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Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 23:05:24 -0400
Subject: [Puptcrit] Brush-On (from Smooth-On) info


Hi all. I received my face mold from my molmaking collegue.
It is awesome.I will be able to get high detail on my face casts to make many masks at a time.
I know my face enough to compensate for most people's proportions. I will use it for my more "commercial masks". I still prefer inidividual face molds when working for actors.



However, the mold comes with a bonus feature I particularly hate: the smell.
The rubber seems to still be venting its fumes, after at least 3 days from the moment it was cast.
I don't know about such chemistry, but shouldn't a set rubber be rid of the fumes by the time it was totally firm?

This is pro stuff.

I used a similar product many years ago, called S-111 (I think the product name was also Por-A-Mold).
It smelled even up to one year later, when I got the mold back from storage.

Should I expect my Brush-On rubber mold to smell for the rest of its life?
Is there a way to kill the smell?
Can I store it in a shed outside? Does it fear warm weather?
Does it fear cold (we get nasty winters here in Montreal)?


Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I happen to sleep where I work (I have more of a workshop with a bed in the middle than an appartment...)
Anytime I come home and the windows have been kept closed, I have to ventilate a LOT before the smell dissipates.
It's only one face mold!
It shouldn't saturate an entire appartment so quickly!

If only the smell was pleasant, but no, it's awful.

I don' yet get a headache from it, but I sleep with all windows open these days.
I really need this mold.  I hope there is a true solution.

Thanks for any clues...recipes!






Mathieu René Créaturiste
Marionnettes, Masques, Etcetera...
Puppets, Masks, Etcetera...
www.creaturiste.com
creaturiste-AT-magma.ca
(514) 274-8027
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