[Artemisia] RE: Carving Soapstone

[Ken and Mindy Wilson]

This is especially true if you're using metals with higher melting points
(such as brass). One very good suggestion I had made to me was after
finishing the mold, bake it at 300 degrees or so for an hour or more. This
will help drive off a lot of the moisture that would get excited by pouring
metal into the mold. I've always found that heating my molds prior to
pouring gets me a better cast anyway.
-Marcello
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michele Wolf" <mwolf at telemetric.net>
> This will end up in a volcano o'
> molten pewter.  Give the stone time to dry and then make sure and make a
> pass at it with ye ol' blowtorch to get the rest of the moisture off of
it.