How To Make A Two Piece Plaster Mold For Slip Casting
Wrap aluminum flashing around the prototype to serve as cottle boards leaving a 1 2 inch gap between the flashing and the edge of the clay form the flashing creates a barrier to contain the plaster once it is poured onto the prototype 3.
How to make a two piece plaster mold for slip casting. Thanks for watching y all. Please try again later. How to make a plaster mold for slip casting part 2. I m not an expert on the subject but i ve read that they preheat the plaster molds almost to the temperature of the molten metal to prevent thermal shock but the mold is also broken to get the part out.
Today gates walks us through the slip casting process for one of her jug forms using a four piece plaster mold for the body and a two piece plaster mold for the handle. If you preheat the mold this shouldn t be an issue. This feature is not available right now. They were casting iron with the lost wax method of making the molds.
I had to pour this find out what it was. Ceramic decals can be applied to any glazed object but it makes life easier if the ceramic form has smooth surfaces to avoid the problem of trapped air creating bubbles and holes in the. Recorded on april 11 2011 using a flip video camera.