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A Dimpled Lake?

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  • Member since
    December 2012
Posted by Ixion on Friday, December 20, 2019 2:50 PM

This might be helpful;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLxw_ynYDA8

There are other videos on this page concerning this issue as well.

  • Member since
    November 2005
  • From: Formerly Bryan, now Arlington, Texas
Posted by CapnMac82 on Sunday, December 15, 2019 4:03 PM

Have you tried using one of the micro-sized mini-torches to--veeeerrrrryyyyyy gently--"tease" the dimples out?

Protip--you can find extrermely fine torch "lighters" at some "smoke shops" (of the sort that will be near to hand in NB, San Marcos, and, for certain in S. Austin).

While no where as precise as the micro-soldering tools MicroMark et al sell, they will also be significantly cheaper, too.

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    June 2017
Posted by UnwaryPaladin on Sunday, December 15, 2019 9:39 AM

Do you have a picture?

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    June 2014
  • From: New Braunfels , Texas
A Dimpled Lake?
Posted by Tanker - Builder on Thursday, December 5, 2019 7:57 AM

Here's one  for you ;

      We did a lake at the Museum about four or five years ago. It came out so good we even had H.O scale folks swinging on rope swings etc. A little dock and canoe were included. The lake came out as smooth as glass.

     Here it is five or so years later. Swinging swimmers are gone as is the canoe. No problem. BUT, the surface of the lake has these dimples in it now that are almost a Sixteenth of an inch deep! Some large in Diameter and some NOT.

       They are in roughly three rows. We were careful when pouring the lake to use thin tinted coats and a painted bottom. Question is, how do we fix the dimples? Can we fix the dimples? or should we even try and just go ahead and fill the lake in? HELP !!!

     The puzzle for me is, upon examination closely there's no sign of any kind of Bubbling under the surface either!

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