were a little unstable.

It's been about an hour now, and the stuff appears to be distintegrating! It's flaking off and collecting in a pile while little bubbles go to the surface. Yikes! Any advice?

 

[Raddogz]

Great stuff.

If the stuff is still loose and flaky it means it wasn't either mixed in equal proportions or you didn't knead it/mix it well enough.

The one thing is the stuff will get hard over time if you don't use it up. I know after six months it was pretty hard.

 

[Eight]

Pixel, what color did you order? I have used two different colors and they react *very* differently in saltwater. The stuff that I used for years was the pink. It works great. A few months ago I ordered the silver gray and it did exactly what you describe. Flaked off, disintegrated, etc... I then did a test where I mixed the silver and pink formulations and put them both in the same bowl of saltwater overnight. Sure enough, the silver disintegrated and the pink cured hard...

 

[Eight]

Here's the photo of the silver Apoxie (left) and the pink Apoxie (right) overnight...

 

[pixelpixi]

Yes, it's the silver gray, and that's exactly what it looks like! damnit.

Have you tried any other colors? I don't really want pink. Has anyone used 'natural' successfully?

Thanks so much, Eight, that's super helpful!

 

[Raddogz]

I did not buy pink, I bought the grey. At least I'm pretty sure.

If you do a search with my handle and the apoxie putty it should have a discription

 

[Ibn]

Natural works well. I have 4# of the stuff. Pink, red, and purple also set very similar to the natural.

 

[pixelpixi]

[quote author=Raddogz link=topic=6452.msg82865#msg82865 date=1235106715]
I did not buy pink, I bought the grey. At least I'm pretty sure.

If you do a search with my handle and the apoxie putty it should have a discription
[/quote]

I found the thread, but no mention of which color you have. The 'natural' color looks fairly gray. Perhaps you have that one?

 

[xinumaster]

I used the red one and does not disintegrate.

 

[Eight]

Glad it was helpful. I banged my head against that one for awhile too, it was frustrating. I also let Aves Studio know that the Silver doesn't work in saltwater.

 

[pixelpixi]

I emailed them and asked them to let me exchange it for natural. Fingers crossed!