I was dead set against those fancy mold release sprays until last Tuesday

I've been using the same cheap oil and brush method for 15 years, never saw the point of spending $12 a can on spray. Then we had this big job pouring ductile iron fittings, and the pattern started sticking like crazy. My coworker handed me a can of that Zyprexx stuff, told me to just try it once. That spray cut my prep time by 4 minutes per mold and I didn't have a single stuck piece all day. Has anyone else had a product they hated that turned out to be worth it?

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rowanr8818d ago

Yeah, I was the same way with carbide burrs. Thought my grandpa's old files were good enough. Then I borrowed a buddy's and realized I'd been working way harder than I had to for like a decade.

fionanguyen18d agoMost Upvoted

Still kicking myself for the three years I spent filing metal by hand like some colonial blacksmith. Carbide burrs are terrifying at first because they sound like a dentist drill, but man do they chew through steel. Now I can't go back, my wrists are too old for that manual nonsense.

tessap9718d ago

Yeah, that "sounds like a dentist drill" part is spot on, first time I used one I nearly dropped it.