Docs Casting Plaster

Sometimes we are asked about a trick we pulled off years ago to prove how good Docs really is. Okay here goes-Assuming injection wax only, and you will be casting diamonds "stone in place" very little changes. Put he diamonds in the wax just as you would in metal. Be sure to use decent diamonds, certain extensive flaws will lead to breakage. Do be neat-no sloppy wax work allowed. No special alloy is required-Just use 95/5 platinum. You will keep the "burnout" down to 850 or 900 degrees F! This will hopefully avoid damaging the diamonds with excessive heat such as a 1300 degree burnout. That kind of heat will ruin any stone let alone diamonds. Some folks are brave enough to try this with other stones such as sapphire, but we make no guarantees here. So you keep the oven at 900 F and hold that long enough for all the wax to burn out. This is at least six hours. Then you remove the flask, let it cool to 500F and cast as per usual. I have posted a picture or two from wh

One good fix for this is use a 1,600 degree burnout rather than the suggested 1250. Docs will fuse into a far stronger material and withstand the expansion pressure presented by resin models. Thanks to Manuel Novo for this tip which came from a new ultra smooth product from Envision. The new material is a kind of orange color and is very highly detailed. The picture is just a good casting done in Docs and 95oPd.

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Docs is a high speed and high temperature casting investment plaster. This is the material that literally revolutionized platinum casting back in the 1990's. The materials high strength and very low platinum flask temperature improves results at almost any casting shop. When a 1600 degree burnout is used, it is capable of withstanding the most demanding model materials like high resolution resins from Cad Cam operations. This is whee we keep instructions and tips on using Docs-written by us here at PMWest or posted by you-the users. Docs what you use for white gold, palladium white gold, 950 palladium or of course any platinum alloy. If you are in need of "same day" casting our three hour wax to cast cycle will save your deadlines.