Showing posts with label Casting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Casting. Show all posts

Saturday, 29 June 2013

Your Search for Quality and Safe Resin Casting and Clay Modeling Products Ends Here

EnvironMolds LLC in Summit, New Jersey is the answer to your prayers as it offers a comprehensive array of skin-safe, user-safe and environmentally-safe casting and molding products for every kind of lifecasting or general casting projects.

The company website www.artmolds.com hosts an ample range of high quality polyurethane casting resins which are safe, strong, odor free and also resistant to water, oil, chemicals and even abrasions. For instance, the Jewelry-R-Rezin is a professional grade formula useful for jewelry making and encapsulation. You can opt for Environmolds' Pourable Casting Resin or KastEZ Resin for making casts of both rigid and flexible molds for point-of-purchase displays, rapid prototypes, special effects, and sculpture reproductions. Think no further than the UV resistant and non-yellowing Aqua Clear for making beautiful lifecasts.

It will successfully capture intricate details like fingerprints, skin pores and even texture!
For clay modeling, there is the premium grade Roma Plasticina for professional sculptors (white and grey-green colors) to the non-sulfured NSP in green color. Roma No. 1 ballistic clay is the industry standard and serves as the backing material for testing body armor. Apart from these oil-based, non-hardening options, there are regular water-based clays for wall pieces and other ceramic work.

The most beautiful lifecasts still look incomplete without a name plate specifying the details of the art piece. EnvironMolds offers two kinds of elegant engraved name plates in low luster brass finish. One is fixed with two nails – one on either end, and the other uses an adhesive backing. There are 4 standard sizes – A25, A30, A35 and A45 and artists can choose between square and rounded corners. For the text part, there is an option of 3 lines to announce the title of the cast, date and name of artist. The lettering is done in oxidized black for maximum contrast and customers can choose from 3 stylish typefaces.

Monday, 25 February 2013


There are many different types of casting materials available to suit many different types of projects.



If you are creative with jewelry then you may wish to look at the various resins for casting unique resin jewelry pieces. If you are after a fun and creative party activity for children then you may want to investigate the casting of plaster ornaments and plaques for them to paint. Plaster is the most ideal casting material for this purpose. Every project has its own requirements and here we will look at the most popular casting materials and their uses.

GYPSUM PLASTERS

Gypsum plaster is a versatile, cheap and safe casting material to use for many different types of applications. This material only requires an inexpensive latex mold rather than more expensive silicone rubber mold making materials which are generally needed for resin castings.

Casting plasters are best suited for general purpose art casting such as for children's plaster painting ornaments. Casting plasters have a harder surface which prevents chipping and provides a good surface for painting. Whereas, plaster of Paris, is hydroscopic, chalky and too soft for casting; it is best used for its intended purposes – wall patching.

For projects that require a harder and more durable plaster casting material you might want to look at one of the stone plasters. These are more expensive but the strength is superior.