latex moulds unusable
 

This is my first posting so if I unwittingly break any rules or have
posted to the wrong group please forgive me.

My problem concerns the casting of garden ornaments, using latex
moulds. I find that after about 10 castings, the latex sticks to the
concrete and frequently tears. Has anybody else had a similar problem
and if so have they managed to get over the problem.

TIA

Castor

latex moulds unusable
 

On 28 May 2003 00:00:13 -0700, (castor)
wrote:

This is my first posting so if I unwittingly break any rules or have
posted to the wrong group please forgive me.

Looks good to me...

Maybe post over in uk.d-i-y as well; it's the sort of question the
folks over there would have answers to.

My problem concerns the casting of garden ornaments, using latex
moulds. I find that after about 10 castings, the latex sticks to the
concrete and frequently tears. Has anybody else had a similar problem
and if so have they managed to get over the problem.

Are you using a release agent? Stuff like silicone spray to keep the
concrete from sticking to the mold?

Thomas Prufer

latex moulds unusable
 

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from (castor) contains these words:

This is my first posting so if I unwittingly break any rules or have
posted to the wrong group please forgive me.

My problem concerns the casting of garden ornaments, using latex
moulds. I find that after about 10 castings, the latex sticks to the
concrete and frequently tears. Has anybody else had a similar problem
and if so have they managed to get over the problem.

Use silicone rubber instead.

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