Mold and Cast a Hand With Alginate

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Mold and Cast a Hand With Alginate

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Prepare the Alginate

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Alginate is a powder which you have to mixed with water to obtain a mold mixture.

Assays are : 1 mesure of alginate for 1 mesure of lukewarm water.

Make the Mold

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Alginate is perfect for body mold. You can even use it on your teeth … dentists do it !

You have just to make the contact.

For a hand, plunge it in the mixture and wait few minutes. Time to make the mixture solid.

Easy and Fast : Mold OK

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When the mold is solid, you can get out you hand.

Prepare Plaster

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The mold have to be used immediately and it's for an unique cast.

So prepare some plaster.

Cast Le Plaster in

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Do it … do it … do it … !

Plaster Is Now Solid

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Properly, cut the mold to extract the cast.

Here We Go !

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A perfect plaster hand is …. !

CONGRATULATIONS !