Curing Issues- Trouble Shooting January 13, 2017 At some point, everybody mixes up some silicone or epoxy or urethane and it just doesn’t cure right. There are many things that can affect the curing process. This blog post isn’t meant to cover every thing that could possibly go wrong. These are some of the most common reasons for our products to have […]
5 Frequently Asked Molding and Casting Questions December 27, 2016 Here are 5 questions that we get asked on a weekly basis. As always, if you have any questions, you can contact us at info@AeroMarineProducts.com How do pick what type of material will be best to make my mold? The type of material you will make your mold from depends on what you will be […]
Mold and Cast An Epoxy Glitter Ornament December 21, 2016 For this project, I made an epoxy and glitter ornament. The original piece was sculpted from modeling clay. The silicone mold is a simple one piece block mold. The epoxy and glitter was poured in layers to give the finished product dimensionality. Materials needed: AeroMarine 300/21 Epoxy Resin AeroMarine Products 128 Pourable Silicone Modeling clay […]
Two Part Pourable Silicone Pumpkin Mold December 1, 2016 For this project, we will use pourable silicone to create a two part mold of a pumpkin. Two part silicone mold requires two separate pours of silicone, so these types of molds usually take two or three days to make. Materials needed: Small pumpkin AeroMarine 128 Pourable Silicone with Catalyst Non-sulfur, non-drying modeling clay (Plasticine, […]
Happy Thanksgiving! November 22, 2016 Happy Thanksgiving! Our blog will be back next week with a post on making a two part block mold of a pumpkin.
Different Types of Common Molds. November 4, 2016 This is a brief overview of the different types of molds you can make with silicone, latex and urethane. This list is by no means complete. Rather, it consists of pictures and a short description of the more common mold types. If you have questions about a particular project, you can always give us a […]
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) […]
