Once the plaster is set up it will begin to thicken. Once slightly thickened it can then be poured into the mold.
After the plaster has completely hardened, about twenty minutes after being poured, the hand is ready to be released from the mold. This is done by gently tapping butter knives into the seam in order to seperate the two halves and then slowly working the hand out of the other half of the mold.
While waiting for each hand to be created I spent time sanding down the seam lines on the hands and sealing them with a 50% denatured alcohol, 50% shellac solution. Now they're ready for spray paint!
