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Re: Preserve Mushrooms? [Re: Shroominit]
    #10166777 - 04/14/09 07:51 PM (14 years, 11 months ago)

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Same idea with the epoxy. Air does not penetrate, thus it does not mold/decompose/etc.

Lucite is a company who sells acrylic resin. (I assume you mean this) It's almost exactly the same idea and process as epoxy.




Yes use Acrylic Resin(I just always refered to it as Lucite!!!!

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Re: Preserve Mushrooms? [Re: potatonet]
    #10247163 - 04/28/09 01:13 AM (14 years, 10 months ago)

Tried with epoxy on my latest grow. It's a no.

Something weird happened. I'm not sure if the mycelium grew or what, but there are white bulb looking structures protruding out from the cap. On top of that, it was very difficult to keep the fruitbody still, I had to rig up a holder for it.

What next?

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Re: Preserve Mushrooms? [Re: Shroominit]
    #10247178 - 04/28/09 01:17 AM (14 years, 10 months ago)

silicon encapsulation?

you have to pull a vacuum on the thing if you want it to work well...

and I would recommend feeding a wire through the base of the stem and holding it in a silicon mold, cut the wire or pull it through when its almost cured.


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Re: Preserve Mushrooms? [Re: potatonet]
    #10247230 - 04/28/09 01:33 AM (14 years, 10 months ago)

That's almost exactly how I did it, with epoxy rather than silicone though. Epoxy is hard and would make an awesome paperweight, unfortunate that it turned out the way it did. Perhapse if I let it set up a bit longer before placing the fruit inside it would work better. Looks quite strange though, I'll see if I can't get a few pictures of it.

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Re: Preserve Mushrooms? [Re: Shroominit]
    #10247251 - 04/28/09 01:39 AM (14 years, 10 months ago)

no... you pour the epoxy with the fruit in it already

otherwise you are going to get air bubbles and degradation will occur, another reason for the vacuum.

I will draw a picture in the morning... I need sleep.

the mold should be silicone or something flexy, I would use some kind of cooking mold for bread or make my own mold with some tubing and a rod.


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