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If I can't afford to be frozen, then I would like to be sealed in clear epoxy with LED lights and put on display. That should be quite sanitary while not emitt

• zimpenfish 7y ago
  > I would like to be sealed in clear epoxy According to [1], taking a 40yr old male, the body would be 180cm x 25cm x 70cm (805, 236, 506+378 extrapolated). You'd probably want at least 2.5cm of epoxy border giving you 185cm x 30cm x 75cm or 0.42m^3. Assuming the body takes up about 0.067m^3[2], you're left with 0.35m^3 or 21350in^3. [3] says multiply that by 0.0163 to get 350 litres which then translates to kg of resin. Using GlassCast 50, at 32kg for £450 inc vat, you'd be looking at ~£4900. (you could also just paint over a few thin layers instead but it wouldn't look as impressive.) (also you'd need to dry the body out first because the resin would react badly with the moisture.) [1] https://msis.jsc.nasa.gov/sections/section03.htm https://msis.jsc.nasa.gov/sections/section03.htm [2] https://www.researchgate.net/post/Volume_of_average_human_body https://www.researchgate.net/post/Volume_of_average_human_bo... [3] https://www.easycomposites.co.uk/#!/resin-gel-silicone-adhesive/casting-resin/glasscast-50-clear-epoxy-river-table-resin.html https://www.easycomposites.co.uk/#!/resin-gel-silicone-adhes...
  • LinuxBender 7y ago
    That's a decent price. I would be the gift that keeps on giving :-) Being frozen is about $300k.