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How to keep resin from sticking to a mold?!?!

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  • Member since
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  • From: The Green "Mountains", Vermont
How to keep resin from sticking to a mold?!?!
Posted by IanIsBored2000 on Sunday, October 15, 2006 2:55 PM

Ok, well Im working on an Omaha beach diorama, and what would Omaha be without the explosions of mortars hitting the water?  I could make them out of plaster or something, and paint it, but I think clear resins and things make much more realistic looking water, atleast for 1/35, so Im using 2 part Epoxy Resin.  I made a few qucik, but nice molds out of tinfoil, to capture the randomness of a plume of water blasting into the sky, as it would from a mortar or a depth charge or something.  So I poured in my resin, and let it sit and harden.  But when it was dry, no matter what I did I just could not get the tinfoil off.  I cut it in half, and It looked perfect, I just couldnt get the tinfoil off!! So my question is what could I use to coat the inside of my "mold" with so that when the resin dried I could pull it out? maybe spray on some sort of gloss or hairspray or something to make a slippery caoting bertween the resin and the mold? or would hose things just mix with the resin?  Also, Im sure you can buy multiple products specifically for this, but Im on a low budget, so are there any other things that would work?

Thanks guys, Ian

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Posted by smokinguns3 on Sunday, October 15, 2006 3:19 PM
Try pam as a relese agentMy 2 cents [2c]
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Posted by IanIsBored2000 on Sunday, October 15, 2006 3:46 PM
Wow, amazing I never thought of that! a cheap, commmon household material in a convenient spray can, made specifically for doing exactly what I was looking for!  my god (smacks himself in the head)Banged Head [banghead].  Thanks for the idea, and if that doesnt work, I was gonna try some, I beleive its called "flux"? its besically like a jelly lubricant that i watched my dad use with a soldering iron once, maybe that will work.  Thanks a ton for the PAM suggestion!
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  • From: Mansfield, TX
Posted by EdGrune on Sunday, October 15, 2006 5:48 PM

I tried the PAM route and it didn't work.   Had to cut my master out of the RTV, ruining the RTV mold in the process.    I asked Jon Warneke of Iron Shipwright what he uses for 2-part molds and he told me Vaseline Petroleum Jelly.    Heat it carefully to melt it, then brush a thin coat over the RTV and parts that you want to separate.

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  • From: The Green "Mountains", Vermont
Posted by IanIsBored2000 on Sunday, October 15, 2006 8:40 PM
Ya, I tried the PAM today as well, it worked in some places, but in other places the resin stuck just as badly to the foil.  I was able to peal off about 50% of the foil, and since it was a water splash/explosion I was making, i was able to cover the sticking tinfoil in white caulking and paint to replicate the splash anyways.  But overall, I would not suggest PAM to anyone else.  Thanks for the petroleum idea as well.
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  • From: PA
Posted by daveinthehat on Sunday, November 26, 2006 11:45 AM
There's several different types of mold relese sprays available. They very in how thick they are. The thicker ones will leave an orange peel effect on the part. Your best bet is to get some from a resin suplier. The kind I like is called Rocket Relese.
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Posted by berny13 on Wednesday, November 29, 2006 10:28 AM
Go to a hardware store or automotive supply store and get a can of silicone spray lube.  I have used that and I have never had a problem with resin sticking to the mold.   Just be sure you wash your resin parts with hot soapy water to remove the silicone. 

Berny

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