Chromatic or colour changing alginate

The picture shows A Lasting Impressions purple colour changing formula. It starts out a light green powder then changes to a bright purple when you add water then starts to lighten when you need to put the hand or foot in it then finally ends up as a bright green telling you can take the hand or foot out of the mould. It's ready to cast.

Everything is non toxic, odorless (unless specified with flavouring),

hypo allergenic, silica free and dustless.

After testing many different types of Alginate, A Lasting Impression has chosen a very high quality alginate that you certainly can not buy at your local craft store, it is designed perfectly for taking your precious babies hand and foot castings and for all ages. Great for face and body casts

supplying colour changing or chromatic alginate.

Recommended for experienced lifecasters.

For purchasing alginate please contact us via email or phone call.

On pick up

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A Lasting Impression Alginate

All Colour Changing formulas

FAST SET

White/Pink/White

Simply email me with the amount and type of product you would like along with your address with postal code and phone number and I will send you a quote with shipping options available

info@DianeRossong.com

For pick up in my Calgary Studio

call or email

 and I will get your order ready

and set up a pick up time

landline 403-230-3134

info@DianeRossong.com

Packaged in convenient 1lb/454 gram bags

sealed for freshness to last..

2lb bags coming soon

No customs or duty charges

Very strong, white, smooth and creamy no chalking!

5 times stronger than plaster of paris.Quick 60 minute demold time

Developed by me, a proprietary blend of special stone, plasters and cements

Exellent detail, minimal bubbles, with very detailed instruction for perfect casts.

Alginate Impression Powder Set Times

Set times are determined by water temperature and mixing ratio.

The warmer the water the faster the alginate sets. This water/time table is based on

4 or 3 to 1 mixing ratio 4 or 3 parts water to 1 part alginate powder by weight.

By Volume Lightly fluffed not packed alginate 1 part alginate to 1 part water. More on mixing ratio's see below.

Normal body temperature on average is   37° Celsius  or 98.6° Fahrenheit

Most people especially babies don't like cold alginate.

Set Times are also determined by mixing ratio

The good thing about alginate is the you don't have to have exact with measuring..

but keep in mind:

For bucket moulds: Hands/feet

If you mix it too thick you can get voids in the mould.

If you mix it too thin the mixture will have too many air bubbles.

Both causing outies that you will have to carve off of the casting.

Alginate is a powder made from seaweed. I mix it with warm water and it turns into a mixture like the consistency of extra thick cake batter, then after a minute or two (just enough time to mix it and put the hand or foot into it) it turns into a rubbery mould. Dentists use this product to take impressions of our teeth. When I first started my lifecasting business in 2003 the only alginate I could find was from dental distributors. These alginates were design for taking impressions of our teeth and have flavouring added to them plus the setting time was way too fast. The other problem was that it was very expensive.

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