Re: [ATM] Source for Dental Stone

[buck childers <bchilders@everestkc.net>]

Try calling a few commercial building supply outlets in your area and
ask for Hydrocal, Ultracal, Hydro-stone or gypsum cements.  I haven't
checked lately but I don't think the Home Depot type places don't carry
it and if they do it's probably more expensive there.  From the
commercial supply you're probably looking at a 50lb bag minimum but the
stuff is fairly cheap.  I think when I was checking a while back I could
get 50# from building supply for the same cost that hobby shops were
selling 25#.

Within each of these there are product differences in expansion and
final strength and hardness, setup time etc.  You want something of high
compression strength when fully cured.  You can find product
specifications on these by searching the net.  All of these products
have been used with success as tile tools.

-Buck


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Turner" <rbturner@charter.net>
To: "ATMList Post" <atm@atmlist.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 9:37 AM
Subject: [ATM] Source for Dental Stone


> Where is a good cheap source to acquire dental stone or plaster good
for
> making tile tools? I think I just want to buy a large amount of this
stuff
> to be able to make tools as needed. Is there places I should try
locally or
> is there a good online source?
>
> Robert
>
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