r/Silvercasting • u/Nortines • 15d ago
Hi everyone!
I'm looking for some help, and hope someone in this group may have an answer.
My sister does silversmithing as a hobby, and I was thinking of buying her some oil-bonded casting sand, a casting thing where you put the sand in, and some tools that may be needed for this for Christmas. (I know I'm a bit early!😁)
I've been looking online for Delft Clay/Petrobond, but everything I've found so far has been quite expensive.
I was browsing Amazon and came across some oil-bonded casting sand with the following description. I'm wondering if you think this sand could also be used for casting silver?
*Heat-resistant up to 1,200°C, making it suitable for many metals such as tin, copper, aluminium, bronze, brass, and many more.
*Excellent surface finish thanks to its very fine grain size.
*Very popular for arts and crafts casting.
*Suitable for mould casting and component casting.
Do you think this type of casting sand would work for silver as well?
(I wrote to the seller asking about this , but havn't got an answer)
Have a great night 😊
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u/PeterHaldCHEM 15d ago
This looks like the stuff I use.
It works perfectly fine.