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Assuming you mean a sealant for a Plaster of Paris (PoP) mold, the following have all been mentioned on this forum at one time or another.

It all comes down to personal choice - what you feel works best for you:

Devcon 2 Ton® epoxy™ - Wal-Mart

Decorative Effects by Valspar, Gloss Clear Protector Gloss, P/N 93789, 100% Acrylic Latex - Home Depot / Lowe's

High temp engine paint or high heat enamel spray paint - Wal-Mart / Pep Boys / Auto Zone / etc.

Envirotex or Envirotex Lite - not sure who has it

Bar top epoxy finish (i.e. Kleer Kote table top epoxy)

Clear Satin Polyurethane spray - Wal-Mart

Fiberglass resin (aka polyester resin)

"Seal-All", made by a company called Eclectic Products Inc. out of Pineville, LA.

WD-40 - everywhere

Spray-on stone sealer - Home Depot / Lowe's

Johnson's paste wax - everywhere.

Good luck.

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I recently found this site and registered for the purpose of sharing the mold-making and pouring experience I've gained over the years. I made my first POP mold in 1974 using Elmers Glue and have found nothing beats it for a sealant...some of my molds still have the original coat after over 20years. A quick way to apply it is mix in some water until it's fairly runny and flood the cavity or cavities, then drain the excess (you can actually re-use it). Sometimes a second coat is needed but it sure beats hand-painting all the cavities. I mix mine in a 20 oz. plastic drink bottle, flood the mold over a cake pan and pour the left over back in the bottle.

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Hello all...i am a French handpourer and i follow your great posts since long months....^^ thanx a lot , the froggies learn a lot with your great councils...

for my first message, i make this topic up because i tried a lot of sealants( devcon, PU and others....) . So, i would like to test Elmer's Glue on my new synthetic plaster Molds....but as we cant find it in France (hard to find something about tacklefishing on our country) , i would like to be sure i will buy the good one....:)

i found somes on Ebay, but i hesitate between 2 types of Elmer's glue :

- Elmer's Glue all Multi-purpose

and

- Elmer's ultimate Glue polyuethane (with a blue bull on the label) :)

what's is the best?

thanx a lot

Grenouille, the French Frog ^^

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