Oh, argh. I stripped and scrubbed and scrubbed some more, then repainted with tinted silicone. That stupid patch in the middle left still didn't cure. I rubbed off the uncured bits and scrubbed again with alcohol, and tried again. Still. Won't. CURE!!! I give up. I will leave it brown, because that's the base color of the fluke, so it won't show too badly when peeling inevitably occurs. Now I'm just concerned because that's where I'll need to connect the fluke to the body. The scales might make a flappy loose section there. Perhaps a dab of silpoxy might help where the silicone itself isn't sufficient? I'll take any suggestions at this point... I do not want to have to repour this side!
One last possibility is that I'm using a newer batch of dragon skin. (Different lots not sticking together?). Has anyone had that issue? It's not the blue pigment after all, apparently.
So so here's the finished section... You can see the new shiny patch that I just redid. Again. Grr!
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