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To: GRRRRR
...The most likely mold release used is a mixture of water and graphite and polysiloxane (silicone oil) which withstands the high heat of curing temps...

Way back when, I worked in that industry and a very common mold release was soybean lecithin, which is also used in cooking as a food release. (Think PAM which is sold in the grocery store.) We bought it in industrial quantities instead of one spray can at a time, but it was the same stuff. The big reason it was so popular is that it was obviously non-toxic, and it didn't have to be extensively tested.

41 posted on 02/21/2015 7:49:48 AM PST by CurlyDave
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To: CurlyDave

I remember that stuff...and there was the old standby,
polyoxyethylene-monostearate...pretty much purified LARD!!, that we used on assembly equipment...


59 posted on 02/21/2015 10:38:47 AM PST by GRRRRR (He'll NEVER be my President, FUBO! Treason is the Reason! Impeach the Kenyan)
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