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    Job wanted: 40 years experience full service

    If you would like to see my detailed PDF resume just drop me a line at [email protected] if the attachment below does not come up properly Not likely to permanently leave home in CA but I will consider an extended temp assignment or periodic commute. I am especially interested in a tech rep...
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    Full service lab closing, old lab tech selling all see list

    Lab closing Marina, CA 93933 Selling off everything from full service lab by end of November. If you want any of this don't wait too long because some of this will go on Ebay shortly and you can't cancel the bid/sale after 5 days. Porcelain oven Q50 with pump $1200...maybe a second one later...
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    Success System Denture press for sale + 4 flasks Dentsply

    Success System Denture press for sale + 4 flasks Listed on Ebay witha start of 899.00 with a buy it now of 2K I think, There are only 2 for sale on Ebay and this one is by far the cheapest. The other starts 1300.00 with a buy it know of 2500.00 It has always had a very small air leak...
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    Wax up of the week

    It is not to be expected that many can achieve below level of waxing proficiency - not to mention customization -but it also helps to have breathed 35 years of acetone and dentist breath. Photos of an "interesting" typodont that will give you bad dreams on ebay Item Id: 251209866340 Can't...
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    Partial ringless refrac anti-blowout tip STOPS burnout crack problems altlab

    If you do ringless....If you buy 1/4 inch galvanized STEEL hardware cloth in about 4 inch rolls (for gutters) and overlap it in any amount in the casting refrac mold you will never have a blowout from a cracked model(don't wire it together-just overlap) . The hot molds still get micro cracks of...
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    Model Duplication Using Vacuum Form Material

    Recycle silicone FAST shred method We use Z-dupe (Henry Schein) purchased from Zahn Dental. EXCELLENT and no vac required and ready in about 30 min. Shockingly accurate.Shore is 15. Very soft but plenty strong; no tearing. All silicone is expensive but adding recycled silcone makes it very...
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    pour, inject ,press or ,denture

    Reply to aracuria Aracuria, I think I would be well suited to being a teacher since they work long hours, are pooly paid and they have obstreperous clientell who know everything! I appreciate your appreciation. I wish there were more practical uses for this research. Achieving greatness as a...
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    Water in the air line

    addendum: about my hot attic and cold walls Of course your mileage may vary. Howsoever... My compressor is in a hot attic and the airline exits into a cool uninsulated room about 40-50F every night 365 days a year about 20 feet below the compressor. The lines are run on or near the concrete...
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    Water in the air line

    A 13 year tested cheap cheap solution for air line h20 Greetings. I used to use dessicants and then it occured to me to try the following. I have used this method 13 years in 2 locations and because I am a coward I put glass moisture site bulbs at each piece of equipment as a double check but...
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    pour, inject ,press or ,denture

    Mr. CSHOF with appreciation a reply on air cylinder pressure computation Thanks for the commemnt Mr. CSHOF. I certainly could have gone into more detail that would have been clearer and the truth is you are not exactly right or wrong on all points but your final pressure computations would not...
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    pour, inject ,press or ,denture

    Update to Success bubble Q? Thanks Mr. Harry1 for the reply.I also strongly suspect an exotherm culprit exascerbated by cure temp and thickness. I finally got through to a tech rep at Dentsply. Friendly but completely baffled. No answer to the question of why we are curing the denture at 52C...
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    pour, inject ,press or ,denture

    Success system Need help-intermittent problem Q? on problem follows set-up: I spent about 7 years in dentures and am now getting back into it. Greetings.I use the Dentsply Success System with a twist- I use their Fas-Por+ that can be poured or injected. I inject all dentures. Cures in 15...
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    Model side release agent for dentures - need suggestions

    To Mr. Kcdt et al seperator, foil on repairs Mr.KCDT: In reply to:To: KCDT and the world: Wow! welcome. Do you have any pictures of these tin foil techniques? I'm fascinated. I would love to learn a new trick! So are you burnishing your model during a repair, or are you burnishing it to the...
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    Fastest way to make removables.

    Mr. Denturist: I read with interest your half-flask technique and I noticed you using a soft liner. Which one? Does it require a bonding agent? Thanks
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    Model side release agent for dentures - need suggestions

    To: KCDT and the world: You wrote:"I've been using DVA Acrylic and Plaster Separator. Some kind of formula involving PVS solids. " Thanks for the suggestion and I ordered it on your recco. I think one of the other posters may be confusing your suggestion with DVA's Very Special Seperator" - I...
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    Model side release agent for dentures - need suggestions

    I would appreciate your suggestion regarding "God's Gift To The World Of Release Agents" for the labstone model in denture processing - pour and injection of methlmethacrilate. I use a hydrocolloid based release but I am underwhelmed. Your help please!
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    Anyone using Wironium?

    Mr. Clear Precision. Updated and expanded. Took the Wironium course. Could not afford it (I'm in CA) . HATED the fact I had to go 2500 miles X2.I accidentally did a brilliant thing and went. Did it anyway after casting sample of Wironium - clasps can be bent 180 degrees but are still...
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    dumb partial casting question

    Partial blowouts and how to end them totally Suggestion I have used with 100% success: Go to the hardware store and buy a roll of 1/4" hole galvanized STEEL hardware cloth (wire mesh)such as covers gutters and cut a length smaller in height than your ring. Overlap.Sides only - bottom not...
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