Smooth-Cast?

Hey,

Has anyone used the above product?, we use it at work for taking casts of moulds.

Basically what it is, is a liquid plastic that you mix, then in 30mins is sets into a solid white plastic, I was using it today an was thinking that there must be some application I can put it to use in in my modelling.

Any ideas?

Dan.

I use Smooth-Cast but I use the faster setting variant.
It comes in several formulation depending on the setting time you require.

Basically, what you're using is what we refer to here as resin, essentially a plastic resin at that. Do a search and you'll see it's used pretty extensively.

Ahh..cool, we use 321, sets in 30mins, and seems to give a good finished result.

Its also pretty cheap to, I will do a search on resin and see what comes up.

Cheers

Dan.

Alumilute is pretty good, in my limited experience (Cured in like 10 minutes).

I have a lot of space to fill in, is this stuff good for that sort of thing? I have Bondo filler, but I don't know if it's strong enough. This is something I can't use styrene for.

Resin is really not a good filler, compared to Bondo, or better, a 2part putty. As for at home casting, use the Alumilite, it's quick, and will give a strough stable product when cured.






I have a lot of space to fill in, is this stuff good for that sort of thing? I have Bondo filler, but I don't know if it's strong enough. This is something I can't use styrene for.

So...Bondo will work then?

Bondo Body Filler doesnt stick to plastic. I'd use something like epoxy putty.

Alumilute is pretty good, in my limited experience (Cured in like 10 minutes).

I've used both the Alumilite and Smooth-On resins, I can assure you the Smooth-On resins are 100% better.