Using water bath to mold armor

[hon143]

I've seen build threads where ppl used a warm water bath to manipulate the armor. Can someone tell me roughly what temp is used and how long it should be submerged in the water for it to form?

[gazmosis[501st]]

First, let's start with who's armor you have!!

[hon143]

Lol...mtk armor.

[TK bondservnt[501st]]

NO HEAT!

[gazmosis[501st]]

With MTK he'll be OK.

Take your water to just about boiling. You will need to secure your part into the shape you want with twine or something that can compress it and hold the shape. If the part is small enough like a bicep or forearm, it can be placed into the pot. For larger pieces, I use a heavy duty garbage can or 5 gallon bucket and slowly pour the water over the part.

[hon143]

It's the big thigh pieces that I want to manipulate.  For the other pieces which I have already completed, I've been using my heat gun and slowly heating up the ABS a section at a time and slowly manipulating them into shape.  It's very time consuming and often not all that uniform.  I think the water bath may be a better way.

 

How long should it be in the water?

[I'm Batman[501st]]

First, let's start with who's armor you have!!

Lol! Previous bad experience???

 

I did a few parts on my MTK. Boiling water from the kettle straight into the kitchen sink. Armor part straight into the sink. 5-10 minutes should be enough.

[geronika]

I can tell you from experience to never set foot in a hot tub wearing your TK

[hon143]

Would putting the armor in the near boiling water bath be an issue if I have already glued one side of the armor with E6000?  Will it affect the E6000?

[starsaber25[Admin]]

I've done the boiling water trick a handful of times now and a couple times with parts that are glued.  I haven't had any trouble with if affecting E6000.  If it does you could always peel back the coverstrip or whatever it is and add some fresh glue underneath.

[hon143]

I've done the boiling water trick a handful of times now and a couple times with parts that are glued.  I haven't had any trouble with if affecting E6000.  If it does you could always peel back the coverstrip or whatever it is and add some fresh glue underneath.

Thanks for the info!