More one shot appliances....

[labdude]

... while I don't think these type of patterns approach the quality of a multi lay up appliance, they please alot of patients.
Mike.
Sorry Cade, I said I would do a nice write up like yours. Time is of the eccsense here for me. I hope that anyone who can modestly handle acrylic can figure out the steps. Some of the carving tools I use are visible in the pictures.

[labdude]

Zebra Appliance.

[RetainerDesigner]

I like your Zebra pattern better than mine. Mine is just a black and white tire pattern. I noticed you keep you acrylic more "dryer" than I do. it mither just bee your WHite acrylic looking dry. Man! I hate working with white acrylic!

[labdude]

Dry enough to keep from slumping, wet enough not to cause prosity.
The laying in of the black is tough point. Make the cut, place in a small amount of black. Leave that way, make the rest of the cuts, applying a small amount of black. Don't fill in the black yet. What this does is keeps the white from slumping in over the black.
After all the cuts are down and slightly filled, go back to the first cuts, moisten and add remainder of black to fill cut. Each step, only a few cuts at a time.
Try it, experiment. It works just fine.

[labdude]

[RetainerDesigner]

Zebra everything has been popular here! I guess the assistants are pushing the design. No problem here I charge an extra $3.00 for the design