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I am now just a few weeks away from opening my lab. Up until this point someone else has always handled the hydrocolloid and I've run into a problem I need some help with. Bought a used CMP hydrocolloid machine.
http://www.cmpindustry.com/DuplicatorsSalesSheet 05.pdf It's the one pictured on the left.
I found a good deal for hydrocolloid online and I'm wondering if I'm going to regret it. Its called dupli-rite. I chopped it up, poured it in and started the melt down cycle. It melted and cooled perfectly. I poured a little out and it was nice solid blue. Next day the blades slide out of place and the machine stops mixing. It wasn't more than 15 minutes as I was checking it periodically. Figured out the people I bought the machine from put the coupler between the motor and the blades in upside down, I fixed the problem and have had no problems since. But now I pour a little out and it looks more like its clear with blue specs in it. Should I remelt?
Here is my real problem. I pour hydrocolloid in a duplicating flask to make a duplicate. It solidifies just fine and I pull out the model, no problems. Now I go to pour a new the duplicate and once again everything seems fine. I give it plenty of time to cure(overnight once) but then when I go to pull it out the stone is still semi wet. Its like the hydrocolloid is giving water to the stone and not letting it cure. Is it my hyrdocolloid? Do I need to remelt? What else should I do?
http://www.cmpindustry.com/DuplicatorsSalesSheet 05.pdf It's the one pictured on the left.
I found a good deal for hydrocolloid online and I'm wondering if I'm going to regret it. Its called dupli-rite. I chopped it up, poured it in and started the melt down cycle. It melted and cooled perfectly. I poured a little out and it was nice solid blue. Next day the blades slide out of place and the machine stops mixing. It wasn't more than 15 minutes as I was checking it periodically. Figured out the people I bought the machine from put the coupler between the motor and the blades in upside down, I fixed the problem and have had no problems since. But now I pour a little out and it looks more like its clear with blue specs in it. Should I remelt?
Here is my real problem. I pour hydrocolloid in a duplicating flask to make a duplicate. It solidifies just fine and I pull out the model, no problems. Now I go to pour a new the duplicate and once again everything seems fine. I give it plenty of time to cure(overnight once) but then when I go to pull it out the stone is still semi wet. Its like the hydrocolloid is giving water to the stone and not letting it cure. Is it my hyrdocolloid? Do I need to remelt? What else should I do?