Uses: Plaster is not only good for fixing broken bones but is a great material for many creative purposes as well. It can be used in model making or handicrafts either as a natural product (made from burned selenite) or as a recycled material (so-called REA plaster which comes from a flue-gas desulphurizing facility).
Treatment: Plaster will cure after only a really short working life of a few minutes. In doing so, temperatures of over 50 °C will occur. In liquid form, plaster can be poured into moulds like, for example, ones made of SILICONE RUBBER. Liquid plaster can be coloured by means of PIGMENTS or, subsequent to curing, painted with most commercial paints (including water-based paint).
Once plaster has solidified, you cannot make it pliable again by adding water because it will never become solid again. By adding cellulose paste (WALLPAPER PASTE) the setting time can be increased somewhat.
If you want to do additional work on a cured plaster piece you must soak the area with water. The plaster will then be amenable to reworking with the appropriate tool without the piece itself breaking. Once dried, plaster models can be sawn, drilled, filed, cut, sanded, etc. Before subsequently levelling out the surface with more material, the plaster should be made moist because otherwise the second coat will not hold.
harter, hochwertiger Alphagips für künstlerische Abgüsse, grobkörnig, nicht klumpend, Mischungsverhältnis Pulver zu Wasser 2,5:1, Abbindezeit 8-15 Minuten, Entformzeit 30 Minuten, bemalbar, für Anfänger und fortgeschrittene Anwender
Präzisionsgips, bemalbar durch offenporige Oberfläche
technischer Gips für die Restaurierung, dickflüssig, stark haftend auf fast allen Materialien, auch an vertikalen Oberflächen nicht tropfend, leicht nachzuarbeiten, Mischungsverhältnis Pulver zu Wasser 2:1, Abbindezeit 10-30 Minuten, Entformzeit 60 Minuten, einfärbbar, für fortgeschrittene Anwender
z.B. zum Restaurieren von Bilderrahmen und Abgüssen
white, mixing ratio of powder to water is 2:1, working life: 35-40 minutes, setting time: approx. 60 minutes, surface hardness (cured): >190 N/mm², temperature resistance (cured): short term up to 170 °C.
high quality casting powder, mixing ratio of powder to water is 4:1, working life: 8-10 minutes, curing time: approx. 30 min., expansion: 0.3%, surface hardness (cured): >300 N/mm², 1000 g powder result in 600 ml casting material, temperature resistance when cured: approx. 80 °C, very break resistant, easy releasing (from ...
