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 Jul 18 2004, 04:13 PM
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Five stars - Sasquatch  Group: Members Posts: 6,609 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Michigan Member No.: 192  |
Sorry guys, I know this has been discussed before but I can't find it anywhere. I think this week I'm going to try to practice casting my own footprint -- just in case I ever have to do it for real.
 Where does one find Hydracal (and is it HydrA or HydrO?)? Hardware stores? Thanks!!! |
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Jul 18 2004, 04:21 PM
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Four toes - Rugaru  Group: Members Posts: 266 Joined: 19-February 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 174 |
Go to Gypsum Solutions.
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Jul 18 2004, 04:22 PM
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Head Bottle Washer - RIP Group: BFF Administrators Posts: 7,177 Joined: 19-May 02 From: Panama City, FL Member No.: 31 |
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Jul 18 2004, 04:30 PM
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Five stars - Sasquatch Group: Members Posts: 6,609 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Michigan Member No.: 192 |
Thanks, Destin and Fish... it's either a trip to Detroit or Grand Rapids, looks like. Maybe I'll get on the phone and call around, just in case someplace closer has it.
This post has been edited by StacyInMI: Jul 18 2004, 04:30 PM |
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Jul 18 2004, 04:32 PM
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Resident Photography Guru  Group: Members Posts: 3,375 Joined: 14-July 03 From: Washington Member No.: 275 |
Hydrocal White is very soft and kicks very quick. It is better to use the straight Hydrocal and to speed things up in it's cure add a handful of the white, mixing it in well.
Hydrocal is an industrial plaster so look in your phone book for tooling shops, Plaster Pattern shops, Tool and Die shops and such. Call them and ask where you can get a bag (around $20 for 100 lbs) or ask if you can buy a bag from them. Buying on the internet you would be paying mostly for it's weight in shipping. You really want to find it locally. |
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Jul 18 2004, 04:34 PM
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Five stars - Sasquatch Group: Members Posts: 6,609 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Michigan Member No.: 192 |
Thanks Rick!!
 QUOTE Buying on the internet you would be paying mostly for it's weight in shipping. You really want to find it locally. Yep, I was thinking that... |
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Jul 18 2004, 05:03 PM
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One star - Yowie  Group: Members Posts: 1,277 Joined: 23-March 03 From: Odenton, MD Member No.: 201 |
Try checking the yellow pages under cement and/or building supply
places too Stac. Some of the larger ones will also stock Hydrocal, that's one of the ways I tracked it down out here. BTW, $21 per 100 lb in Baltimore. Bip, this may be a good thing to include as a list on the other site when it's fired up, locations where people acquire their supplies, esp the more esoteric stuff. |
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Jul 18 2004, 08:15 PM
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Five stars - Sasquatch Group: Members Posts: 6,609 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Michigan Member No.: 192 |
Thanks Howling!!
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