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  • Planning Your Model and Mold
  • Choosing Your Positive
  • 3D Printing a PLA Positive
  • 3D Printing a Wax Positive
  • Wax Positive through Mold Casting
  • Making Your Plaster Mold
  • Build Your Box
  • Mixing Your Plaster and Sand
  • Pouring and Shaking
  • Curing Your Plaster
  • Melting Out Your Mold
  • Pouring Your Mold

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  1. Events

Lost Wax Casting Class

This goes through the prep process for the lost wax casting class.

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Planning Your Model and Mold

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Choosing Your Positive

No matter if you are printing your positive or using an item that you have already made... a positive is what you need. This is going to review the various ways you can make a meltable mold.

3D Printing a PLA Positive

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3D Printing a Wax Positive

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Wax Positive through Mold Casting

We aren’t going to go over here how to make a mold. RCL has classes to show you how to make a silicone mold but if you are choosing to make your positive out of wax you will likely need to make a mold to pour wax into.

Making Your Plaster Mold

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Build Your Box

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Mixing Your Plaster and Sand

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Pouring and Shaking

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Curing Your Plaster

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Melting Out Your Mold

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Pouring Your Mold

Sign up for the next RCL Metal Casting class for how to pour your mold.

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