Duraflex

[guilbd1270]

I have an old Vaplast system, been shooting tcs and valplast for a very long time but now one of my Drs want to use Duraflex. Does anybody know if i can use my vaplast system to shoot duraflex? or any special kit I need to order... or even better any of the labs here that can do my duraflex partials please send me an email here or at [email protected] with price and turn around time ASAP ( Ahora) lol

 

[bigj1972]

Your setup can handle Duraflex.

Melted viscosity is similar to Nylon (Valplast/ Unbreakable).
Curious why he requests the change.

 

[AaronW12321]

Duraflex is easier to work with chairside/repair/add teeth to. Isn't Valplast a huge pain to work with?

 

[guilbd1270]

Your setup can handle Duraflex.

Melted viscosity is similar to Nylon (Valplast/ Unbreakable).
Curious why he requests the change.

Yeah, she wants to repair or reline chairside. So then 550 F temperature for 11 minutes then just like valplast, Thanks

 

[bigj1972]

Uh...They are both the same in those aspects. Acrylic doesn't stick to either one of them. Someone needs to read over IFU again.

Chair-side???????
Hows that gonna work?

 

[Doris A]

Uh...They are both the same in those aspects. Acrylic doesn't stick to either one of them. Someone needs to read over IFU again.

Chair-side???????
Hows that gonna work?

I've been too busy so I haven't watched it, but there is a video on their site that says supposedly you can add teeth to them.

 

[bigj1972]

Duraflex is easier to work with chairside/repair/add teeth to. Isn't Valplast a huge pain to work with?

They both equally work the same.

 

[bigj1972]

I've been too busy so I haven't watched it, but there is a video on their site that says supposedly you can add teeth to them.

You can add teeth to both duraflex and valplast. But I don't see a dentist doing it and especially chairside (or in the back).

 

[bigj1972]

Just be sure before going down a new path you've gone over the particulars and not just glance at a brochure. There are only two FDA thermoplastics that acrylic will bond to, and Nylons or Duraflex aren't on the list.

However a trained technician can add/repair both, but it'll take more skill than self cure.

Relining???? No

Now I think there might have been a silicone soft reline for gun injector that worked for Duraflex, but you know that's temporary fix a flat.

Only "reline" for one of those flexibles is to send back to the lab, flask, reinject..... Essentially make a new one out of old one like denture rebasing .

 

[bigj1972]

Yeah, she wants to repair or reline chairside. So then 550 F temperature for 11 minutes then just like valplast, Thanks

Well read the IFU for Duraflex. They both could have different temperatures and soak times... I'm just letting you know that a manual injection system will work for Duraflex.

 

[FASTFNGR]

I have an old Vaplast system, been shooting tcs and valplast for a very long time but now one of my Drs want to use Duraflex. Does anybody know if i can use my vaplast system to shoot duraflex? or any special kit I need to order... or even better any of the labs here that can do my duraflex partials please send me an email here or at [email protected] with price and turn around time ASAP ( Ahora) lol

Valplast melts at 446 degree. A lot less than nylon type. Same size cartridge so I am not sure why not.

 

[bigj1972]

Valplast melts at 446 degree. A lot less than nylon type. Same size cartridge so I am not sure why not.

Valplast is a nylon. Duraflex is a polyolefin. They are two different thermoplastics with different melting temperatures and different/shared properties.

Like PVC and CPVC
Like ABS and HTPE
Plastic, similar, but different.

 

[Cleo]

I inject both materials. At my altitude, valplast at 550 for 9 minutes. Duraflex at 455 for 11 minutes. Same machine. I buy bulk cartridges and beads and use the same cartridges for both materials.

 

[guilbd1270]

Thanks everybody for your responses, I will definitely talk to her about doing a reline on the Duraflex... She recently graduated and bought that practice from one of my oldest accounts SO that's the answer right there, jejeje

 

[bigj1972]

Thanks everybody for your responses, I will definitely talk to her about doing a reline on the Duraflex... She recently graduated and bought that practice from one of my oldest accounts SO that's the answer right there, jejeje

And while you are Googleing, be aware there is a resin called Reliance DURAflex that IS NOT Myerson Duraflex we commonly discuss here.