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fiberglass
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2003 2:54 pm
by slats
Is it possible to use fiberglass for making molds for slumping?
Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2003 12:46 pm
by Tony Serviente
To stiffen fiberglass you have to use a resin/hardner that would burn out well below slump temps. Even if you somehow rigidized it, your form would be moving as well as glass you wanted to slump.
Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2003 11:45 pm
by Tom White
The only practical use of fiberglass for a slumping mold I have heard of is the use of borosilicate glass fibers in a plaster/silica mold to strengthen it and prevent cracking while firing. BTW, contacte me directly again, the email I sent to you bounced.
Best wishes,
Tom in Texas