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Hand Casting Kit and Supplies

EZ Hand Casting Kit

EASY Hand Casting Kit

This kit contains everything you'll need to produce a hard stone lifecasting hand cast. You can do one or two adult hands together, an adult and a baby, or up three children's hands- all together in one sculpture.

This is the very same technique used by professional lifecasters who earn their living doing this. "Mix-in-the-Bag" technique makes this procedure easy, with very little cleanup time afterward. Five-minute set alginate for plenty of time.

Complete Printed Mixing and Casting Instructions included. A very complete procedural DVD available.

Hand Casting Kit- $34.95, $39.95 with Procedural DVD

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Hand Casting Kit DVD

Hand Casting Procedural DVD- 24 minutes

Complete, step-by-step procedure for the entire procedure.
"Posing" Tips
Alginate Mixing and Making the Mold
Stone Mixing and Pouring Cast
Unmolding Tips
"Fixing" the Casting
Painting the Casting
Lots of helpful hints to make your first project a successful one.

Hand Casting DVD- $9.95

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Alginate Bag- Pouring Water

Alginate Bag Mixing

Alginate Bag Squeezing Out

"Mix-In-The-Bag" Alginate

The easiest and neatest way to mix alginate is in a bag. This is how we recommend mixing in our Hand Casting Kits and our Torso Casting Kit.

We have put together pre-weighed bags of alginate specifically for doing hand casting in various sized buckets. Bags are 3-mil thick for strength.

The Small Alginate Bag

is enough for a 1 quart bucket (Baby Hand Cast) Just add 3 cups (24 fl. oz.) of water and mix.

The Medium Alginate Bag

is enough for a 4 quart bucket (Regular Hand Cast: 2 to 3 hands). Just add 3 quarts (96 fl. oz.) water and mix.

The Large Alginate Bag

is enough for an 8 quart bucket (Large Hand Cast: 3 to 5 hands). Just add 6 quarts (192 fl. oz.) water and mix.

Just add water, grab the top of the bag tightly and mix against the table. Since there's no mixing bucket, whisk or jiffy mixer, cleanup is a snap.

Small Bag

6 oz. 380-CC Alginate (use small bucket)
$4.50

Medium Bag

22 oz. 570-PGV Alginate (use med. bucket)
$15.00

Large Bag

44 oz. 570-PGV Alginate (use large bucket)
$26.00

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LiquiStone Bag- Pouring Water

LiquiStone- Mixing

LiquiStone- Pour Into Mold
"Mix-In-The-Bag" LiquiStone

The easiest and neatest way to mix LiquiStone is in a bag. This is how we recommend mixing in our Hand Casting Kits and our Torso Casting Kit.

We have put together pre-weighed bags of LiquiStone Gypsum Cement specifically for doing hand casting in various sized buckets.

The Small LiquiStone Bag

is enough for a 1 quart bucket. Just add 7 fl.oz. of water and mix.

The Medium LiquiStone Bag

is enough for a 4 quart bucket. Just add 21 fl.oz. of water and mix.

The Large LiquiStone Bag

is enough for an 8 quart bucket. Just add 42 fl.oz. of water and mix.

Just add water, grab the top of the bag tightly and mix against the table. Since there's no mixing bucket, whisk or jiffy mixer, cleanup is a snap.

Small Bag

16 oz. LiquiStone
$2.95

Medium Bag

48 oz. LiquiStone
$7.50

Large Bag

96 oz. LiquiStone
$14.75

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"Buckets" for Hand Casting

Split Bucket for LifeCasting

Designed to make hand casting easy, these buckets come in 3 sizes.

Small

Baby Hands and Feet

Medium

1 or 2 adult hands, or up to 3 children's hands

Large

Up to 4 adult hands

Each bucket has a slit cut down the side to help getting the alginate mold out once the LiquiStone has set. Tape up the slit for making the mold, untape it and voila, the alginate pops out.

Small Bucket

1 qt. (32 oz.) - 5"H x 5"D
$6.95

Medium Bucket

4 qt. (128 oz.) - 8.25"H x 6.75"D
$9.95

Large Bucket

8 qt. (256 oz.) - 11"H x 9"D
$15.95

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Plasticine Clay for Fingernails

 

We use this clay to reinforce long fingernails in hand casts. If you triple the thickness of the fingernails with clay the fingernails on the casting will be thicker and less likely to break.

Small Bag- Enough for 1 to 2 hand castings

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