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 E-Zine  October 30, 2009

This Elephant is another lost foam project.  My neighbor gave me a lot of plumbing fittings and asked me to make him an elephant in return!  

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Here Is the foam insulation board I used.  I glued 5 pieces together and made a rough drawing.

then, I rough cut, and rounded it, and glued on a trunk and tusks.

Then, I added a base, pour reservoir with painter's tape around it, covered it with drywall mud.  And added the sprue.

Here it is in the sand ready for pouring.   This pour didn't work...I think it was a short pour if I remember right...so the next pictures are from another pour.

Here it is sand blasted

Then I painted it with glossy "Rust-oleum" paint

Then sanded it a bit with my grinder and covered with increllac

Here is a video of me pouring lost foam!

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