Hey Guys how are yall doing your weld lines.. I thought of silicone.. but I didnt think the paint would stick.. and dont want it flexible, I seen someone use hotglue.. looked ok.. plumbers putty might work or jb weld.. hmmm anybody?
I used JB weld on mine , I took one of the little tubes from a similar superglue package and used that to control the flow of the “weld”
So, once you mixed the JB weld, how did you feed it through the tube? Or is there a pre-mixed JB weld?
I for got to explain that lol
I used cut the end off of an old tube of JB weld , and fed the new stuff in , you just gotta be careful not to put alot in so you dont get it everywhere when you squeeze the tuve
Hop over to a Home depot or Lowe’s and look for a product called “Quick Plastic”
It’s a two part epoxy putty that comes “premixed” and requires kneading. chop off little sections of it and make you welds that way. It will also stick and take paint.
Anything special about that particular brand of epoxy putty, or will any epoxy putty do (the kind I usually use comes in a tube, where it’s this blue stuff around a white core, and you just cut some off and knead it)?
Epoxy putty worked fantastic for me. About 3 or 4 different people at Dragoncon last weekend made a comment like “oh wow, and you even did some welding on this thing!..”
Epoxy putty is what I used here…
Darrin
I use that locktite powergrab glue that’s in a tube. It looks good on your pack if you do it just right. (Actual welding skills help)
hmm quick plastic sounds cool.. and the epoxy putty also.. are they the same thing?.. guess I gotta check the label.. I got some epoxy putty I never used sitting around.. the kneed it kind… hmm
Depending on what your pack is made out of, I would suggest using a soldering iron to make the weld lines. I used to be really into model building and when I would build tanks I would take a soldering iron and run the edge of the iron lightly along the seams to melt the plastic together then go over it again with the tip in a series of lines to give it the appearance of a weld line. Apply a black basecoat then dry brush some silver onto the weld line then dry brush a little bit of black over the silver and it should come out looking pretty nice. Try it out on some spare plastic so you can get the hang of it.
Several of the “loose” parts on my pack are held in by hot glue. The advantage there is that there have been a couple of times (conventions, bars, etc. drunk people and proton packs aren’t a good mix) where something has been accidentally knocked off and I can do a quick on-site repair with the glue gun.
Wow I just realized that I need to be prepared for the worst. I’ll be attending parties, clubs and bars. If something gets knocked off or gets cracked I better be ready to fix it. I guess I’ll carry a tube of 5 min epoxy in case something does happen. That stuff is strong and dries quick. Good thing you posted that or else I would’ve learned the hard way.
Yeah, it’s definitely a jungle out there. You’d be amazed what liberties people feel that they can take with your expensive props. I’d also look into some way of securing your gun to the pack. One of the most common problems we’ve run into in our public runs is drunk people grabbing the thrower and waving it around while we watched on in horror and the other guys tried to hold the drunk down long enough to get the prop back.
:shock: so your saying I should take a tazer with me to vegas this year…check
Convert the proton gun INTO a tazer gun! 
Darrin
:twisted: imagine the possiblities :twisted:
OMG, I can’t even imagine someone grabbing any part of my proton pack and doing something totally stupid and disrespectful with it. After putting 6 months of HARD work into making it, I’d go apesh!t on someone who did that.
I told my friend as we were walking back to the hotel at Dragoncon when I put on my gear for the first time, that if something goes down, he’s gonna see a mother grizzly bear protecting its child.
:lol: :lol: :lol:
It’s 10 times funnier because I know exactly what you mean!
As far as weld lines go, I’ve had good luck with bondo and a very thin tipped pastry bag (or Ziploc bag with a corner snipped off for cheap people like me!). I also agree that actual welding skills are a big help in making it look right.
I use liquid nails, for doing welds the little tube is the easiest, and it looks fantastic AND it’s easy, plus it’s really strong