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Basics of Mold Making

An introduction to basic techniques essential for beginners for successful moldmaking.

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Advanced Techniques

Techniques for making cavity molds, multi-part molds, and other methods to mold complicated originals.

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Industrial Applications

Industrial-grade materials used by manufacturers, machinists, engineers, and innovators.

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Aquariums, Zoos and Themed Environments

Fabrication of displays used in theme parks, zoos, aquariums and more.

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Concrete Mold Making & Casting

Make concrete molds for wet casting, form liners, concrete stamps, and GFRC decorative structures and panels.

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Medical Simulation & Orthotics/Prosthetics

Make your own medical training aids or variety of custom and stock Prosthetics and Orthotics.

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Food Safe Mold Making

Make a custom candy or ice mold, even personalized chocolate, fondant or cake molds.

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Sculpture & Art Casting

Create, or make accurate reproductions of original sculpture and art displays.

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Home Crafts & Hobbies

Projects you can do at home for fun, school, or home repairs.

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Model Making

Make molds that capture very fine detail down to a "finger-print" to make exact reproductions.

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Lifecasting

Capture and reproduce detail from the human body safely and accurately.

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Makeup Effects

Techniques for professional quality makeup effects for film, TV, theater and more.

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Propmaking & Special Effects

Make breakaway glass, realistic props and other special effects.

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Large Scale Applications

Using machinery or spray systems for making molds for concrete casting, architectural restoration, and more.

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Architectural Restoration

Techniques used to restore old or create new architectural elements.

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Candle Making

Smooth-On urethane and silicone mold rubber is used for candle making

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Prototyping & Inventing

Techniques for developing your idea into a three dimensional physical representation.

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Encapsulation & Display

Create displays for retail, theatrical, or even home usage as well as tutorials for solar cell encapsulation.

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Vacuum Bagging

Using silicone to create reusable vacuum bags for resin composite applications.

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Sprayable Materials

Applications using sprayable materials and equipment.

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Taxidermy

Rubbers, plastics, foams, pigments, etc. for realistically reproducing wildlife.

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Woodworking

Mold rubbers and casting materials used to create unique forms of art from natural wood.

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Cosplay

Smooth-On Materials for Cosplay applications.

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Flame Rated Materials

Smooth-On offers the widest variety of flame rated materials in the industry.

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