paleonet casting agent

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PaleoNetters,

 

Our education centre manager is looking for a material which can be used to cast replicas from latex moulds of fossils and needs something that can effectively cure in less than about 10-15 minutes and which members of the general public can take home and stick on their mantelpiece. With my limited knowledge I suspect that plaster-of-paris would take too long to cure. Does anyone know of anything that would cure in such a short time, but which is not expensive?

 

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Dr John R. Laurie

Petroleum and Marine Division 

GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA
GPO Box 378        
Canberra ACT 2601      
Australia
             
Tel: (02) 6249 9412; Fax: (02) 6249 9980
E-mail: John.Laurie@ga.gov.au

Street Address:
Cnr Jerrabomberra Avenue & Hindmarsh Drive
Symonston ACT 2609

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