My son's teacher recently had a baby and I wanted to cast a tile of the baby's foot. I have taken an impression of his foot with dental alginate and poured a plaster cast. What medium should I use to now make a negative cast for the positive glass foot?
Should I mix up some hydroperm-wait until it's nearly set the impress the plaster (Pamed) foot into it?
I've only casted making a "sculpey" frog on a lilipad pos. then hydroperm.neg. I don't want to have to destroy the plaster foot in any way--have to keep the options open...
Any suggestions? I checked the archives and couldn't access anything.
Thanks!!!! Kelly
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If you still have the alginate original, I would make another alginate positive from it, then make a plaster/silica negative from that. Cast your glass on the plaster/silica.
You could also use silicone or polyurethane rubber for the positive instead of alginate. It is hard to take a plaster cast from a plaster model unless you are sure there are no undercuts.
You could also use silicone or polyurethane rubber for the positive instead of alginate. It is hard to take a plaster cast from a plaster model unless you are sure there are no undercuts.