>>6636754>However you will be waiting months for that mass of sprue putty to harden up decently, let alone cure fully.>months>cureThat is simply untrue. Even if you make the whole thing in one go and not in layers, it would take 4 days at most for it to fully harden (speaking from actual experience). There is no "cure" involved.
The idea behind
>>6636740 is to achieve (near) perfect color match without painting. If you are painting then this method doesn't make much sense.