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This thus prepared, place your de first half—mold on the tourtelle of earth clay, & put the circle also around, & make the mark for the thickness similar to the first. Then, with another rather thick pinceau, moisten well everywhere the uncovered half & le ventre of your animal Et with eau de vye, without leaving anything, if it is possible, which is not moistened, for this is the secret, which makes it come out neat. And next, as promptly as possible, before the eau de vye ne evaporates, wet your sand, and throw it, in shakes, and while blowing, & moving the mold, as you did for the first one, making sure that the premier q first thing you pour on the animal should be a little clearer than the next one, so that it moistens everywhere &retrace the more delicate parts. So, leave it for a quarter hour to set, then remove the circle & the clay tourtelle. And, with a knife, arrange your two molds uniformly together in a long shape of a mandore, as mentioned, because of the cast. Then dip a little the whole mold evenly, at the level of the joints, in water, for this is another secret to disjoint them, otherwise you will break everything. Separate them nimbly, therefore by this mean, and next, extract gently & with patience and immediacy the half of the animal remaining in one of the molds, for pulling it sometimes from one side & sometimes from the other, to avoid breaking any of it, or also spoiling something from your mold. Et The latter being empty, retire rejoints the two halves so that no dust enters it, & put them aside until you want to reheat them, make a cast & vents, & place clamps. As for the animal, so that it does not dry & that you might be able to mold it four of five times, put in in water. And I think that it would keep even better in eau de vye. However, the best would be to mold in the same day the 4 or 5 molds that you can do, because these infected animals themselves are stinky in one day. Having left your molds one or two es days to dry, for they stay damp for a good month, make the vents on one half.
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+ Note that when you have made your second cast, if you leave your mold, for one day or a night, without opening it, you would need to then dip it in hot water, or else reheat it before opening it, as for crabs.
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If after both halves of the noyau have made a strong & hard set, you would not dip your mold in water, it would not disjoin at all. But as you dip the reverse of the mold in water, the imbibed oil collects at the top & at the level of the joints & and makes it separate.
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However, take heed your second mold be of good thickness & that it is hard enough because if it is lacking in this, after having dipped it in water, & you want to open it, there is a risk that it breaks. Take heed therefore to avoid this, and wanting to open it, dip all of it in water, and rub it everywhere, where it will harden if it has set well.Then, take your two molds, joined with a rough linen cloth, in in order to have a better grip, and separate them with strength as if you wanted to quarter a loaf of bread. But if happens to break, join it & on the reverse, strenghten the joints with clamps. Figure
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Next, you can repair the faults with small chisels. [continued]