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These terms are thrown around all the time by people who work with alginate, but just what do they mean?Like most things, it's really pretty simple.Typically, alginate is mixed with water and applied…

Accu-Cast has offered a foot casting kit for about 3 years now, and it has been more popular than we had guessed it would be. We sell a lot of them. As I write this, the kit is retailing for $55.95…

HOW MUCH ALGINATE DO I NEED?It’s a shame to mix way too much alginate for your project. It feels like you’ve wasted something valuable.On the flip side, not mixing enough alginate is worse because s…

My name is Chris Baker and my wife and I started Accu-Cast. Here's how we did it.In 1988, I met Lucinda, fell madly in love and we were married less than 6 months later.During that 6 months, I met her…

Broken Finger on Your LifeCast? It happens. Fingers break off sometimes. Unless you've dropped the casting and really messed it up, gluing on a finger or two shouldn't be the end of the world. Super g…

As you know, alginate is a one time mold. Most of the time, only one casting can be poured from it before the mold shrinks. In many ways, this is a feature rather than a bug.The question today is, "On…

Some people see lifecasting as an "arts & crafts" project to distinguish it from a "pure" artform. In our opinion, its a distinction without a difference.After all painters just apply paint to a c…

How to Get Children to Cooperate A lot of small children recoil at the prospect of putting their hand into a "scary bucket of goo". Obviously they don't understand exactly why they're do…

Hand Holding Object Hand casting holding an object can unlock new creative ideas for you. Hand casting is limited only by your imagination. If you can see it, you can most likely do it.…

WETA Workshop in New Zealand did the most of the special effects makeup for the epic Lord of the Rings trilogy. They used Accu-Cast alginates to make the head casts of the principle actors on whi…

Alginate- The Key to Mixing Well Some people call us to complain that their alginate mixed poorly. Our mixing instructions are carefully written, but we feel terrible when customers fail. Com…

Alginate is sold as a powder. It needs to be mixed with water to make it work.How Much Water?There are two ways to calculate this.One method is simple but not that accurate.The other method is very ac…

Hand Casting is one of the simpler types of lifecasts. It is fun, inexpensive and an excellent way to begin learning lifecasting.This is a two part process- making the "mold" and making the "casting".…

Are you a new mom? Do you know a new mom?Few things are as beautiful an precious as your baby's hand. You can do a hand casting at home and produce an heirloom that will only get more valuable with ti…

Our BabyGel (380) Alginate is our number 1 seller. Our customers love it. Here is what I know about it.HistoryAbout 10 years ago a good customer of ours asked me to make a "Color-Changing" algina…

Types of MoldsThere are two types of alginate molds- a "Bucket Mold" and a "Layup Mold".In a Bucket Mold, the alginate is poured into some type of container and the mold is made in that. Plaster banda…