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Dan Spector

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Started On : 22-Sep-2009 at 11:56:16 PM, #Views : 5838

Topic Subject : Re: Re: Question re: plasticene




Ron

What have you turned up in a search so far?
Dan Spector
dan@archicast.com



On Sep 22, 2009, at 10:09 PM, aliforum@lifecasting.org wrote:

> ------------Silica-Free & Oh So GREEN------->
>
> NEW! MoldGel SILFREE. A revolutionary formula.
> Made with all food-grade ingredients. It nourishes
> the earth when discarded. 3-to-1 mix ratio yields
> twice the volume as those 1-to-1 brands. Delayed
> shrinkage for delayed casting - so creamy smooth, too.
> To learn more about it click here
> ---------------------------------------------->
>
>
> Hello Dan Spector

>
>
> Post Date : Tuesday 22nd 2009f September 2009 11:01:27 PM
> Posted by : "Ron Ball" ponchoball@gmail.com
>
> Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Question re: pink:--
>
>
> any suggestions on suppliers?
>
> On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 3:39 PM, wrote:
>
> > ------------Silica-Free & Oh So GREEN------->
> >
> > NEW! MoldGel SILFREE. A revolutionary formula.
> > Made with all food-grade ingredients. It nourishes
> > the earth when discarded. 3-to-1 mix ratio yields
> > twice the volume as those 1-to-1 brands. Delayed
> > shrinkage for delayed casting - so creamy smooth, too.
> > To learn more about it click here
> > ---------------------------------------------->
> >
> >
> > Hello Ron Ball
>
> >
> >
> > Post Date : Sunday 06th 2009f September 2009 05:31:55 PM
> > Posted by : "Dan Spector" dan@archicast.com
> >
> > Re: Re: Re: Re: Question re: pink house:--
> >
> >
> >
> > Modeling clay, plasticene, plastalina.. the non-hardening clays
> > actually are a mix of clay powder and wax, not oil, so they soften/
> > harden with temperature. I've never heated mine beyond mayonnaise
> > viscosity but if John says it can be done..
> > I strongly doubt it would melt and run out cleanly. And now we'll
> get
> > into a long exchange about UK vs American plasticenes.
> > When pouring the actual wax, polycrystalline, you want to pour in
> and
> > pour out to leave a thin layer. Only when that is cool is it
> smart to
> > pour in next batch. Otherwise, new wax will remelt old wax
> especially
> > on inward-facing points on mold. If you poured in wax and just left
> > it, you'd see it shrinks into the thickest sections. Wax simply has
> > to be poured one layer at a time.
> > John means "Urethane".
> >
> > Dan Spector
> > 901 323 8717
> > www.lifecast-art.com
> > dan@archicast.com
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sep 6, 2009, at 6:33 AM, aliforum@lifecasting.org wrote:
> >
> > > ------------Silica-Free & Oh So GREEN------->
> > >
> > > NEW! MoldGel SILFREE. A revolutionary formula.
> > > Made with all food-grade ingredients. It nourishes
> > > the earth when discarded. 3-to-1 mix ratio yields
> > > twice the volume as those 1-to-1 brands. Delayed
> > > shrinkage for delayed casting - so creamy smooth, too.
> > > To learn more about it click here
> > > ---------------------------------------------->
> > >
> > >
> > > Hello Dan Spector
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Post Date : Sunday 06th 2009f September 2009 07:26:50 AM
> > > Posted by : "John Schoonraad" john@lifecast.co.uk
> > >
> > > Re: Re: Re: Question re: pink house:--
> > > Yes Joseph
> > > I make a lot of photo realistic dummies for film in the case of a
> > > photo realistic head I make an alginate mould of the subject then
> > > pour in molten plastelina I slush it in temp being very important
> > > as too hot creats steam bubbles tiny little dots you realy dont
> > > need ,then i fill the center with a semi hard eurathane this
> can be
> > > spiked on to the body if required in fact I do the whole body
> using
> > > this procedure
> > > Advantages being easy to clean up easy to sculpt the eyes open
> > > and the look can be changed to give a more life like look I really
> > > work on my coaching of the sbject to give the exspession I want
> but
> > > you can still end up with a slight frown that you dont wont or you
> > > can easily add a slight smile or just cut in to the jaw so it
> drops
> > > in to a screaming exspession as we did on "Gladiator" when the
> > > female charioteer had her head cut off
> > > using plastelina also makes it easy to applie texture using latex
> > > pads cast from plaster cast of varying skin types elbows eye
> > > wrinkles even navels it kind of means that all casts are
> redeemable
> > > and can be fixed
> > > its a great way to cast whole bodies especialy children
> recently we
> > > cast my grandsson for the second time the first was when he was 5
> > > he's now 7 and you can do an arm one day the chest another and so
> > > on he's a tough little guy and so we have done it in 2 goes and he
> > > really enjoys it and wants to do more you can see a pic of him on
> > > my web site hanging from a pole another anvantage of this tecnique
> > > is that there is no position that cannot be acheived given a
> little
> > > thought
> > > exciting stuff .
> > > Go Safley
> > >
> > > John John Schoonraad
> > >
> > > Lifecast Ltd
> > > E: info@lifecast.co.uk
> > > W: www.lifecast.co.uk
> > > T: +44 (0)7877 035 895
> > >
> > > Workshop 6
> > > Elstree Film & TV Studios
> > > Shenley Road
> > > Borehamwood
> > > Herts
> > > WD6 1JG
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: aliforum@lifecasting.org
> > > To: john@lifecast.co.uk
> > > Sent: Sunday, September 06, 2009 3:45 AM
> > > Subject: A new topic has been added-Re: Re: Question re: pink
> house
> > > ( Message No. 2546)
> > >
> > >
> > > ------------Silica-Free & Oh So GREEN------->
> > >
> > > NEW! MoldGel SILFREE. A revolutionary formula.
> > > Made with all food-grade ingredients. It nourishes
> > > the earth when discarded. 3-to-1 mix ratio yields
> > > twice the volume as those 1-to-1 brands. Delayed
> > > shrinkage for delayed casting - so creamy smooth, too.
> > > To learn more about it click here
> > > ---------------------------------------------->
> > >
> > >
> > > Hello John Schoonraad
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Post Date : Saturday 05th 2009f September 2009 10:39:41 PM
> > > Posted by : "Joseph Gourlay" jgourlay@mindspring.com
> > >
> > > Re: Re: Question re: pink house:--
> > > John, thanks for your reply! Yes, the final point is lost wax
> > > (bronze).
> > >
> > > So, you think just dumping all the wax in at once is causing this?
> > > Also, are you saying you melt and pour plastalina?
> > >
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