![]() Like Milliput, Magic Sculpt dries hard – rock solid, in fact.Have you ever played with floam? The first time I saw this bizarre toy was in the 1980’s – my brother got some Nickelodeon brand floam somewhere, maybe as a gift? Basically, it was slime with little pellets of styrofoam in it, and you could mold things with it. ![]() If you have a clay shaper tool, I’ve found it’s a perfect material for gap filling, as its malleable enough to shape into small cracks. However, I’ve found it far easier to work with than Kneadatite. Magic Sculpt is more water soluble than Kneadatite, especially when freshly mixed, and using too much water when trying to sculpt something may cause it to dissolve slightly. It’s a flat grey resin that, like the others, comes in two parts and needs to be mixed together to cure. My personal favourite, however, is Magic Sculpt. Compared to Kneadatite it has a longer work time, though unlike it Milliput dries hard and doesn’t flex that much when cured. Yellow/grey is your workhorse putty, whilst superfine white is generally the sort of thing you’d use for small details. The one above that is white, and the most fine (and expensive) is superfine white. The standard mix is yellow/grey and is relatively cheap. They come in a number of different grades that differ according the fineness of the mix. Milliput is a brand name for a range of epoxy putties. Two of the most commonly used alternatives that are both relatively cheap and very effective, however, are Milliput and Magic Sculpt. Kneadatite is comprised of a material generally referred to as ‘epoxy putty’, though if you want to find an alternative to it by putting this into a search engine you’re very quickly going to get overwhelmed by the information out there. It’s also quite sticky when mixed, so you have to use some sort of lubricant when working it. ![]() Personally speaking, I’ve always found it too rubbery for my tastes, and have often had trouble when I simply wanted to use it for gap-filling. Like all materials, Kneadatite has its own properties that users will have to get to grips with, and it’ll work better for some people than others. ![]()
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