Box 1. Heat Worbla over the Foamular shape on one side. It was a bit messy since I overheated the Worbla that caused it to rip. You’ll see some places that aren’t smooth due to the overheating.
Box 2-3. I cut the edges of Worbla /foamular combo. If edges aren’t smooth (shown in box 2), just heat up the edge and cut (shown in box 3). Be careful not to reheat and cut too much to avoid exposing the Foamular.
Box 4. Repeat steps 1-3 and you should have two kamas fully covered.
Box 5. Drill hole in kama where you will connect the pvc pipe.
Box 6. Layer details with Worbla. Get creative!
Next box is EXTENSIVE and please BE CAREFUL when following these steps:
Box 7. Prime with wood glue. Buy two PVC pipes measuring more or less 25″.
a) Wear protective gloves! About every ten seconds, heat pipe a few inches above the stove. You don’t want to overheat the pipe. Start a few inches from the top of the pvc pipe and same for the bottom, then bend to shape. The middle requires more reheating and bending to get more of a curve.
b) Glue pipes to the holes you drilled. I am a fan of clear gorilla glue. If you get the brown glue, it will definitely show and you’ll have to paint over it in the case you don’t want anyone to notice.
c) I added the small rim where the pipe connects to the hole in the kama as well as to the base of the pipe; and used a glue gun + gorilla glue + glue gun again for stability. Yes, Steamed Eggs takes EXTRA precaution. Let it dry a few hours.
d) Spraypaint all sides metallic silver and leave to dry overnight.
e) Time to paint four sides of the kamas! I used gold acrylic paint to make the details I wanted to pop out. When all sides dried, I painted the top and bottom of the handles brown. Then I covered the body with green electrical tape from Home Depot. I kept wrapping the electrical tape around until I got the bulk I wanted. This was just the way I envisioned my kamas to look like on a time constraint. The more practice I get with Worbla and the more time I have, it would have looked a bit different.
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