ARTMOLDS- The Perfect Destination for Mold Making and Casting Materials

Mold making is the process of creating a negative space to reproduce the identical details of an original. The finished mold will then be cast in metals, plastics, rubber, glass or ceramics.

Molds are negative spaces that serve as a model or pattern for shaping heated raw material such as plastic, metal, glass ceramic or other.
In hot poured casting, the molten material is heated and poured. Thus, molding is the primary method of duplicating a variety of objects in a specific shape or size. Molds are used for concrete casting also.  Welcome to our company where we supply all the materials to reproduce anything with our selection of environmentally friendly mold making and casting materials and supplies.

ArtMolds was established in 1997 and founded on the principal of manufacturing user safe and environmentally friendly products. The company is located in on the east coast just outside New York City. Our founder Mr. Ed McCormick is also an artist, sculptor and teacher and co-founders of the artists’ guild the Association of Life casters International (ALI).

ArtMolds not only holds patents for high quality mold making materials but also produces a wide variety of mold making and casting kits for individual users as well as schools and universities. There are many different types of casting materials to suit many different types of projects. Every project has its own requirements and ArtMolds’ products fulfill all the needs of its valued clients.

ArtMolds is a manufacturer and retailer of mold making and casting materials, tools, and educational materials such as books and videos. It makes it so convenient too, as ArtMolds assembles and sells complete life casting kits from full body  kits to kits to cast baby’s hands.
ArtMolds’ site is a comprehensive life casting learning resource, too. Visit the website http://www.artmolds.comfor more details about its services.

Latex Rubber and Liquid Latex to Create Masks

Masks made of latex are very popular and can be a fantastic finishing touch to an outfit. They are generally made up of latex rubber.

Although some of the masks, a bit more expensive, can be made up of other materials such as silicone rubber or vinyl. They are commonly used as special effects in movies to look completely realistic. Latex rubber offers the mask creator a wonderful medium to express a vast array of different worlds such as beauty, fantasy, ugliness, evil, alien beings and horror. The latex mask is mainly popular for the horror aspect. Using latex, the grotesque aspect can be very well represented. Latex casting rubbers are formulated to be more viscous than latex mold making rubbers. They are mainly used for mask making, costumes and hollow castings.

Form of liquid latex with colorant is also for body paint due to its ease of application and durability. Other body paints tend to smudge against fabric, often leaving dirty and stained clothes. Once the liquid latex has dried on the skin, these issues will not be there.

RD 407 Mask Making Rubber is the industry standard casting rubber used in the manufacture of latex masks, props, gloves and other thin skin latex products. These latexes can be poured into special plaster molds such as those made of Castrate. The liquid latex then sits in the mold for about 30-45 minutes and is poured off. What is left behind is a thin skin of latex rubber. After drying overnight the result is a flexible rubber skin in the form of the mold which can be painted using latex paints. Latex casting rubbers can also be used as a dipping rubber to form successive coats such as on tool handles.