- Bam. There we go, that's my cheat sheet guys.
That's what I go off of.
So you have 120% plasticized ratio ...
batches on the top,
and then you have 75% at the bottom.
So what we were doing right now
is we were going with 120.
(machine beeps)
Even if it's not 120%, you can ...
You can use that ratio,
like if it's 150 you can still use 120.
150 gets a little ...
Gets a little runny. A lot runny.
But 120 is so close to 150 as far as plasticity that
it's really not much of a difference.
It also doesn't matter what step you do first
as far as your drop of fixo,
your drop of retarding agent,
or your cavisyl.
All morning I've been doing my drops first,
but I just did my cavisyl first on this one.
It's totally okay.
(mixing stick scrapes)
Excellent.
Also if you wanna save some trees,
which I recommend,
just do a nice little wipe after your mix,
and you can keep using the same tongue depressor,
it doesn't really matter,
as long as you don't contaminate it
with something else that doesn't belong, you're good.
Alright guys.
I've always wanted to be six foot,
never more than now.
(filming crew laughs)
My dad was 6'2". What happened?
- [Crew Member] Just an area course.
- Sorry, I'm just doing my application and my patch.
I'll split this back seam up into two halves.
I'll go from top of the head,
down to probably this first fat fold
on the back of the neck.
That'll be one batch,
and then I will do the next batch for the rest of the back.
- [Man] So you typically like to find a natural
break point in the sculpture?
- [Chris] Absolutely.
That way I don't have my focus
in a whole bunch of different areas.
Okay ...
Looks good enough.
- [Man] Again, find yourself a spatula that you like.
- So important.
- [Man] Chris loves this spatula.
- I do. It's actually not even mine,
I borrowed it but I've had it for two years now.
I'm sorry Dan,
Dan don't be mad at me, I'm sorry!
- [Man] You're not getting it back at this point, Dan.
- Yeah.
- [Man] If you're watching.
- [Chris] He said just buy him a new one.
- Okay. - He said okay,
and that was a year and a half ago.
Dan, it's coming, I promise.
- [Man] I think if Dan's been okay
without a spatula for this long,
maybe Dan doesn't need a spatula.
So the process here has been spatula it on,
and take your fan brush-- - Yes.
- [Man] To smooth that out.
- [Chris] Dip the fan brush.
Watch out for that excess solvent on your piece, guys.
- Dip and shake. - Yup.
It's gonna get messy.
No doubt about it.
Now, I went a little thicker on my patch.
Not on purpose.
It happens, and so right now
I am using a little bit more pressure
than I did down in this region,
to fan out the patch.
And the more and more of this you do,
the more you'll know when to apply more pressure
and when to back off on the pressure.
Some surfaces are gelatinous, you know,
and you have to change your pressure
on surfaces like that, on your technique.
(crew member mumbles)
- [Crew Member] When he's on the back of the head,
you gotta come down.
Top of the head, it's fine.
(crew mumbles)
- I love it. - He moves a lot.
- [Man] So now you're working your way
down the second half?
- Yeah, well, so I'm checking right now,
I'm checking my patch to see where it's at as far as setup.
And I'm assessing on whether I can go into this right now--
- [Man] With a second layer on the same patch or--
- No no, whether I can go into this
as far as put a little detail in.
- [Man] Oh, I see. Okay.
- 'Cause if you're just going into wet patch,
that's not really thick
and it's a little thin and spread out,
your detail will blow out.
It'll just kind of sink into nothing.
- [Man] So you're just testing in the cup
to see where the cure is at.
- Correct. - Got it.