Silicone articles

Silicone Rubber for Molds Silicone molds may be the best medium for custom molds since man first realized that muddy footprints were negative imprints of feet in prehistoric times. The properties of silicones that make it outstanding for molds are its inert nature which makes it superior at high temperatures, its ability to accurately capture fine detail, its elasticity, and durability. Silicone elastomers can actually transfer submicron surface details, accurately rendering details as ...

Silicone rubber has become the material of choice for making resin molds. Though the history of mold-making goes all the way back in time to ancient Egypt and China, using sand, wax, glue, animal fat, gypsum, alginate, metal, plastic, re-usable vinyl, and even gelatin, today’s resin mold-makers most often choose one of four different flexible rubber materials, latex, polysulfides, polyurethanes, or silicon rubbers, because of the traits they all exhibit: 1. they can reproduce ...

RTV Silicone Room Temperature Vulcanizing or RTV silicone was first developed in the late 1930’s as an insulating material which could withstand the heat produced by smaller engines, but it is used today primarily to make durable, easy to construct and use molds suitable for a wide range of casting materials. It is also used today in the electronic industry for potting and encapsulation because of its superior ability to maintain its properties through a wide variety of ...

Silicone Rubber for Resin Molds Silicon rubber could have been created just for making resin molds—it is so well-suited as a material for making resin molds. Mold-making goes all the way back in history to ancient Egypt and China where they used sand, wax, glue, animal fat, gypsum, alginate, metal, plastic, antlers, and even gelatin to make their molds. Today, however, most resin crafters making custom molds choose one of the flexible rubber materials, latex, polysulfides, ...