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[Closed] This is probably something most folk (except me) know...but what exactly is slush casting?

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(@john-roberts)
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This is probably something most folk (except me) know...but what exactly is slush casting?



   
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A 2 or 3 piece mold (little detail) and liquid metal is poured in (slushed around) when cured the...

...pieces are assembled to make a "crude" model. That's what I always understood the term "slush casting" to mean.



   
(@john-roberts)
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Thanks Christopher. I never stop learning on this forum!



   
Harv Goranson
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The old Fun Ho! models were examples of this casting method.

I once had a slush-cast aluminum MG TF they made.



   
(@chris)
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You bet.



   
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