Comments on: Introduction to Mold Making and Casting DVD http://www.plasticfanatics.com/mold-making/introduction-to-mold-making-and-casting-dvd Helping make plastics more accessible to the hobbyist Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:23:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Tony Camaj http://www.plasticfanatics.com/mold-making/introduction-to-mold-making-and-casting-dvd/comment-page-1#comment-1572 Tony Camaj Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:45:05 +0000 http://www.plasticfanatics.com/mold-making/introduction-to-mold-making-and-casting-dvd#comment-1572 Great intro. You need this before spending lots of money without knowing. A++ service. Rating: 5 / 5 Great intro. You need this before spending lots of money without knowing. A++ service.
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> By: CFH http://www.plasticfanatics.com/mold-making/introduction-to-mold-making-and-casting-dvd/comment-page-1#comment-1571 CFH Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:21:57 +0000 http://www.plasticfanatics.com/mold-making/introduction-to-mold-making-and-casting-dvd#comment-1571 The "Introduction to Mold Making and Casting" DVD is a good introduction to the subject, but geared to Smooth-On's line of products. Smooth-On does make very good products but they can be over priced. If you are just getting started in mold making and/or casting, this video is a good beginning point and a Smooth-On starter kit might be the way to go. The video does a good job taking you through the process of selecting a model, making a mold box, preparing the model for duplication, mixxing and pouring silicone, demolding, mixxing and pouring casting resin, and various finnishing options. You can learn quite a bit from this video that can be applied to this hobby. As you get more experience, check out other sites by doing searches on words like "casting resin", "silicone", "hobby silicone", etc. You will find many sites offering good products at prices that are likely better than Smooth-On. Recommended for the beginer, experienced mold makers will get little out of this DVD. Rating: 4 / 5 The “Introduction to Mold Making and Casting” DVD is a good introduction to the subject, but geared to Smooth-On’s line of products. Smooth-On does make very good products but they can be over priced. If you are just getting started in mold making and/or casting, this video is a good beginning point and a Smooth-On starter kit might be the way to go.

The video does a good job taking you through the process of selecting a model, making a mold box, preparing the model for duplication, mixxing and pouring silicone, demolding, mixxing and pouring casting resin, and various finnishing options. You can learn quite a bit from this video that can be applied to this hobby.

As you get more experience, check out other sites by doing searches on words like “casting resin”, “silicone”, “hobby silicone”, etc. You will find many sites offering good products at prices that are likely better than Smooth-On.

Recommended for the beginer, experienced mold makers will get little out of this DVD.
Rating: 4 / 5

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