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From: Peter W . Rowe
Date: Thu May 01 02:51:16 2008
 
     
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>     One possible alternate use of your plates would be to spray them
>     with silicon mold release and then press pink sheet wax into them
>     with a screw press. The embossed wax sheets could then be used for
>     casting. This would be very gentle on the plates. 

    Saran wrap or similar plastic wrap also makes a very good release
    for this use, and totally prevents the wax from getting caught up in
    the plates. When I studied for a time at Cranbrook in the mid 70s, we
    were using this method with good success for a number of graphic
    applications with metal. A decent machinist vise with a couple
    heavier steel plates also works to press the plate into the wax
    sheet. 

cheers
Peter
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