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PVA release agent: Very Slow to Dry

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By Dessert Mix - 5/17/2018 1:14:30 PM

There weather is cold here, so the PVA coat last up two hours to dry. I do not want to spend energy blowing heat air.
There is any 'fast PVA' or should I add any kind of reagent to speed up the process?

Thanks!!
By oekmont - 5/18/2018 12:38:12 PM

Personally I use "high gloss" release agent, sold by hp-textiles in Germany. Incredible easy release, super fast drying, polishable with a soft cloth, useable for hight temperatures and highly efficient. And as a bonus it is water based, wich makes removing build up release agent super easy, although I never had to do it. But still, it's semipermant, unlike pva, doesn't build a film, and gives a brilliant surface replication.
But easylease from easycomposites seems to have similar propertys, except it isn't water based.