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Re: My first castings in Aluminum 356
« on: November 03, 2020, 11:02:26 pm »
I had heard that one could spray an alcohol and graphite mixture onto sand molds to make the surface finish better, and so I made the mistake of spraying that onto petrobond, which was a huge blunder, and one of many blunders I made while learning how to cast metal.

Here are the results.
Top looks ok.
Bottom was a disaster.

 
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