Hello all,
I’ve searched online and through forums on the issue of printing casting molds (not injection molds) with Flexible 80A. We’re casting 2-part resin rigid urethanes (not molten thermoplastic), and prefer to make one-part molds to diminish the amount of sanding we need to do.
Consequently, the mold needs to both be flexible enough to survive having the casting pried out (by hand) and durable enough to return to shape afterward. (We usually use Silpak tin mold silicon for this, but there are cases where printing the mold directly would save many labor hours). The mold wouldn’t need to last more than 5 or 10 castings.
There are a few references to things like this here on the forums, but most are old and none seem to be in relation to the Flexible 80A. I’ve heard the Flexibles are fairly new. We’re considering just buying a new tank and a bottle of the Flexible 80A and experimenting, but I’d like to first be able to at least give my bosses a “maybe” as to the question of if this will work.
