Instead of coating, you could try dropping the whole thing in a solvent
such as acetone, which will make the PDMS swell and pop itself off of
the mold. The swelling is reversible so just put the PDMS on a hot plate
to dry off and it will come back to its normal size.

-Joe Grogan

Jeff chen wrote:

>Hi, all,
>
>I am working on the PDMS related project.
>Right now, I met a problem that it is not easy to release the cured
>PDMS from the Aluminum mold.
>Is there any way to do that easily? Like some reagent or a Teflon layer on
>mold?
>Any idea about that?
>
>Thanks a lot.
>
>Best,
>Jifeng
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