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Old 11-22-2005, 12:39 PM   #1
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Question on styrene properties

One for the real techies here...

I'm considering a complete change in the way I produce my castings and going down the route of hot melt vinyl rubber in place of messy RTV silicone.

To cut a long story short, the hot melt stuff requires heating upto 150 C - 160 C and should be poured at 140 C - 150 C.

Therefore my question is; as most of my masters I'll be making casts of are mainly made of styrene plastic, I want to know if styrene will withstand having a liquid of that temperature poured onto it without it warping etc?
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