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I want to make some molds
19Delta
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Posted: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 03:50 AM UTC
I started doing some home made diorama house builds but my method kind of sucks when coming to making a few of them. I've been using aluminum foil then just using the opposite end up a fine tip paint brush and scribing the house into that. Then filling it in with plaster of paris. It works pretty well, and detail is pretty good. But when I go to make more then one it's fubar'd. So I was wondering if theres an easier way to make duplicates. Ive tried candle wax, parifin wax, glay (which worked kind of).
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Posted: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 03:58 AM UTC
19Delta
Check out this article - I use this same latex product for resin and plaster (page 2 of the article). I use it a great deal with molds for plaster. It works great. I have done as many as 10 pouring with one heafty mold.
To give it more 'pourings' make the latex thick - as many as 5 coats. Then between the coats mush in some guase or some pits of wire or fiberglass tape. This will give it more strength and help it hold its shape.
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