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Old June 15th 04, 02:08 PM
Metis Artist
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I wanted to scult some door and window frame details, make a mold and then
cast them out of Creative paperclay. Does anyone know if this material will
dry in a rubber mould? Otherwise what would be a good material to cast in
that can also be sanded or modified. I heard that the paperclay adheres well
to wood surfaces.

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Old June 15th 04, 08:04 PM
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Metis Artist wrote:

I wanted to scult some door and window frame details, make a mold and then
cast them out of Creative paperclay. Does anyone know if this material will
dry in a rubber mould? Otherwise what would be a good material to cast in
that can also be sanded or modified. I heard that the paperclay adheres well
to wood surfaces.


I haven't tried it in a rubber mold because the texture of it seemed
pretty coarse for miniatures work. However, if the open side of the mold
was exposed I don't see why it wouldn't eventually dry. I have used
paperclay for free-form projects and it stuck very well to wood and
cardboard. The finished product was very rough afterward, though.



Dawn


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Old June 16th 04, 12:00 AM
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On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 13:08:55 GMT, "Metis Artist"
wrote:

I wanted to scult some door and window frame details, make a mold and then
cast them out of Creative paperclay. Does anyone know if this material will
dry in a rubber mould? Otherwise what would be a good material to cast in
that can also be sanded or modified. I heard that the paperclay adheres well
to wood surfaces.


There are low temperature casting metals that you can melt, literally
with a match, which you can cast in a rubber mold. It, and a complete
line of casting materials are available at www.micromark.com You
might consider plaster of paris, too. Or, if you make your mold out of
polymer clay, you can use it as a push mold for other polymer clay
castings.


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