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RE:Cheap DIY impression material substitute. 11 Aug 2011 05:14 #46

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Peters Shoeing wrote:

man I'm really hoping this works because I use a huge amount of Grand Circuit's supreme support. But here's me playing devil's advocate: isn't starch a carb?? I mean would you put any other foodstuff under a pad and come back 6 weeks later and not expect to find a colony of new growth. Won't it start to ferment or something? I'm not chemist here...hoping Mr Stovall or one of the other guys that seems to have a good science backround can comment on this.

Ever hear of play dough? It is mostly flour,

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RE:Cheap DIY impression material substitute. 11 Aug 2011 05:16 #47

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Its 8 15 my time and I just walked thru the door.....I had that sh#t all over my rig..if anyone knows anything about alabama its that its hot as hell...I have a total of 4 fans in my rig so its like a small tornato inside it...when I cracked the lid of that starch those fans started blowing it everywheremmmmi had that powder all over my hands so I dumped them in a water bucket after I beat what I could off on my chaps....after they hit the water then I had dough ***** on every damn finger....I'm in panic mod at this point ...and client said is everything ok...well hell I wasent about to tell her I was whipin up a little something that I read on the net to put on her horse...so I lied and told her I was getting some startch to put in the foot to pull all the wet yuck ok...so my du&m azz walks over with a fist full of powder and sling it at the foot...now this ***** is all over her barn....so at this point I abort and go back to my ol trusty.....long story short just buy the stuff

Sorry but I laughed so hard that I had tears streaming down my face. Can we call ya dough boy? Man I think you would be fun at a party. lol

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RE:Cheap DIY impression material substitute. 11 Aug 2011 18:02 #48

Peters Shoeing OFFLINE Senior Member Posts: 496 Thank you received: 2 Karma: 0	Alicia Thompson wrote: Ever hear of play dough? It is mostly flour, Alicia, yes I think I have heard of play-doh thanks, LOL I use it often as I'm sure we all do to block off an area for an Equipak pour. But, I always remove it after the Equipak sets. Are you saying you have used Play-doh as packing under a pad?????
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RE:Cheap DIY impression material substitute. 11 Aug 2011 18:13 #49

Ray_Knightley OFFLINE Master Posts: 4219 Thank you received: 2 Karma: 0	I had the bit i mixed in the rig all day ,its great the flour is so mixed in with silicon that i would say it will be fine .. I was showing it to a client ,without saying what was in it and he would like to have it under his horse ,just like nike shoes was his words .........
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RE:Cheap DIY impression material substitute. 11 Aug 2011 20:06 #50

dana fenn OFFLINE Senior Member Posts: 371 Thank you received: 1 Karma: 0	Ray_Knightley wrote: I had the bit i mixed in the rig all day ,its great the flour is so mixed in with silicon that i would say it will be fine .. I was showing it to a client ,without saying what was in it and he would like to have it under his horse ,just like nike shoes was his words ......... :confused: and the pictures are where, Ray? dang . . . .
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RE:Cheap DIY impression material substitute. 11 Aug 2011 20:19 #51

Ray_Knightley OFFLINE Master Posts: 4219 Thank you received: 2 Karma: 0	dana fenn wrote: :confused: and the pictures are where, Ray? dang . . . . Your right sorry.
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RE:Cheap DIY impression material substitute. 12 Aug 2011 01:31 #52

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Alicia, yes I think I have heard of play-doh thanks, LOL

I use it often as I'm sure we all do to block off an area for an Equipak pour. But, I always remove it after the Equipak sets. Are you saying you have used Play-doh as packing under a pad?????

Sorry I thought you were a germ phobe like me.

I am always grossed out at play dough as like you say starch is a microbial growth medium and kids... are germy as heck.

They roll it around with boogery hands, scratch in appropriate places, roll it around some more, expose it to crazy amounts of germs while playing with it then put it in an air tight container till next time they want to play. For some reason no one dies.:confused:

Anyways the DIY dental impression material should be safe as the corn starch is saturated and incapsulated in the silicone. Theoretically moisture shouldn't be able to get through so the starch shouldn't cause any issues.

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RE:Cheap DIY impression material substitute. 12 Aug 2011 02:51 #53

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Alicia Thompson wrote:

Sorry I am always grossed out at play dough as like you say starch is a microbial growth medium and kids... are germy as heck.

They roll it around with boogery hands, scratch in appropriate places, roll it around some more, expose it to crazy amounts of germs while playing with it then put it in an air tight container till next time they want to play. For some reason no one dies.:confused:

LOL, and yet you handle horse feet all day? So you think little kids and playdoh carry more germs than hooves packed with urine soaked bedding and manure? Children must be kinda "earthy" up there in the great white north, eh?

In any case, I'm really not concerned much about starch in the feet.

I still haven't actually used this on a horse yet, (I ended up shoeing my Percheron and ran outta give a damn the other day) but I think its gonna work great. The stuff I mixed the other day is still nice and pliable, a little softer than normal equi-pak.

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RE:Cheap DIY impression material substitute. 12 Aug 2011 02:57 #54

SlowShoe OFFLINE Master Posts: 3229 Thank you received: 2 Karma: 0	There is no reason why you couldn't mix a little CS in there either.
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RE:Cheap DIY impression material substitute. 12 Aug 2011 03:04 #55

Joey Aczon OFFLINE Master Posts: 1937 Thank you received: 1 Karma: 0	SlowShoe wrote: There is no reason why you couldn't mix a little CS in there either. LOL, I have a peanut butter jar filled with corn starch and mixed in enough copper sulfate to make it blue. It's what I'm intending to use when I apply it. I'm gonna go get some small paper cups to mix it in with a tounge depressor.
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RE:Cheap DIY impression material substitute. 12 Aug 2011 03:13 #56

Alicia Thompson OFFLINE Very Senior Member Posts: 775 Thank you received: 1 Karma: 0	Joey Aczon wrote: LOL, and yet you handle horse feet all day? So you think little kids and playdoh carry more germs than hooves packed with urine soaked bedding and manure? Children must be kinda "earthy" up there in the great white north, eh? lol I never said it was a rational fear. Oh and horse dirt is clean.
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RE:Cheap DIY impression material substitute. 12 Aug 2011 20:46 #57

Red Amor OFFLINE Master Posts: 3358 Thank you received: 22 Karma: 5	Rachael Kane wrote: ....or a detonator Ha ha ah ya bloody great wack:p;)
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RE:Cheap DIY impression material substitute. 12 Aug 2011 21:00 #58

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Good thread this one
bitta fun and some good info
Our Dough Boys come up with a gooden
gee Id have liked to have been there on the day yeah

Like olmate Toms idea , spose a bloke will have to play with that one to get the right mix

I also wonder if any of you have used the newer bondo type of wood putty for carpentry to rebuild hooves
it water proof apparently and can be drilled nailed screwed tacked a good hammering sets quickly pending on the amount of hardener used

also I heard of a feller using a tube of liquid nails with a bit of hardener mixed to build up hooves n glue on shoes

anyone ever tried this
Down here under the Great down under we pay through the coyte for anything but if its marked equine its big bucks so we go on the scab for things to do a good job cheap

Good on ya Joe

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RE:Cheap DIY impression material substitute. 21 Aug 2011 03:43 #59

Travis Morgan OFFLINE Very Senior Member Posts: 521 Thank you received: 6 Karma: 1	Alicia Thompson wrote: lol I never said it was a rational fear. Oh and horse dirt is clean. That's what I tell myself every time I take a dip of Copenhagen between feet.
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Re: Cheap DIY impression material substitute. 03 Feb 2012 15:00 #60

oatey_hocking OFFLINE Senior Member Posts: 448 Karma: 0	Hey all has anyone used it one feet yet? I don't use any IM but have one new horse that I'll need some for. Thanks
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