Posted by Daniel E. on December 25, 1998 at 10:49:11:

In Reply to: Re: I need help with casting with Zinc!!! posted by Dee on December 24, 1998 at 20:01:08:

Since you have worked in jewelry, you probably know about vulcanized rubber molds. Why not use black rubber--the same stuff that's used in base metal casting and availble thru Rio Grande, etc.? Have you ever used Rio Grande's "American Pewter"? It's a tin-zinc-copper alloy. Since its got the trace copper, it can be plated easily. Your biggest expense will be making the mold frame (got any friends with a machine shop?)

Or else you could--if you can do relief-reverse carving--even cast it in wood with a thin coat of investment on the wood impression; or else do the sodium/silicate cure w/CO2.

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