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Manfred
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Leaf casts

#1 Post by Manfred » Wed Nov 25, 2020 9:38 am

Dear all

enclosed leaf csts of "wine" made with clear nail lacquer from my wife :lol:
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mrsonchus
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Re: Leaf casts

#2 Post by mrsonchus » Wed Nov 25, 2020 10:23 am

Very nice - they really have come-out well!
A great method for quick documentation of surface characters, and with almost fresh morphology too.
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Re: Leaf casts

#3 Post by MichaelG. » Wed Nov 25, 2020 10:44 am

Beautiful results, Manfred

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Re: Leaf casts

#4 Post by Hobbyst46 » Wed Nov 25, 2020 11:07 am

Magnificent !
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Re: Leaf casts

#5 Post by DonSchaeffer » Wed Nov 25, 2020 7:05 pm

How do you make these?
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Re: Leaf casts

#6 Post by SWmicro » Fri Nov 27, 2020 2:00 am

Manfred wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 25, 2020 9:38 am
 enclosed leaf csts of "wine" made with clear nail lacquer from my wife :lol:
Thanks for showing, very interesting.
This could be a whole new hobby for me ;)

DonSchaeffer wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 25, 2020 7:05 pm
 How do you make these?
Don, see my other post for a method using wood glue.
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Re: Leaf casts

#7 Post by Manfred » Fri Nov 27, 2020 5:28 am

Thank you all for nice comments...

@Don: It`s avery simple method, cover the surface of a leaf with clear nail varnish or glue, let it try and after that peel it off, mount the skin on a slide.
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Re: Leaf casts

#8 Post by MicroBob » Fri Nov 27, 2020 7:46 am

Hi Manfred,
beautiful images! This really is a nice method with several possible variations. Apart from solvent based nail polish one can use UV curing nail polish or uv glues.

Bob
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Re: Leaf casts

#9 Post by MicroBob » Fri Nov 27, 2020 7:47 am

And the kit:
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Re: Leaf casts

#10 Post by Manfred » Fri Nov 27, 2020 8:06 am

Thanks Bob for additional information :!:
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Re: Leaf casts

#11 Post by Chris Dee » Fri Nov 27, 2020 4:11 pm

Fascinating. Nice work Manfred.
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