resin molds

[dscott]

if i was going to make my own molds out of wood and use foil to line them what release agent do i need too use.
I have access to some sheete of plastic if i used it they would mot stick right
any help i need it all

 

[elody21]

I use very cheap vaseline. It works great! I have used wooden pieces for various reasons in casting resin and all I do is place the vaseline on the wood! Lots of it. it has always come off.

 

[J. Fred Muggs]

You don't necessarily need to use a release agent if you use foil as a liner. Just turn it off. Only problem is you don't get to but the top side of the blank before you turn of=r saw or something.

 

[dscott]

THANK YOu ALL FOR THE IMPUT

 

[dscott]

may be a dumb question but explain but the to side

 

[alamocdc]

What he meant, David, is that you will only get to see the top side of the casting until you've cut, or turned the foil off of the casting.

 

[dscott]

thanks told you it was a dumb question

 

[alamocdc]

No such thing as a dumb question, David, except the one you failed to ask. It's just that a number of us (like me) have a tendency to fat finger the keyboard (I never took typing) and even though we know what we mean, it just doesn't come out right in the post. Bottom line: sometimes you have to ry and read between the lines... or at least try and read the mind of the poster. []

 

[rtparso]

I was in a fiberglass shop a while ago and the guy used PAM, as in cooking oil) to coat the fine detail spots.

 

[J. Fred Muggs]

Sorry about the confusion, David.
<b>"I know that you think you understood what you thought you heard me say. But, I'm not sure that what you heard is what I really meant."</b>[)]

'round here we just refer to that as Sheet 1A. It's the corrollary to Sheet 1 which says <b>"If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with BS."</b>[)]

Being old and fat fingered is rough!

Anyway Billy did understand what I meant in spite of what I said and did a good job of explaining for me. Thanks, Billy[]

 

[dscott]

thank you i pored some last night will see what happens will post pics when i ge them out
again thanks

 

[alamocdc]

Can't wait to see them, David. No problem, Fred. I figured if I got it wrong, you'd correct me. [:I]