Mold Making and Casting: EZ Flo 60 resin cast into alginate

Here are some tips fr casting EZ Flo resin directly into an alginate mold. We used 16oz of EZ Flo 60 to pour a hand cast. We accelerated the resin with 6 drops of 15X resin accelerator in order to reduce the chance of bubbles or contamination on the resin cast surface.

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[cooldog60]

How would you make that so it is hollow inside like a glove?

[brickintheyard]

@cooldog60 You could use EZ Flo 120.

[Ninjaculation]

the fingers appear to be a bit flexy. when it fully cures are they hard?

[brickintheyard]

@Ninjaculation Yes. EZ Flo 60, when fully cured, is a hard white plastic.

[antijelly]

so these molds are made to be disposable? i noticed you just ripping it apart at the end.. can they be reused?

[brickintheyard]

@antijelly Yes, an alginate mold is temporary. A silicone cast can be removed sometimes without destroying the mold but not a resin or plaster cast.

[cooldog60]

@brickintheyard Thanks, Can you do a video showing how that is done?

[brickintheyard]

@akc5150 Yes, glad you caught that. Just testing to see how alert the viewers are! :)

[akc5150]

6 drops to a 16 pound batch?? (5:40min) Jeez!! what did you do with the other 15 pounds of resin??!!!!

(Just kidding... VERY informative vid!!)

[brickintheyard]

@btucker1975 Are you asking about the alginate mold? Alginate is a 1 time use mold.