From: Gregory Ballora <gregballora-AT-sbcglobal.net>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:38:32 -0800
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Paper casting contacts?



On Feb 17, 2009, at 7:19 PM, Robert Rogers wrote:

> All this talk about papier mache vs. neoprene.  Hardly anyone ever  
> mentions
> the affordable line of casting products from the Cementex Co.  I've  
> brought
> it up before, but no one seems to follow my suggestion.  I even  
> offered to
> send Mathieu a batch but he declined and instead tried to invent  
> his own.
>
> I've been using the stuff for 25 years - a mixture of L200 and No. 64
> filler.  I discovered it in a brochure about the props department  
> of the
> Metropolitan Opera in NY.  It's durable, it's long lasting and it's a
> fraction of the cost of neoprene.
>
> This is the last I'm going to write about it.
>
> Robert Rogers

Actually, I bought some, but have not cast anything lately, so have  
not used it. Hey why should you stop writing about Cementex? The  
Paper Mache Camp seems to feel free to re-post often, so you can too  
if you want. You actually offered Mathieu a free batch and he  
declined? I thought he was open to new techniques?

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