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Started On : 28-Aug-2006 at 08:30:04 AM, #Views : 6315
Topic Subject : Re: Help please - repairs & finishing |
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I use fiberglass mat, and recommend it, but others use sisal well. I get it
in to the casting right away and in each batch of whichever plaster i add.
Also I put it in the mold. You might want to reinforce the thin bandage mold
too.
Dan
> From: aliforum@lifecasting.org
> Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 07:00:04 -0400
> To: archicast@earthlink.net
> Subject: Re: Help please - repairs & finishing( Message No. 1139)
>
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> Hello Dan Spector
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> Post Date : Monday 28th of August 2006 07:00:01 AM
> Posted by : "Melanie Chaplain-Spence" melchaplain@yahoo.com
>
> Re: Help please - repairs & finishing:--
> Thank you Dan and Sherri for your replies. Dan - what
> fibre do you recommend and how/when do I mix it in?
> Thanks again...
>
> --- aliforum@lifecasting.org wrote:
>
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>> Hello Melanie Chaplain-Spence
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>>
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>> Post Date : Sunday 27th of August 2006 05:00:01 PM
>> Posted by : "Dan Spector" archicast@earthlink.net
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>> Re: Help please - repairs & finishing:--
>> Hello and welcome, Melanie
>> I'm an oldtime plaster user.
>> IF you wet the spot to be repaired before you patch
>> it, it''ll bond and last
>> forever. But if you care, thick little batches won't
>> be the same white as
>> the mass, they'll be yellowish. So mixing it the
>> same as the mass cast batch
>> will show less if unpainted, and will take stain
>> more like the big areas.
>> You must clean up patches/fills almost immediately
>
>> not "later." I use a
>> round yellow sponge, sold by ceramic supply houses.
>> You avoid "bugholes" by chasing airbubbles away when
>> casting. One way is
>> vibration but often our molds are fragile. So if you
>> are using a fiber in
>> your plaster, [recommended], use a wad of it to
>> whisk all over the surface
>> after you've poured your batch into the mold.
>> You'll still have a few.
>> --
>> Dan Spector
>> 901 323 8717
>> http://www.archicast.com/Lifecast-index1.html
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>>> From: aliforum@lifecasting.org
>>> Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 13:30:11 -0400
>>> To: archicast@earthlink.net
>>> Subject: Help please - repairs & finishing(
>> Message No. 1137)
>>>
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>>> Hello Dan Spector
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Post Date : Sunday 27th of August 2006 01:30:03 PM
>>> Posted by : "Melanie Chaplain-Spence"
>> melchaplain@yahoo.com
>>>
>>> Help please - repairs & finishing:--
>>> Hello
>>> Help please !
>>> I was tutored in aspects of lifecasting, but I am
>>> self-teaching repairs & finishing. When I cast a
>>> hand, and it has some air bubble holes in finger
>> tips
>>>
>>> I've picked up you can mix a thick plaster paste
>> and
>>> in-fill (to tidy up later). I worry that this
>> will
>>> seperate some time down the line. could anyone
>> advise
>>> me 1)the very best ways to repair,2) the best ways
>> to
>>> avoid this in first place 3) expected lifetime of
>> such
>>> repairs.
>>> Thank you so much...
>>> Melanie
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
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> 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.
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