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- Re: Plaster mold and plaster casting... From: Evyn
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Re: Plaster mold and plaster casting...
Posted by: "Evyn" infojunky@ceecom.net macdudeus
Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:30 am (PST)
On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:14:04 -0000, Case <djcaseanova@yahoo.com > wrote:
> I planned on sparying it with at least a good 3 or 4 coats of krylon,
> and on top of the krylon using a petroleum jelly as a release. I am
> making a two part mold, which is where the complications may come up,
> however, the model box is going to be made of wood, so really only one
> side of the plaster mold will be exposed to the new plaster for the
> casting.
Sounds like you have a plan.
> One more thing.... will there be any detail loss using hydrocal
> instead of an alginate?
Shouldn't be any, it really depends on how well the original
holds up. Some time a flexibale mold is the only way you can
reproduce something. Though most of my life casting has been
done with plain old plaster.
> I am making a mold of a brain....
Cool.... Tell us how it goes.
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Evyn
Kudgetech, agressive recycling in a throwaway world.
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