Milliput taking ages to cure! Over a week now! Help!

[scottb]

Hi all,

I've used Milliput before and it's always worked well. I used up my last bit last week (admittedly it's probably 3-4 years old now...but had used the same stuff a month or two beforehand without problems)...the latest batch of putty is still curing!!

Anyway, I am looking for any ideas to speed this up? I have tried putting on top of a radiator, but that seemed to make the putty softer!

Any idea if Malifaux models are "safe" to put in an oven for a brief period of time?

Anything welcome.

[paradoxstorm]

I wouldn't put plastic models in an oven.

I can't think why the putty wouldn't have cured by now.  But I suspect if it hasn't cured by now it isn't going to.

[Adran]

I wouldn't put plastic in the oven either, but you could test by using part of a sprue and checking that it didn't melt. If you used the part with the wyrd lettering, it should let you see effects on fine detail. 

[lusciousmccabe]

Yeah, I'd imagine the setting agent has gone off or there wasn't enough left in the butt you had left. It should have set by now even if you'd left it in the fridge.

[Naimless]

Sounds like not enough curing agent and with 2-part systems, basically if it hasn't cured in a couple of hours, it never will. Heat won't help as there is not enough of the second part to compete the cross linking reaction that is the curing process.

If you can, remove it and try again with a fresh batch is all i could suggest.