RIP Biostrip 20 (edit: reports of its demise greatly exaggerated)

The Serene Badger said:
I've heard that you may be able to reharden biostrip damaged resin with UV light if you catch it quick. That may also be complete unsubstantiated poppycock though.
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Which UV though? A B or C? UVA damages your skin causing pretty much all forms of skin againg and other nasty stuff and is the main UV in sun. With it's long rays, it can go through the skin and through glass, but you can use sunscreen to protect it. UVB is less in the sunlight but it's the main bugger that causes nasty mutations like tons of forms of skin cancer, which when mixed with UVA is really bad. It doesn't go that deep into skin, mostly kills off the top layer. UV-C is the stuff you don't wanna mess with. It's the very nice blue light stuff which you look at it, you will get like an arc flash in your eyes and oh damn, it's bad. Look at all these idiots that gets a 'UV' festiviel, stick the UVC tubes cause they don't know what it is, and either cause major eye damage or blindless (quick online search will show these events every few years).

Though, UVC is VERY good at being Antimicrobial. a quick flash of your hands under it will kill gems, but also leave you with a thin power of .. well, skin on your hands.
 
This biostrip/resin thing happened to me with a Great Unclean One. A chemist friend told me that the softness is the plasticiser leaching out. He recommended leaving it somewhere warm for a couple of days to stabilise, so I popped it in the airing cupboard. Sure enough it firmed up and subsequently got painted.
 
if it's to do with a plasticiser leaching out... I kinda worry about such models in the future. reminds me of some old toys from the end of the 80s.. (kinda) PVC.. by the late 90s, it was getting hard to find second hand (or even bit in box copies) where the plastic didn't start to get 'mold spots and then leaking plasticiser.

mostly that stuff is added to plastics to make them more flexiable.. so a weird choice for minitures.. by the 2020s, it's now impossible to find any copies of them which aren't.... awful. if some of the plasticiser has leached out, by very careful because even if it has started to 'harden' again, because it's lost some, it'll be more brittle. It's why the plastic on power cords go brittle and crack over time. Also, very much wash your hands after getting any of that on you. it's far from 'safe' to handle.
 
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