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Offline Sangennaru

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Hydrocal in Europe
« on: June 02, 2009, 06:13:58 PM »
Hi everyone!
I was looking for some kind of really good plaster for making moulds and stuff like that, and I read about this Hydrocal (and also Ultracal)... The question is, I've found them in US, and i should borrow them whith few money but... I'm not in Us!

What can i do, then? Do you know the name of some sites to order plasters in europe? :)

Offline Sangennaru

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Re: Hydrocal in Europe
« Reply #1 on: June 03, 2009, 05:00:51 PM »
I've found that there are many other kinds of hard "dentistic" plaster... do you know any kind of sellers in europe? :)

Offline dijit

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Re: Hydrocal in Europe
« Reply #2 on: June 03, 2009, 05:05:17 PM »
I've no idea what it is, or why it is different to normal plaster (I'm assuming you're meaning something ike platers of paris?); so a short description might help a little.

Offline MuleSkinner

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Re: Hydrocal in Europe
« Reply #3 on: June 04, 2009, 01:28:24 PM »
you could try a plaster i've used a lot called Keramin.
it sets extremely hard as it has a ceramic powder mixed in with plaster powder, and is really cheap too !
i'll include a link to the companys website for you for more info

http://www.terragenesis.co.uk/infopages/page536.html

the bag in the picture on their website i pick up at my local modelling store cost me less than £2
 EDIT: Just realised i pasted the wrong link, here is the link to the manufacturers website

http://www.glorex.de/
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Offline Gluteus Maximus

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Re: Hydrocal in Europe
« Reply #4 on: June 04, 2009, 07:09:19 PM »
you could try a plaster i've used a lot called Keramin.
it sets extremely hard as it has a ceramic powder mixed in with plaster powder, and is really cheap too !
i'll include a link to the companys website for you for more info

http://www.terragenesis.co.uk/infopages/page536.html

the bag in the picture on their website i pick up at my local modelling store cost me less than £2
 EDIT: Just realised i pasted the wrong link, here is the link to the manufacturers website

http://www.glorex.de/

Presumably, being harder, it lasts longer than basic plaster of paris and gives more "castings" per mould?

Could be very useful  :)

Offline Unforgiven

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Re: Hydrocal in Europe
« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2009, 03:02:35 AM »
You should go on: http://hirstarts.com/

on the message board (forum) there are a couple europeans, ask them or just go in the "where to buy plaster" thread, many places!

hope I helped.

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Offline Sangennaru

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Re: Hydrocal in Europe
« Reply #7 on: June 05, 2009, 08:59:09 AM »
;)

http://www.pascal-rosier.com/boutique.asp?Idbranche=107

uhmmm... I've problems with french... :P


thank you everyone, I'll try asking around, you have been really helpfull!

Offline Remgain

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Re: Hydrocal in Europe
« Reply #8 on: June 09, 2009, 11:00:30 AM »
(try art shops)

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Offline Cheeky Monkey

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Re: Hydrocal in Europe
« Reply #9 on: June 19, 2009, 04:11:30 PM »
I agree with "Unforgiven" - go to the Hirst Forums!!!! The amount of info there is amazing and there are people from all over the world who can steer you in the right direction.
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