Mold Mix 6

Goldfinger · Post by **Goldfinger** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 8:04 pm

Hi: Who on the board uses Mold Mix 6 for casting molds? I am thinking about making a mold for jewelry using this. As you know- this is an expensive material and the only way it would make any sense is if it withstood repeated firings. This won't be for slumping but for casting. Anyone have any opinions as to how many times you can reuse a mold like this before it falls apart?

Thanks

Steve

jerry flanary · Post by **jerry flanary** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 10:59 am

once.
Maybe if you made your piece w/ no undercuts, used a release like a light kilnwash swished inside, and fired absolutely as cold as you can you might get two. But I would have to see it to believe it. MM6 is used as a very thin shell. You know that, right?

Bert Weiss · Post by **Bert Weiss** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 11:10 am

jerry flanary wrote:once.
Maybe if you made your piece w/ no undercuts, used a release like a light kilnwash swished inside, and fired absolutely as cold as you can you might get two. But I would have to see it to believe it. MM6 is used as a very thin shell. You know that, right?

I've seen MM6 used in a thick mold. The best seperator to use with it is colloidal allumina. I imagine that whoever sells the MM6 might carry it. I have been advised by Zircar who makes MM6 that it can be less expensive from a glass wholesaler than directly from Zircar as the wholesaler might discount it and the factory only sells retail.