silicone 
where is information on silicone mold? I was wondering ifI could make a mold out of silicone and use it to form ... silicone.
How do you matte silicone? (I used dragon skin and sealed it with silicone caulking mixed with white gasoline). I know you are supposed to work the caulking until it dries to create the matte look, b...
...many times but for some reason I don't remember a straight answer. What's the best way to store a silicone mold? I've been told to put a thin layer of plaster into it to keep it's ...
...ness, I knew nothing of urethane rubber, just the casting plastic. My first molds were of natural latex and silicone. Latex took forever and is not cheap either. The silicone gave me problems: tearing...
Polyester casting problem with small (say 2-10cm3) silicone molds of fossils. We use laminating resin. Most often it does not cure properly where resin contacts mold; surface ends up soft, tacky and w...
Something, some gas, is still exuding from the newer silicone mold, inhibiting the cure. So quit using it! I never trusted the tube silicone mold making idea altho someone here recently suggested how ...
... up in the mold.
I like thinner and rely on the mother mold for support; sometimes I add strength to the silicone by impregnating nylon/spandex cloth into the rubber as reinforcement, but still kee...
Your going to want to consider using a silicone rubber rather than latex; the mold making process will be much faster with silicone than latex & is totally appropriate for this application. Latex ...
you can also use alginate or silicone;
I prefer using Alja-Safe alginate or Body Double silicone, both from Smooth-On;
you need to decide how many times you intend to use the mold; just once or do y...
For a while I used expensive casting silicone, and found out from a long-time foundry owner a little secret that has saved me a TON of money.
He uses silicone caulking (bought at Wal Mart) and I&#...
I recommend using platinum silicone - check out DRAGON SKIN from Smooth-On.
Tin silicones exude acetic acid and alcohol - not good for kids toys.
But you must learn all you can about these mater...
You can use silicone rubber. For isolated areas I have used EQUINOX 35 silicone putty successfully, which is a 2-part putty mixed by hand then pressed onto a section. The material will not run or migr...
...ral foamed parts I sell show no signs of little sprues. I wonder why on earth urethane foam should stick to silicone. I talked with a rep from Polytek today who said you need platinum-cure sils. for s...
Tin cured silicone is not affected by sulfur in clay. Any tin cured silicone should work just fine as a mold rubber. If the sculpture is in soft clay it will be damaged by the mold process, however, o...
Moldmaking and Resin Casting
The Video
Release Date: August 30, 1999
Topics covered:
Silicone Block Molds Silicone Mold with two part shell Resin Casting under pressure Cold cast Marbl...
Silicone molds would accommodate your casting media much better. Alginate contains water & that will interract with your casting media.
I have used Body Double silicone successfully many times to...
...y are famous for sticking to everything.
One way to tell is by the catalyst.- Like polyester resin, RTV Silicone undergoes true catalysis. Most systems use a typical 10% ratio of catalyst to rubbe...
Cost for silicone?
[I never heard that about plaster- I use plaster shells on silicone rubber molds and have never noticed that they degrade any faster than molds without them. Silicone rubber is fairly inert when set u...
...ou are lifecasting, come out of the prehistoric era and use modern materials for god's sake. there are silicone materials (ie: BODY DOUBLE, which is archival) designed explicitly for the purpose ...
...ce taking a lifecast mold off a human model?
Your options for materials to make the mold are alginate or silicone - I have used both Alja-Safe (alginate) and Body Double (silicone); the body Double...
I may be able to help as I make silicone moulds and live in Cyprus, do you still need help?
...veral times. A mold release is more than enough. A small test sample would bear that out. That said, I find silicone a far better material for this purpose....
polytek company, for flexible rubber, urathane, or silicone mold making materials, www. polytek.com
...y time would be very helpful and perhaps I could exorcise a few of my worse working habits.
yah, I like silicone the best but it's wicked expensive. I like urethane cause maybe I only get 10 ...
check out BODY DOUBLE silicone by Smooth-On - this material was made specifically for lifecasting. www.smooth-on.com
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Unless you can get the model down to floor level & work on a bench, you should consider making a silicone mold using a 'brush-on' technique where you apply the rubber & build ...
Hi there.
There are so many different types of RTV silicone rubber you will be able to find one that does what you want, try www.tirranti.co.uk
If you can let me know what you want to mould I may ...
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