Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:26:55 -0500
From: Hobey Ford <hobeyone-AT-gmail.com>
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Cementex L200 - Paper casting contacts?


I used cementex products 25 years ago and had good results.  The nice
option is that you can control the rigidity. So would often use a more
pliable batch for a flexible rubber face.   Henson productions used it
for awhile.  I went down the foam rubber trail eventually instead.
The shrinkage was a lot less than neoprene.  The neoprene stuff has
outlasted the cementex stuff though which on my 25 year old stuff is
getting mushy.


On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 10:30 PM, Kurt and Kathy Hunter
<HunterMarionettes-AT-earthlink.net> wrote:
> Okay, you've got my attention this time.  What's the shrinkage like?
>
> Kurt
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Robert Rogers
> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 9:20 PM
> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
> Subject: [Puptcrit] Paper casting contacts?
>
> 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
>
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