Back To The Boiled Bases Again (weight Or Flash)

[5-13 Studios]

Originally Posted by Shabby J

I may have to do an experiment of my own. Has anyone ever weighed a base alone, no figure on it, then boiled it with an oil additive and weighed the same exact base again? How much weight is this adding. I can see boiling for the flash removal part and maybe to make the prongs more supple, but adding weight??? This puzzles me, not saying it's not true, but I would like to try this and break out the old jewelers scale and see the weight gain. I just can't imagine it being significant enough to make a difference.

Like I said, I have never boiled and I do not know, you guys seem to, though I am curious.

Shabby J

from what i have seen, it soaks up the baby oil. i recently obtained a couple of boiled bases, they were regular green ttc's, and they were larger and the side walls were thicker than a normal ttc.