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Offline Johnny Bass

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Heating up molds
« on: 04/18/20 06:25 UTC »
Good morning!

How are you guys heating up your aluminum molds before injection?

A heat gun should be suffice?
 

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Re: Heating up molds
« Reply #1 on: 04/18/20 07:41 UTC »
Funny you should ask Johnny. I just posted this to another member a couple days ago. This works really well for me.

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Offline ctom

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Re: Heating up molds
« Reply #2 on: 04/18/20 07:47 UTC »
Once we get about 45 degrees and above outside I generally don't mess with warming anything unless a particular mold won't inject and fill completely when cool.
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Re: Heating up molds
« Reply #3 on: 04/18/20 10:46 UTC »
I don't pour any plastics, but I preheat my molds for pouring lead using a hot plate and in between pours to keep them hot.
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Re: Heating up molds
« Reply #4 on: 04/19/20 08:25 UTC »
A toaster oven gets double use in my shop for pre-heating molds and curing paint.
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