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FORUMS   Author Message Sonia Bethwaite Joined: : 04-Sep-2006 Started On : 30-Dec-2006 at 04:00:02 PM, #Views : 6061 Topic Subject : RE: A new topic has been added-Re: Re: How to avoid Dimples in alginate? Aura is beautiful Very impressive.Was she cast in Bronze? Happy New Year to all ALI members Sonia www.impressum.co.uk -----Original Message----- From: aliforum@lifecasting.org [mailto:aliforum@lifecasting.org] Sent: 30 December 2006 19:46 To: soniabethwaite@talktalk.net Subject: A new topic has been added-Re: Re: How to avoid Dimples in alginate?( Message No. 1326) -----------------Amazon.com ALI Sponsor --------> NEW! Monster Movie Masks. A two part DVD series on molding, casting and finishing full latex mask. Available through http://www.Amazon.com --------------------------------------------------------> Hello Sonia Bethwaite Post Date : Saturday 30th of December 2006 02:44:48 PM Posted by : "Brent & Shirley Cairns" nakedart@xtra.co.nz Re: Re: How to avoid Dimples in alginate?:-- Goodmorning all ALI members...New years eve here in New Zealand Thought we would throw in our 2 cents worth regarding dimples... In the early days we would get a few dimples...we found three causes... Finger dimples or impressions left from outer shell... Alginate was applied to thinly...normally caused by making the mixture too runny... Solution...reduce water... Dimples, was caused by not mixing the alginate well enough...we would cut into the alginate and find hard lumps of unmixed alginate.....to do full torsos and mix in time... Solution...mix with a jiffy mixer... Last but not least...if you do not pour into alginate straight after removing from model...lumps will appear in mould as it sets..particularily on a hot day... Solution pour straight away... Hope that helps... We have attached a couple of recent works... Aura has just been finished and is to go into a superyacht... We made her as a wall mount...and base mounted... Have a wonderful New Year every one Brent & Shirley www.NakedArt.co.nz ALI is an international organization whose members are engaged in the art and creative industries. Its purpose is to promote the art of life casting create public awareness of this unique art form, provide its members with forums to exchange information, resources to enhance their effectiveness and advance opportunities for their artistic success.