Thanks for the tips. To help clarify a bit, my olds are 1 part/open topped (kind of like a bowl). When doing the slush cast, is it best to swirl/slosh the...
... by steam. ... While its not cold forming. This might help I did a pamphlet on doing heat forming using polystyrene pellets using a home oven with a plaster...
Hi all, I'm new to Gypsum castings, I have made a Ganesh statue mold ( back flat0 using Dow rtv3483 silastic ) , It is something like plague mold, but the...
Vibrating the mold will help quite a bit. Sometimes vibrating is not enough, in those situations I will use a tooth pic, paper clip or some other object to...
If you can get a hold of one, a dentist pick is the best tool I have found for loosening trapped air bubbles. Ray Webster ... From: casting@yahoogroups.com...
From: Artrade <artrade_intl@...> ... You might also try adding a wetting agent to the water first, or spray a wetting agent on the mold before pouring in...
Dear ones Can I use Silicone Spray(used in Injection molding) as Mold releasing agent for RTV silicone rubber mold while casting ureathene/polyester resin? ...
Price-Driscoll's Polyester Parfilm is paintable out of the mold... as well as their fine mold releases... ... From: "Ted Quick" <rim_molder@...> To:...
Your first idea is on the right track. The second one however, will not work, as you can not 'dwell' the Ultracal 30. Gypsum materials aren't made for that....
I guess I didn't see any replies to this?......... Concrete has been around the longest and has proven itself with holding up to the elements for this type of...
Sounds too "concrete"; for me,Mike!!! ... From: "Mike Brose" <puppetsnprops@...> To: <casting@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 10:16 AM ...
i've been creating outdoor concrete furniture for 15yrs that truly resembles sandstone. it is a porous stone that allows water to flow through the products ...
I'm looking for a Master and Mold Builder for HO Scale models, in The San Antonio, Texas area. Thanks Bill In a message dated 7/8/2005 4:53:53 AM Central...
Use the search word "viagra"; that's the same thing ;-) Ray ... From: "Bob Davies" <davies.bobuk@...> To: <casting@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, July...
Hi everyone As I am new to make 2 part mold I have poured 1 st part .without removing model from silicone mold now I want to pour for second part.I don't have...
Vaseline will work or you can use a metalic paint like krylon I use gold krylon mettalic paint vaseline does work also. good luck ... removing model from...
I can get plastine clay in India,but I don't know whether they r sulfur free or not?.is there any simplest testing method to detect sulfur content? bhoobalan. ...
I use to use Acrylic fabric paint for Hydrocal castings it does well but by rubbing with wet cloth color goes off.should I put any sealent on it to make it...
I'm trying to vacuum cast resin. I have the chamber and the pump, and I am able to degass the resin o.k. The problem seems to be getting the resin into the...
I don't know what you're using to inject the resin into the molds, but I use vet syringes from www.valleyvet.com I think the big syringes are in the equine...
If its Roma Plastacina it is chaulk full of sulfer and will not set up next to silicone. Use kleen clay ... sulfur free or not?.is there any simplest testing...
If nothing else you can mix a small sample of platinum catalyzed silicone rubber and test it against some of the clay. Other than that plasticine clay is...
