Sugru'd video goggles
2011-May-12, Thursday 05:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chebeNow I'm sure you've already heard of Sugru. I got a pack at MakerFaire, and only just around to using some. Inside the big pack you get twelve little packs in different colours.
You then cut open the little packs, and gather the stuff together like márla (plasticine), mould it around whatever you want, shape it, and leave for 24 hours to dry.
A while back I noticed I'd lost the nose piece to my video goggles (yes, I use these, yes they make me feel like I'm in the future), and couldn't find a replacement piece online. There was only one solution!
It does say not to mould around body parts, and if you have sensitive skin to avoid contact with the non-cured form, but the other option was taking a life cast of my face, so I took a chance. (Also, it's more of an impression than actually moulding :) I just placed the stuff in the nose-bridge, and put them on. Then took them off and left to dry. The result;
They actually work really well! Less pinchy than the original too. (I tried something similar with a pair of prescription sunglasses that never came with a nose-piece... don't ask my why. But turns out the arms are the main problem and they simply don't fit me. Why the optician let me buy them I'll never know.)
But, yes, Sugru, teh awesome. Ten more sachets to play with :D (Hopefully before it expires.) Have you used Sugru? What did you use it for?
*edit* Having looked through the Sugru gallery I now intend to fix all my half-broken pairs of earphones!
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You then cut open the little packs, and gather the stuff together like márla (plasticine), mould it around whatever you want, shape it, and leave for 24 hours to dry.
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A while back I noticed I'd lost the nose piece to my video goggles (yes, I use these, yes they make me feel like I'm in the future), and couldn't find a replacement piece online. There was only one solution!
It does say not to mould around body parts, and if you have sensitive skin to avoid contact with the non-cured form, but the other option was taking a life cast of my face, so I took a chance. (Also, it's more of an impression than actually moulding :) I just placed the stuff in the nose-bridge, and put them on. Then took them off and left to dry. The result;
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They actually work really well! Less pinchy than the original too. (I tried something similar with a pair of prescription sunglasses that never came with a nose-piece... don't ask my why. But turns out the arms are the main problem and they simply don't fit me. Why the optician let me buy them I'll never know.)
But, yes, Sugru, teh awesome. Ten more sachets to play with :D (Hopefully before it expires.) Have you used Sugru? What did you use it for?
*edit* Having looked through the Sugru gallery I now intend to fix all my half-broken pairs of earphones!
