The Lost Wax Process

Materials used in the Lost Wax Process

I file, scrape, saw and sand a slab of hard wax into a ring, bracelet, or earrings. Using a jeweler’s saw equipped with a special blade, files, scrapers, burrs, and emery paper, the wax is transformed into a full scale model of my design.

I mount the model on a wax rod, called a sprue.

I mount the sprued model onto a base and fit it with a watertight section of pipe, called a flask.

I pour a plaster-like material called investment over the model, filling the flask.

I place the flask into a kiln (an oven). The investment is dried and heated (burned out) to remove all traces of the wax model. A cavity, or depression of the wax model has been created in the investment. (This is similar to sticking your finger into damp sand. When you remove your finger, a depression remains as a cavity in the sand).

I pour molten metal into the mold, where it assumes the shape of the original model.

I quench the mold in cool water. This breaks the mold and releases the casting. The investment is rinsed away, revealing the cast metal piece.

I polish and finish the cast metal piece with polishing compounds, bristle brushes, and nylon fabric.

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