I found an unopened box of Milliput in my bench tonight and it just so happens that I’ve been thinking of trying it out lately. So, I opened it up and decided to try it out.
Unfortunately, it’s a bit ‘dry’ and not the easiest to work with. My questions is:
Is there any way to ‘soften’ this stuff up? It wasn’t totally unusable, but it was pretty tough to kneed together. Made my fingers hurt (boo-hoo…) I thought someone may have a miracle cure for this stuff. Perhaps a solvent of some sort that could be worked into it to soften it???
Which Milliput do you have? The one in a white box with red trimmings? If so, that’s the ‘normal’ one and old Milliput can be hard to knead and work. The darker putty snake often gets a ‘crust’ that needs to be removed, as this darker material will not mix at all, nor cure, leaving you with soft ‘spots’ into the cured Milliput…
Water is a good ‘solvent’ for Milliput, but unfortunatelly, it’s only working when the mixed product is a few minutes old, and will not work with any of the two components before mixing…
Great stuff can be made of Milliput…! Don;t give up on it…!
I use the Super Fine Milliput and I use mainly Isopropyl alcohol to soften it up. Water is good too, as Dj said. I roll each of the A and B stuff into strands, twine them together like egg noodles, and then start kneading.
I find that once it is mixed together and has warmed up with the heat from your hands it is easier to work with. I have used both the silver grey and the superfine white, and must say that the white is much better to work with.