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Casting
Description
- Casting allows for a fast and simple manufacture of repetitive pieces.
- Depending on the plaster used for casting, these pieces can go indoors and / or outdoors. Similarly, hardness varies a lot.
- The mould is first made from a model in silicone or polyurethane.
- The pieces are cast in the mould with the aid of a brush. The resulting plaster mix is relatively liquid.
- Upon hardening of the plaster it is removed from the mould.
- The mould is available again for another piece.
- Once turned from the mould the pieces are placed to dry.
Tips
- Plaster integrally colored is not to be painted.
- Various treatments (washing, brushing, sandblasting i.e.) can obtain a variety of textures.
Tools
- Traditional ornamental plaster equipment : mixers, flexible brushes, straight edges etc...
- Silicone
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