Tutorials

Architectural Restoration: Making a Rubber Mold of a Plaster Column

Architectural Restoration: Making a Rubber Mold of a Plaster Column

This video tutorial features the making of a brush-on rubber site mold. Some of the columns in this commercial building are damaged -- a bru...

Marbled Effect in Polyurethane Resin

Marbled Effect in Polyurethane Resin

An intrinsic “marbled” look can be a challenge to achieve with resin. It takes experimentation and it is extremely difficult t...

How to Make a Rubber Mold of a Corbel

How to Make a Rubber Mold of a Corbel

This mold making and casting tutorial features the making of a poured, polyurethane block mold of a plastic corbel. P...

Casting Foam in Polyurethane Rubber Molds

Casting Foam in Polyurethane Rubber Molds

Use Silicone Rubber (if you have it available to you) Ideally, silicone rubber molds should be used when casting polyurethane foam. Sil...

How to Make a Two-Part Rubber Mold of a Baluster

How to Make a Two-Part Rubber Mold of a Baluster

This tutorial shows the process of creating a two-part polyurethane rubber mold of a wooden baluster. In this case, concrete...