Non-Student, curious question about waxing up?

[smallskennado]

I know this seems weird being on the studentdoctor forum when I’m not a student doctor. However, I’ve been enthusiastically learning about waxing stone models for the fabrication of ornamental pieces for teeth. In my attempts, I’ve had a good time adding, shaping, and carving wax as well as taking impressions and making models. I am having trouble with however, removing the wax from the model in one piece, I use die lubricant, release-sep to be specific but I’ve come to no avail. There’s been times where I could remove a single tooth I’d waxed, however never can I pull 4-6 teeth off in one piece. I apologize for dragging on, I’m inclined to take any advice. Should I try using a film as a separating agent between the stone and teeth? I am using a rough home setup, a propane torch, waxing tools and kerr blue wax. Any help is more than appreciated. Thank you

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[CDT13]

You need to use stone hardener resin to seal the stone model before applying the wax separator. Order the brand Very special DVA separator it works great. Also on a multi unit case use thread to cut the teeth apart then separate them individually.

 

[smallskennado]

You need to use stone hardener resin to seal the stone model before applying the wax separator. Order the brand Very special DVA separator it works great. Also on a multi unit case use thread to cut the teeth apart then separate them individually.

Thank you for the fast reply, should I use both the die stone conditioner and the very special separator?

 

[CDT13]

Yes, seal the die with the resin first then use the separator after that has dried (around 5 min).