[Jewelry making - Article 00235] - Re: [Orchid] Miniatures silver human figures

[K. David Woolley]

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    Copyright not withstanding, I would suggest either: 

    1) Sprue the plastic figure and burnout as you would wax 
    2) Use Room Temperature Vulcanizing (RTV) to make a mould, inject
    with wax and sprue the wax model. 

    Advice for RTV: 

    - Use a wax with a little hear to attach to the feet. 
    - Place suspended in a frame. 
    - Place a piece of square wax, or other place holder in each of the
      four corners. 
    - Half fill and let fully harden (about 24 hours for some). 
    - Remove corner holders. 
    - Lightly coat top/corners in Petrolium Jelly (Vasiline/etc) 
    - Fill to complete mould and let stand. 
    - Remove from frame and open and remove original, do clean up. 

    In this way you will not have to use a knife to separate the two
    halves as is the case with Vulcanizing rubber moulds. 

Best of luck,
K. David Woolley
Fredericton, NB
Diversiform Metal Art & Jewellery
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