Non stick aluminium foil

Great idea Ray - glad that it worked out.

Another use, at least for one couple, for aluminum foil. A number of years ago I bought the childhood trains from a couple. They (the trains, not the couple) were wrapped in a paper towel, then aluminum foil, then squeezed into their boxes. The trains were mint!

I've never, ever, seen this storage method before or after!

It's funny about the non-stick aluminum foil.  My wife can attest that when she used it to cook food, it was definitely not non-stick.  She's a pretty good cook too!

Good Job Ray.   If you don't have non-stick aluminum foil, you can use regular foil with a medium coat of Johnsons Paste Wax on it. 

Mannyrock

@Mannyrock posted:

Good Job Ray.   If you don't have non-stick aluminum foil, you can use regular foil with a medium coat of Johnsons Paste Wax on it.

Mannyrock

I am now in possession of a life time supply of the non stick, wife doesn't think she will use it.

I wonder if the foil has a very thin layer of silicone.

Ray

Interesting that you mention silicone.   I have put a super light coat of silicon spray on metal that I have used as "molds", and rubbed it in with my fingers to get it down in the metal and evenly coated, and used the molds to caste pieces from JB Weld, and the JB Weld did not stick.  But, I was using the stick version of JB Weld, which has a putty consistency and hardens in about 5 minutes.   It may well work for the liquid two part JB Weld mix, but I have not tried it.   

When I have used the stick version of PC Woody, I have even used a light coat of Pam spray, and it did not stick.

These epoxies cure by the chemical reaction created by the two part chemicals that get mixed together, much like cement, and they really don't care much about what is around the mix.  Just keep you layers of silicone or oil super thin, so they don't get mixed into the mix.

If you are trying to caste into a mold that has enclosed sides, you big problem is that the epoxy expands as it cures, and will get very tight against the mold, so you have to be prepared to cut the mold off, or time things so that just before the stuff fully cures, you get it out of the mold.

You can also mold things from AccraGlass Gel, a fabulous old product sold by Brownells.com, which can be colored either black or brown.   A dye pack is included. It is an extremely hard plastic/polymer type of mix.   A bit expensive though.  (A "release agent" paste is included in the package if you don't want it to stick to something.)

Mannyrock

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