Customer Project: Indianapolis Fabrications Assists Sopheap Pich – “A Room” Installation
Commissioned to assist Sopheap Pich with the “A Room” installation at the Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA), Polytek customer India...
Tutorials
Tek-Tip: How to Store Rubber Molds to Extend Library Life
The Library Life of a rubber mold is the length of time a rubber mold will remain useful after being placed in storage. When proper...
Casting Concrete in Polyurethane vs. Silicone Rubber Molds
Here at Polytek, we often recommend the use of liquid polyurethane rubber to make molds for concrete casting (e.g., concrete tiles...
How to Prepare a Model When Making a Polyurethane Rubber Mold
A model, also called a “master”, should be prepared according to the model material & mold material.Models being used to make a pol...
Looking Back: Hanks & Spielberg Receive Cold-Cast Bronze Statues
Looking back through the archives of Developments, a Polytek® printed newsletter covering a variety of mold making and casting topi...
Tek-Tip: Repairing Torn Rubber Molds
If a tear develops in your polyurethane rubber or silicone rubber mold, one of the following options may help to repa...
Cold Cast Bronze: Three Casting Methods
There are three methods that we typically recommend for creating cold cast bronze pieces [Figure 1]: solid casting, slush casting, and...
Tek-Tip: Top 10 Most Common Rubber Mold Making Fails
We’ve compiled a list detailing the most common reasons that rubber mold making projects go wrong (e.g, uncured materials, incompl...
Slush Casting Resin to Make Hollow Parts
What is Slush Casting?Casting material is manually “slushed around” in the mold, creating a thin layer, which results in a hollow,...
Architectural Restoration: Making a Rubber Site Mold to Replace a Damaged Column
Project: Architectural Restoration: Making a Rubber Site Mold to Replace a Damaged Column This commercial building is bei...
Body Casting Tutorial: Hydrogel Mold & Cold Cast Bronze Casting
Body molds and castings can be made using a variety of products. The following tutorial details the steps needed to create a Hydrog...
Tek-Tip: Perform Platinum Silicone Test Cures
Out of the entire Polytek® product line-up, platinum-cured silicones (PlatSil® products) are most likely to suffer from cure inhibition...