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March 10th, 2010

Mold Making Technique: Plaster Bandage Mother Mold Process


Making a plaster bandage mother mold over a Gel-10 1 piece head mold.

March 8th, 2010

Reproduce Almost Anything: With Basic Silicone Mold Making

Product DescriptionReproduce Almost Anything, with Basic Silicone Mold Making, Second Edition Vol. 1, is a 56-minute DVD and 44-page workbook, and national materials source list combination, that shows a beginner how to make a two-sided silicone rubber mold from almost any object and then use that silicone mold to make exact copies in metal, plastic, rubber, ceramic, plaster, etc. . . . More >>

Reproduce Almost Anything: With Basic Silicone Mold Making

March 6th, 2010

Sculpture House Mold Making Kit – Mold Making Kit

Product DescriptionThis is a great basic kit for beginning mold makers and a good companion to the Sculpture House Clay Modeling Kit. The kit includes mold rubber, paste maker, aluminum shim, plastilina, brush, dust mask, and instructions. . . . More >>

Sculpture House Mold Making Kit – Mold Making Kit

March 4th, 2010

Mold Making, Casting: Making a Mold of a Face – Smooth-On


Making a mold of a face using Body Double Silicone Rubber from Smooth-On

February 28th, 2010

Mastering Mold Making – Part 1

DescriptionThis is Part-1 of Michael Kryger’s informative Mastering Mold Making series. This DVD explains how to create mold boxes, and basic one-piece molds, block molds, and blanket molds. Michael shows you how to attach venting sprues to create bubble free molds. You will learn how to create silicone molds and resin castings and learn how to operate and used a vacuum chamber to deaire your rubber mold materials. Finally Michael shows you the secrets of successful demolding and fini. . . More >>

Mastering Mold Making – Part 1

February 26th, 2010

Mold Making Makeup FX Silicone Zombie Bite


More silicone fun! How to make a basic cut and a more complicated “zombie bite” wound. Platsil Gel-10 and silicone pigments were used. Update! One of the alert viewers noticed the audio was missing on the last part of the video. Time permitting I will repost this video with better audio.

February 22nd, 2010

Mold making and casting tip: Casting Rubber


Flexible props cast with PT Flex fast curing rubber. PT Flex is a series of fast curing rubber products designed for rapid prototyping and other applications where a fast curing, low viscosity rubber is required. I found that PT Flex can also be blended with EZ Flo resin for semi-rigid props. See our video titled “action props” for more information on this process. The mold used was a 70-30 silicone block mold. See our silicone block mold video for mold making information.

February 20th, 2010

Mold Making for Precious Metal Clay


Making molds for precious metal clay is easy. Using RTV mold materials such as megamold and Sculpey Mold Maker, you can make low cost molds from almost anything you want to pick up texture from or duplicate.

February 14th, 2010

Mastering Mold Making – Part 3

DescriptionThis is Part-3 of Michael Kryger’s informative Mastering Mold Making series. This DVD explains how to create a urethane mold and a fiberglass casting for a larger than life statue. Watch master mold maker Robert Bechtal take you through each step from start to finish. The DVD lists the tools and equipment you will need to make a mold and cast in fiberglass of a monumental sculpture. Narrated by mold maker Michael Kryger. Approx. 40-minute run time. . . . More >>

Mastering Mold Making – Part 3

February 12th, 2010

Latest Mold Making Auctions

Have a look at these auctions – perhaps your next project will benefit from them!

SILICONE RTV Mold Making Rubber 1 GAL Simple 1:1 Mix
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32 oz Mold Making 100% Reusable ComposiMold Compound
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Remember that you can use plastics to make thousands of fun crafts or hobby items. Be sure to stock-up on supplies so you always have them handy.