Starting with 1000, 5 to 6mm star cores, I roll on the first toro application of comp. I grow the stars about 1mm with each toro rolling session and then let the stars dry before making the next toro application.
Adding a ground bonding wire to the pot will help disipate the electrostatic charges. Using a electronics grounding strap that connects to your wrist and bonds to the ground will keep your electrical potiental the same. Im supprised the pyros guys dont follow the elelectonics guys leads, who have mastered keeping ESD under control.
Thanks. I don't start using the Toro method until my stars are at least 1/4 inch. When starting and growing up to 1/4 inch i use the wet and add dry method. For wetting I use 50/50 water/alcohol.
I usually start using toro with 1/4 inch stats. When the stars are small, all water toro is too sticky. I have had some success with small stars making my toro slurry with 50/50 alcohol/water.
Would you say the toro method builds the stars faster than wetting with the spray bottle and adding dry comp method? This toro method looks interesting I'm gonna have to give it a try
How many liters is this capacity and what diameter? I correctly understood that the capacitor as it were "jumping" for rolling the stars?Initially, when rolling on the embryo, the composition sticks to the container?
The pot on the small roller is a 5 gallon stainless steel cooking pot. Diameter is around 12 inches. The "jumping" action of the pot is done so that the small stars don't stick together as easily. The "jumping" action is helpful for the beginner , but not necessary.
I recently started using this method and my color stars come out great. On the other hand, my charcoal stars have this weird problem where they start to 'swim' around in the sky and they burn faster than usual. I've rolled the same stars with dextrin in the past and that wasn't a problem. Not sure what's going on there.
I had that happen one time when rolling a tiger tail comp using the regular spray and dust method. Not sure why. I've not had that problem yet with Toro, but my charcoal stars usually have metal in them. I would try affing a little alcohol to the toro slurry and make sure to dry the stars fast (sunny day or drying box) and make sure they are dry before adding the next layer. Maybe also rolling on smaller layers. Good luck.
Toro slurry is simply made by taking the star composition and mix it with water (assuming dextrin or SGRS is your binding agent) to make a slurry. The thickness of the slurry depends on the size of the stars you're rolling with. The video's show this.
