Tutorials

How to Make a Rubber Stamping Mat for Concrete [Cobblestone Model]

How to Make a Rubber Stamping Mat for Concrete [Cobblestone Model]

In this video, we demonstrate how to make a concrete stamping mat out of polyurethane rubber. We use cobblestone as our model and Pol...

How to Make Wood-Textured Concrete Stools

How to Make Wood-Textured Concrete Stools

The following tutorial details the process of making a polyurethane rubber mold of a log that will be used to cast concre...

Kiln-Casting with Glass: The Process

Kiln-Casting with Glass: The Process

Anna Boothe, former faculty member in the Glass Program at Tyler School of Art (Temple University) and current freel...

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...

How to Make a Decorative Concrete (GFRC) Panel

How to Make a Decorative Concrete (GFRC) Panel

This tutorial shows the process of making a decorative glass fiber reinforced concrete (GFRC) panel using various Polytek® mold rubbers...

Mold Making Tutorial: Old-Growth Cypress Concrete TableTop

Mold Making Tutorial: Old-Growth Cypress Concrete TableTop

We recently visited SureCrete Design Products, a decorative and specialty concrete manufacturer, at their headquarters in Dade Cit...

Creating Permanent Masters for Mold Making

Creating Permanent Masters for Mold Making

This article focuses on how to make hard rubber or plastic copies of original masters. There are a number of good reasons to creat...

Polygel® Spray-On Mold of 19-Foot Tall Mastodon Sculpture

Polygel® Spray-On Mold of 19-Foot Tall Mastodon Sculpture

Kent Ullberg is a highly acclaimed wildlife sculptor whose work spans the globe and can be found in numerous museums, municipalities, c...

How to Make a Rubber Mold to Reproduce Concrete Stepping Stones

How to Make a Rubber Mold to Reproduce Concrete Stepping Stones

The following tutorial details how to reproduce concrete stepping stones (or pavers) from an existing stepping stone. You mig...

Poured Blanket Mold of Architectural Element for Concrete Casting

Poured Blanket Mold of Architectural Element for Concrete Casting

Two times a year, Polytek holds a Mold Making & Casting Seminar & Workshop. Attendees are invited to bring their own mod...

Customer Project: Cast Stone Magnolia Buds for Tattnall Square Park

Customer Project: Cast Stone Magnolia Buds for Tattnall Square Park

West Side Stone Works of Macon, Georgia took on a mold making and casting project to create cast stone magnolia buds that...

Tek-Tip: How to Store Rubber Molds to Extend Library Life

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...