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Key Differences
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| Mixed Viscosity | 35,000 cps | 300 cps |
| Pot Life | 25 minutes | 3 minutes |
| Cure Time | 4 hours | 30 minutes |
| Shore D Hardness | — | 57 |
| Shore A Hardness | 37 | — |
| Color | Water Clear Translucent | Translucent White |
| Tensile Strength | 600 psi | 2,420 psi |
| Elongation @ Break | 400 % | 100 % |
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| SORTA-Clear™ 37 | Smooth-Cast™ 57D | |
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| Mixed Viscosity | 35,000 cps | 300 cps |
| Mix Ratio By Volume | 1A:1B | 1A:1B |
| Mix Ratio By Weight | 1A:1B | 100A:93B |
| Pot Life | 25 minutes | 3 minutes |
| Cure Time | 4 hours | 30 minutes |
| Shore D Hardness | — | 57 |
| Shore A Hardness | 37 | — |
| Specific Gravity | 1.08 g/cc | 1.05 g/cc |
| Specific Volume | 25.6 cu. in./lb. | 26.4 cu. in./lb. |
| Color | Water Clear Translucent | Translucent White |
| Die B Tear Strength | 105 pli | — |
| Tensile Strength | 600 psi | 2,420 psi |
| Elongation @ Break | 400 % | 100 % |
| 100% Modulus | 90 psi | — |
| Shrinkage | <.001 in. / in. | 0.012 in. / in. |
Product Description
SORTA-Clear™ 37
SORTA-Clear™ Series rubbers are premium water clear translucent silicone rubbers (platinum catalyst) which cure at room temperature with negligible shrinkage. SORTA-Clear™ 37 has Shore 37A hardness and features high tensile and tear strength. This product also offers the convenience of a 1A:1B by volume mix ratio.
SORTA-Clear™ silicones are ideal for making prototype, jewelry or other molds of any configuration where model visibility is important (i.e. extracting a model from the mold via cutting). Materials such as urethane, epoxy or polyester resins can then be cast into SORTA-Clear™ silicone without application of a release agent. Other materials such as wax and low melt metal alloys can also be cast into SORTA-Clear™. SORTA-Clear™ can be pigmented with SILC Pig™ silicone pigments.
SORTA Clear™ 37 silicone rubber is FOOD SAFE and can be used for culinary applications including casting chocolate and other confections.
Certified Skin Safe - Cured SORTA Clear™ 37 is skin safe and certified by an independent laboratory.
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Smooth-Cast™ 57D
Smooth-Cast™ 57D is a semi-rigid urethane plastic that offers a gradual cure profile (does not snap cure), making it suitable for machine or hand rotational casting.
Use For Rotational Casting - Once poured into a suitable rubber mold configuration, the mold can be rotated so that the resin mixture gradually coats the inside of the mold cavity. After an adequate wall thickness is attained inside the mold, the result is a cured hollow casting that is semi-rigid and highly impact resistant.
Use as a Casting Resin – Smooth-Cast™ 57D can also be used as a casting resin for making solid, semi-rigid castings that are tough and durable.
Mix ratio is 1A:1B by volume. Working time is 3 minutes, demold time is 30 minutes and full cure properties are attained after 24 hours. Color is white translucent and the material is very easy to color with SO-Strong™, UVO™ or Ignite™ colorants. Cured resin is also easy to paint with acrylic paints or UreCoat™ flexible coating for applications requiring thick, durable finishes.