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Finished Windstones seem to fair well enough in the humidity. A word of warning– many collectors HAVE had problems storing their Windstones in hot/humid conditions. The sealer becomes ‘soft’ and picks up the texture of the plastic bag they are stored in (making the surface look ‘wrinkly’). Worse yet is if they are stored in something like tissue paper. It can stick right to them! Use care and discretion when storing Windstones if there is no climate control.
That said, it’s in your best interest for the long term to display your Windstones where they receive as little humidity as possible. For example, it’s probably not a good idea to display them in your bathroom if there are frequent steamy showers, or in your private sweat lodge out back, etc… 😉
Temporary summer humidity should be fine. 🙂
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My art: featherdust.combodine6127 wrote:WindstoneCollector wrote:Is the problem more with drying or the tiny imperfections created when they pour the molds, such as bubbles and whatnot?
Right about now, I’d take a few Griff PYO’s with bubbles and whatnot…Imperfect or not, they’d still be fun as all get out to paint! I have so many ideas for them that it makes it hard to think around those ideas and about daily things I need to do! 🙄 XDO*B*S*E*S*S*I*O*N my dear!!! 😛 XD
Very much so! 😳
Thank you for noticing! 😛 😆Jennifer wrote:Finished Windstones seem to fair well enough in the humidity. A word of warning– many collectors HAVE had problems storing their Windstones in hot/humid conditions. The sealer becomes ‘soft’ and picks up the texture of the plastic bag they are stored in (making the surface look ‘wrinkly’). Worse yet is if they are stored in something like tissue paper. It can stick right to them! Use care and discretion when storing Windstones if there is no climate control.
That said, it’s in your best interest for the long term to display your Windstones where they receive as little humidity as possible. For example, it’s probably not a good idea to display them in your bathroom if there are frequent steamy showers, or in your private sweat lodge out back, etc… 😉
Temporary summer humidity should be fine. 🙂
Oh drat, and I had this *perfect* shelf in the shower stall, too. 😛
*winks*
Windstone collector in remission. 😉
Tyrrlin wrote:Jennifer wrote:Finished Windstones seem to fair well enough in the humidity. A word of warning– many collectors HAVE had problems storing their Windstones in hot/humid conditions. The sealer becomes ‘soft’ and picks up the texture of the plastic bag they are stored in (making the surface look ‘wrinkly’). Worse yet is if they are stored in something like tissue paper. It can stick right to them! Use care and discretion when storing Windstones if there is no climate control.
That said, it’s in your best interest for the long term to display your Windstones where they receive as little humidity as possible. For example, it’s probably not a good idea to display them in your bathroom if there are frequent steamy showers, or in your private sweat lodge out back, etc… 😉
Temporary summer humidity should be fine. 🙂
Oh drat, and I had this *perfect* shelf in the shower stall, too. 😛
*winks*
lol-big dragon eyes looking at your *ahem* body. Sounds creepy. lol :spank:
Thanks for the info.Now,I’m terrified,I have them packed up in a storage unit about three weeks,some are from ebay without proper packaging.*headed to town* 😮
Thanks for the heads up on it,Ms.Jennifer. 😉Every act matters.No matter how small💞
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Male Hearth....one day🤞Dream on.bodine6127 wrote:Thanks for the info.Now,I’m terrified,I have them packed up in a storage unit about three weeks,some are from ebay without proper packaging.*headed to town* 😮
Thanks for the heads up on it,Ms.Jennifer. 😉I didn’t mean to terrify you! I just know that some people have had problems after storing them in heat/humidity for a while. One person had problems with their rainbow male in a climate controlled unit too, but I think that is the exception.
I know when it gets hot and humid here, my pieces get ‘tacky’ and ‘sweat’ a little from condensation.Here is a thread about it: http://www.windstoneeditions.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=8837
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My art: featherdust.comI just put up a blog about our rejects. You can see the problem here: http://www.windstoneeditions.com/drupal/node/80
WHOA!! That’s a lot of rejects! I can only imagine how frustrated all of you are with that, especially when you only notice on some pieces when they’re painted and ready. But it is also an endless stream of raffle prizes, like you said! Thank you for posting about it in the blog.
Hey, Melody…you might check out some comments/suggestions I made on the blog. Those bubbles really do remind me of my lab days.
OH! Sudden epiphany!
When in jewelry casting, with the lost wax casting technique, we have to use a vaccum chamber, to get all the bubbles out of it. Could this possibly help you guys? Maybe a vibrating platform, like when you cast concrete? Or(the cheaper way) use a hand vibrator and hold it to the mold? >_> ehem…
Also, moving from North Hollywood to Oregon you went from dry hot to wet hot, so a dehumidifier in your casting department might FIX your problem o_o (discussing the troubleshooting process of this problem with Pyewacket)
Bless you and the Windstone folks o_o that is a LOT of product that is unusable…and very heartbreaking in that I wish I could have one of those oriental dragons 😥 😥 😥 I’m seriously going to stop whining about it, after seeing all those poor things sitting there ready to be smashed…
(will paste this over on the blog <3 I just hope you see it Melody. We're all here ready to brainstorm possible solutions for this nasty problem)
EDIT: the blog is up WITH PICTURES
www.nakaseart.com
carts of rejects… poor things… 😥
Hope you find a solution soon. I would seriously lose my sanity if I had to deal with that everyday. 🙄
I’m sure the rejects would turn out just as beautiful painted… you could discount them as “Tarnished Windstones”… or otherwise, sell them to the forum users as special-offer paint-your-owns! 😉
That is totally frustrating–but like you said, you’ll never run out of raffle prizes! I know nothing about casting but you do have my sympathy!
That Oriental dragon with all those pin holes, would look kinda neat painted pink/red like coral 8D! it already hase the holes xD *hides*
Pyewahcet’s advice after reading her someones advice on the blog:
Check and see if you have an airator in your system, and also if you are using an artisian well for the water, it will naturally be bubbly and have sulphur in it. Vibration still sounds like the best bet, and the humidity could be bringing the bubbles to the surface.www.nakaseart.com
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