{"id":15110,"date":"2020-01-20T16:23:01","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T00:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.emilymorganti.com\/blog\/?p=15110"},"modified":"2020-01-20T16:26:09","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T00:26:09","slug":"mr-spatula-part-3-the-snow-globe-experiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.emilymorganti.com\/blog\/?p=15110","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Spatula part 3 – the snow globe experiment"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I left off with Mr. Spatula’s water cooler, I’d made a rather sad attempt at using resin<\/a> and decided that would not be a good way to achieve a water effect. My second attempt was going to be a snow globe, but I was concerned about the castle (which is a metal charm) rusting in the water. Mr. Spatula wouldn’t like that.<\/p>\n

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Snow globes are made with regular water plus a few drops of glycerin, a clear gel-like substance that adds weight to the water so the snow\/glitter\/whatever in the globe drifts when you shake it. My aquarium won’t have any drifting pieces, but I planned to make my snow globe the same way (because why not?) and bought a little jar of glycerin<\/a> for that purpose. In the comments on my last post someone suggested using just the glycerin and not the water, so I wouldn’t have to worry about the castle rusting. Hey, good idea! (Why didn’t I think of that?!)<\/p>\n

I painted another castle and put together another base. (If you’re just tuning in, you can read about the process of making the base here<\/a>.) This time I used the waterproof Silicone Sealant and Adhesive<\/a> to glue everything down. I don’t know if “waterproof” applies to glycerin, but it seemed more likely to hold up in wet conditions than regular glue.<\/p>\n

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I used monofilament to attach Mr. Spatula to the base this time. It’s more invisible than the plastic shopping tag thingie I used last time.<\/p>\n

I covered the top edge of the dome with masking tape, to prevent getting glycerine on the glass where I would want glue to stick.<\/p>\n

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I measured slightly more than 1\/2 tablespoon of glycerin into my little shot glass measuring cup and used a funnel from the kitchen to pour it in. (The glycerin is food safe — it’s used in cake icing.)<\/p>\n

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Like with the resin, I wasn’t able to get all of the thick glycerin out of the shot glass and the funnel, so I ended up with less in the dome than I wanted. I even added another few drops out of the glycerin bottle, but I didn’t want to overdo it. I added the silicone adhesive to the cork and pushed it in.<\/p>\n

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Some big bubbles formed when I turned it right-side up, but unlike with the resin, I can pop these by tilting the globe. <\/p>\n

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Some bubbles also gathered in the back of the castle, which is fine since you can’t see them there. <\/p>\n

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I don’t want air to seep into the dome over time, so I decided to coat the entire bottom of the cork with the sealer. Then I left it upside down in a cup overnight to dry.<\/p>\n

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This attempt turned out much better! The castle is still comically large due to the curve in the dome, but I don’t think I can do anything about that. <\/p>\n

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I’m going to make another one since there are two things I’d like to do differently: 1) Adding adhesive to the cork before pushing it in meant I wasn’t able to shove the cork in as firmly as it can go — it has a kind of spongy fit. It doesn’t seem to be leaking, but I would feel better about it if the cork were pushed in more firmly. So next time I will forego gluing the cork and instead push it in tight, and then add the silicone around the bottom edge.<\/p>\n

And 2) there’s still not quite enough liquid in here. The glycerin just reaches the top of the castle, and it needs to come up a little higher so there’s less of an air gap at the top. Next time I can hold this one up next to the dome I’m pouring into and use it as a guide for how much glycerin to add.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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