Art Casting

The Hydracast Art Casting range is designed for a number of applications including casting medium to large ornamental parts using the lost wax process or more traditional methods

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Hydracast Cre’Art

Hydracast Cre’ Art is a ready to use, plaster-based, fine grained refractory investment, specially formulated for use in artistic applications. Cre’Art enables ideal value for money positioning with good mechanical resistance characteristics and good surface finishing.

Technical Data
% water used36
Liquid density1.8
Mixing time minutes4
Working / Casting time minutes17
Initial setting time (minutes)24
Linear expansion 2 hours after setting %0.30%
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Hydracast Tradition

Hydracast Tradition is a refractory investment designed to cast bronze parts following traditional lost wax processes, such as manual or mechanical sprueing of the investment onto a wax model. This product was designed to reproduce fine details (no sedimentation, no slumping/ flowing) and can also be mixed with chamotte to fill a mould.

Technical Data
% water used42
Liquid density1.75
Mixing time minutes4
Working / Casting time minutes13
Initial setting time (minutes)17
Linear expansion 2 hours after setting %< 0.3