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Best casting medium for bas relief latex mold?
I carved a bas relif wall plaque (about dinner-plate size, perhaps 1/2 inch thick, with some fine and deep details) and made a fairly heavyweight latex-and-gauze mold of it. Now I’m trying to figure out what medium to use in casting the final product to be hung on a wall. I’m still not sure if I want a stonelike or antiqued silver finish, but first I need to cast it. Does anyone know what would be hard and durable at the dimensions mentioned, as well as relatively-lightweight enough to hang on a wall, with a surface that can be given a faux-material finish? And something that can be cast at home, without specialized furnaces or anything…
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Can I make a rubber/latex mould of a wax ring?
me asked:
So I have carved a ring from wax and want to be able to make copies of it. How would I go about doing this? Can I just get some rubber or latex, coat the wax with it, and then cut the latex off to make a mould into which I can later pour wax? Or should I first cast the ring in metal and make a mould off of that?
Back Yard Metal Casting
So I have carved a ring from wax and want to be able to make copies of it. How would I go about doing this? Can I just get some rubber or latex, coat the wax with it, and then cut the latex off to make a mould into which I can later pour wax? Or should I first cast the ring in metal and make a mould off of that?
Back Yard Metal Casting
Can I make a rubber/latex mould of a wax ring?
me asked:
So I have carved a ring from wax and want to be able to make copies of it. How would I go about doing this? Can I just get some rubber or latex, coat the wax with it, and then cut the latex off to make a mould into which I can later pour wax? Or should I first cast the ring in metal and make a mould off of that?
Brass Metal Casting
So I have carved a ring from wax and want to be able to make copies of it. How would I go about doing this? Can I just get some rubber or latex, coat the wax with it, and then cut the latex off to make a mould into which I can later pour wax? Or should I first cast the ring in metal and make a mould off of that?
Brass Metal Casting
