I have duplicated hands from alginate.
A good material for creating a positive from alginate is Alumilite, a
castable urethane that’s really cool stuff. It kicks off in about 2
minutes once mixed. Even looks like flesh and will pick up all the
definition in the alginate. You can then duplicate again and again from
alginate, or a soft silicone mold could be poured around the Alumilite
also, then you can duplicate the Alumilite in the silicone mold maybe 50
times wihtout degradation. It’s made in Kalamazoo, MI. There phone
number: (616) 342-1259
On Fri, 5 Feb 1999 11:05:43 -0600 “Anderson Harold R.”
>I was asked to take an impression of a dying man’s hand for his family
>which
>I did using Alginate. I got a good impression and now need to make 9
>copies
>for members of the family. The plaster model will not come out of
>alginate
>without destroying it. Any ideas of a material and procedure to use
>to
>clone this hand 9 times?
>
>Harold Anderson C.O.
>
