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Diane Rossong
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Started On : 23-Aug-2009 at 03:50:13 PM, #Views : 5861
Topic Subject : Re: Re: Re: Re::: latex molds (Message No. 2502)( Mess... |
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Yes, health care, the US needs to change that. without expressiing my opinion too much, the movie Sicko explains it best. But, that's another forum.
What I use it for: I make copies mostly of baby hands and feet, for my customers family members as gifts. The big one I'm working on now is of an older ladies hand. I took a few castings while she was in the hospital, since then she has passed and the family wants many copies of thoses hands to be sent all over the world.
They were also very happy when I told them I was making permanent moulds of her hands so they can purchase them in the future.
Making the tiny hands and feet with latex was working fairly good, but with this bigger order it's become quite frustrating.
I also want to start coldcasting so I already have some molds to work with, when I get the time. (something I don't have much of)
So yes, it is time for me to switch.
Thanks for telling me which one would work best Robert, it can get kindof confusing at first.
I do have FGR 95 (they ran out of H-Cal where I get it) so I mixed it with some dental gypsum.
You say you can put fiberglass in these plasters, excuse my ignorence but do you mean fiberglass particals/stands to mix in with it? and is it easy to buy? I would like to add some strength to these hands since they won't be mounted.
Oh yes, if you guys recall a few years ago when I was trying to make a urathane mold of a pregnent belly with a hand, Dan suggested mixing in fibers, so I took some polyester pillow fiber and cut it up with scissors over and over into small particals. I was able to sucseessfully make that mold with all of your help, the mother mold is very heavy and a little funny looking since I used gypsum, but it works., and for my first mold that's all I care about.
It seems like it's mostly the same 3 or 4 guys the help out with this stuff and I certainly appreciate it.
So again THANKS GUYS!
Diane
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