Glossary of Basic Molding and Casting October 27, 2016 If you are new to molding making, the terms can be confusing. I’ve compiled this basic glossary of commonly used molding and casting terms and definitions. This is by no means ALL the molding making terminology, but a helpful list of the most common terms. If you have questions about molding and casting, terminology or […]
Cold Cast Bronze Skull with Urethane Casting Resin into a Glove Mold with Mother Mold October 19, 2016 In the last couple of post we covered making a brushable silicone glove mold with a rigid plaster mother mold. Now that we’ve created the mold, we can cast a piece. For the skull mold I’m going to show you how to use bronze powder, urethane casting resin and brown urethane colorant to create cold […]
Making a Brushable Silicone Mold with Mother Mold Part 2 of 2 October 7, 2016 In the last blog post, we went over step by step how to make the brushable silicone glove mold. In this post, we will cover step by step how to create the mother mold which is the rigid outer shell that helps support the mold during casting. I will be creating this mother mold from […]
Making a Brushable Silicone Mold with Mother Mold Part 1 of 2 September 27, 2016 Brushable glove molds are used when a pourable block mold would be too complicated or difficult to make. A mother mold is a stiff backing that supports the thinner glove mold. Because gloves molds are thinner than a pourable block mold, they need help keeping their shape when casting resin (or other materials, like plaster) […]
