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Our Equinox platinum silicone putty products are used for a variety of applications including making fast on-site molds, jewelry molds, etc. They are filled and offer tremendous heat resistance for casting high-temperature melt waxes and low temperature melt metal alloys.

Other Applications For These Fast Putty Systems - We have customers that use Equinox to make fast "cut seams" for Rebound 25 brush-on molds and Body Double molds. It bonds very well to itself or any platinum silicone and can be used to repair torn platinum silicone molds. We also have customers using Equinox for non-conventional applications such as making high temperature-resistant gaskets. Equinox putties are very fast, however and we have had requests for a slower putty to be used for larger-scale mold making applications.

Looking For An Improvement Over PoYo - You would be surprised at the amount of PoYo tin-catalyzed putty we sell to people looking to make
fast candle molds, on-site architectural or bronze foundry molds and
much more.

Equinox 40 Slow has a convenient 1A:1B by volume mix ratio, a 30 minute pot life and cures in about 5 Hours with a Shore hardness of 40A. Cure time can be reduced to under 1 hour with a heat gun, hair dryer or by placing the mold in an oven at 150°F/60°C. Like the other Equinox products, it has incredible physical properties and good heat resistance. It is much easier to mix and apply vs. our PoYo tin-catalyzed putty and is superior in every way. It is, however, more expensive.

Equinox 40 Slow offers enough working time to comfortably hand mix and apply to a model for making a mold. No surface preparation is required for many surfaces, however, this is a platinum silicone and inhibition is possible when applying over models made of sulfur clay and other surfaces that normally inhibit platinum silicone. When making a mold with any putty, developing an application technique to pick up detail from a model's surface and for marrying seams between sections takes practice.

Parts A & B are measured in equal amounts. If using gloves, use only vinyl.	Putty is hand mixed until all streaks are eliminated. Longer pot life makes this possible.	Putty is compressed by hand into a flat sheet and positioned over the model.	Putty is firmly pressed into surface detail. Properly applying to capture detail takes practice.

30-minute working time allows you to more easily add new material to existing material and to eliminate seams.	Once the model is fully covered, a bead of putty is formed around the perimeter to reinforce the edges.	Applying heat brought the cure time of the rubber down to 40 minutes. Plasti-Paste is applied to make a shell.	A board is placed on top of the newly applied Pasti-Paste and made level. This will ensure level support during casting.

The support shell is removed from the rubber mold. The rubber mold is then removed from the model to reveal all of the captured detail . . .ready for casting.