Friends don't let friends pour without mold release! Seriously folks, if you want your silicone mold to last as long as it possibly can, you NEED to use a non-silicone based mold release spray. The Ease Release 300 is ideal for resin and epoxy art because of its low-build up on the mold surface, leading to glossier, non-cloudy castings. Using a silicone based spray (like Apel, Stoner, SO Universal Release) isn't going to protect a silicone mold. Think of it like putting acrylic paint over acrylic paint... it's just going to make a thicker layer of paint, right? That's where the Smooth On / Mann Ease Release 300 comes in. It's made of magical stuff, but not silicone. Applying it liberally to your mold interior and letting it dry before pouring your resin is going to create a near-invisible barrier to help harsh epoxy resin from possibly bonding to, and damaging your silicone mold due to tear out during demolding. The key difference between Ease Release 300 and Ease Release 200, as well as other mold releases such as the MG Chemicals 8329 is that this is a low build-up release. If you are a resin artist this is a huge benefit, as your castings come out with a gloss or semi-gloss finish instead of a cloudy/matte finish that can happen with other mold release products. Ease Release 300 provides excellent release with a semi-gloss finish. Precise duplication of mold details, less mold maintenance and down time which results in greater productivity. Ease Release 300 leaves very little build-up on the molds resulting from isocyanate or epoxy reactions, while maintaining part cleanability with common degreasing solvents. This product will release polyurethane elastomers, epoxy resin, polyester resins, RTV silicones, rubber, and thermoplastic polymers; Ease Release 300 is effective on aluminum, chrome, RTV silicone, epoxy, rubber, and steel molds; Fast drying. Effective over a broad temperature range from 70°F to 500°F; Precise duplication of mold details. Less rejects, faster production Matte finish. IMPORTANT NOTICE: This product can only be shipped within the lower 48 US states and Canada. It can only be shipped via standard ground shipping. Why? It's an aerosolized product and possibly explosive, so putting it on a plane is a no no. Here's the not so awesome part: If you place an order for this product and choose "express shipping" or "expedited shipping" or you aren't located in the continental, lower 48 of the USA or Canada one of two things can happen. 1. We will remove the item from your order and refund you, and ship the rest of your order to you without notification or 2. We miss it, and ship your package anyway, then border security or the courier will confiscate the entire shipment, and lock it in a storage locker in a distant land never to be seen again. We don't get the shipment back, and you don't get your money back. Which is not fun. Cool? If you want to see a comparison between the Mann Ease Release 200 and Mann Ease Release 300, check out this video below.
