Plaster Orgonite

[Monsoon Gecko]

Oh , forgot to use copper powder...must remember to take to school....even stronger ? Ha..should be interesting !

[Josh]

Thank you Monsoon, this is a wonderful report, it will be interesting to see what the children will do, let us hope many people pick up on the idea of making cheap, easy and powerful Orgonite

[Josh]

I am getting ready to make a cloud booster using a single 4 inch copper pipe in the middle, I will have to keep it under cover, though shellac woks nice on the plaster, I dont think it will work for too long in the elements
J

[Nepipemi]

Oh god, this is awesome, MG! Thanks for the write up.

Regarding your sensitivity, have you ever made or been around sugar orgonite? What does it feel like comparatively?

Also, Josh, I know might defeat a couple purposes of the plaster method, but what about coating the outside of the plaster CB with resin or epoxy to weatherproof it?

Nepi

[Josh]

I shall try a coat of epoxy and see what happen
j

[Monsoon Gecko]

Hi Nepipemi...Never considered sugar orgonite,,,have read about it couple of times ,but info wasn't clear,
on construction and methods....closest I've been was munching on a toffee apple ! Ha ha

I have some brown and black oxides buried away somewhere from old pottery days.....these were used to paint,
colour, patterns on unfired pottery pieces....I'll take to school so kids can decorate there plaster Hhg's...should
look great and add their own personal touch.

Shellac....natural substance ? From memory I used this to French polish a wooden jewelery box at school. Came out with glass
finish..got an A...but that was 40 odd years ago. Is this the stuff that comes in flakes and you dissolve with something ?
Can,t remember . How many coats? Also , how long after making does plaster take to be dry enough to shellac ?
The paper my Hhg's are sitting on still seems damp. I have 2 days with students so looks like not enough time to dry,
paint and shellac .

More info appreciated... Thanks

[Josh]

Hello MG

The shellac drys in a minute, the first coat will disappear quickly in the dried plaster, and to see the shine you will have to coat it about thee times.

The shellac is natural, it is made with bugs , I like it since it dry so fast, it will come in different weight, called 30 lb or 40 lb cut, and this has to do with the amount of dissolved bug material in a solvent, I have not seen it in powder form to be dissolved, all I can get is the already prepared mixture.

So You should be able to get the children to use it, also if it is hot where you are, by the time you finish the second side of your HHG, the first one will be dry, so basically you can shellac the whole device and keep on going for a second coat without stopping.

I am most interested in what the children will say

IMPORTANT: after you use brushes with shellac, it will clean spotless with ammonia, even if you forget a brush and do it the day after
josh

[Josh]

Forgot;

depending on the size of your plaster pieces the drying time will vary , some of the larger one :

cone 8 inches in bottom 3 inches at the top and 18 inches tall will take a week to dry before shellac, an HHG may take a day or two depending how hot the environment.

this may be the only draw back with the plaster, you can demold them rather quickly (much quicker than resin), but it will stay moist for a while, but the results in the quality of the energies is worth the wait