ProCreate

[TimothyMayer]

Hello:
I've just joined this excellent forum after having it highly recommended to me. My company manufactures a sculpting and modeling compound known as ProCreate. I'm always intrigued to see how people use it and am also available to answer any questions about it's use.
Our company website is: www.kraftmark.biz.

 

[T50]

Someone gave me a free sample at MFCA show.
I just tried it for the first time converting one of my heads.
The first thing I noticed was the easiness of blending.
It blends smoothly onto the surface with ease, and I love that!
And I liked the color, dark grey. Good choice!
I'm drying a small chunk of it in my pot so I can test how well
it's carved with a sharp blade once it's dried rock solid.

But one thing I didn't appreciate was its packaging.
It came wrapped around in a thick piece of paper. I wish it
came in a small plastic jar with a lid so it can be kept fresh.
Do they come in a jar by any chance?

Taesung

 

[quang]

Looks like we have here something noticeably different from the 'usual' putties like Magic Sculp, Aves, A+B, Milliput...

The fact that work-time and hardness can be controlled by varying the proportions of the resin/hardener mix is very interesting indeed and opens new scopes in the sculpting process.

I'm eager to try it out!

Quang

 

[TimothyMayer]

We designed the packaging around the paper wrapped sticks for ease of use. It's a very thick product, which is good for sculpting, but this also makes it difficult to pull a lot of it from a jar or can. We have sold it in the past in gallon quantities, but we usually put a special liner in the can or jar to make it easy to get out. The current paper wrapping is specially designed to make it easy to pull from the material. I should know; I spent a long time finding just the right kind of wrapping paper.
Always glad to hear how people are using it.

 

[T50]

Just a follow-up on my previous post here:
After drying a small chunk of Procreate, I tried
to carve it with a few different types of blades.
It carves beutifully. It is working great so far
for me. I plan to use it on my next figure.

Another observation that is related to my previous
post is that the quantity. It allow you to have longer
working time by mixing different ratio of A & B.
This is great for a larger figure sculpting where you
work on larger area and need more time. But the
small quantity sort of cancels out this advantage.
Currently, I use Ave's Apoxie that comes in a pair
of 2 lb jars. Given the fact that I end up not using
half of the putty I mix, it is a good size for me.

Just my 2 cents
Taesung

 

[quang]

My main concern with modelling putties is the allergic reaction they can provoke.

I'm curious to know what our safety expert, Dan Morton has to say about this particular brand.

Q.

 

[TimothyMayer]

I've yet to hear of anyone having a bad reaction to this product. One of the other reasons I formulated it the way I did was to ensure the raw materials had little chance of causing an allergic reaction. That said, there are many different types of allergies in this world. So if someone does have ANY kind of bad reaction ProCreate, I want to hear about it.