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Getting Children to Cooperate

Posted by Chris Baker (Dr. Alginate) on Feb 7th 2019

A lot of small children recoil at the prospect of putting their hand into a "scary bucket of goo". Obviously they don't

Posted by Chris Baker (Dr. Alginate) on Nov 12th 2018

Hand casting holding an object can unlock new creative ideas for you. Hand casting is limited only by your imagination. If yo

Posted by Chris Baker (Dr. Alginate) on Oct 24th 2018

WETA Workshop in New Zealand did the most of the special effects makeup for the epic Lord of the Rings trilogy. They use

Posted by Chris Baker (Dr. Alginate) on Oct 15th 2018

Alginate will be going up in price soon, and there's nothing we can do about it.As you may have heard, there is a trade war g

Posted by Chris Baker (Dr. Alginate) on Oct 2nd 2018

Some people call us to complain that their alginate mixed poorly. Our mixing instructions are carefully written, but we feel

Posted by Chris Baker (Dr. Alginate) on Sep 11th 2018

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