Moulding and Casting

LIFE CASTING

• Alja Safe
  Alja-Safe alginate is suitable for making "temporary" moulds of the face, hands and other body parts. For making re-usable moulds of any body part, use Body Double silicone rubber. Alja-Safe is easy to use and cures quickly. It reproduces fine detail and makes and excellent temporary mould - good for one or two reproductions of any body part. You are however limited by what you can cast into an alginate mould - usually plaster. Alginate does not stick to anything and you don’t need a release cream for most applications. For example you can make a mould of the hair on your head with alginate by using hair conditioner as a release agent. This couldn’t be done with Body Double. Alja-Safe alginate does not contain free crystalline silica (a known carcinogen).
  
  - Video: Using Alja-Safe to make casts of body parts
  
  
• Body Double
  Body double is a platinum cure silicone that is skin-safe and designed for life-casting. The rubber can be applied directly to the skin to make moulds of the face, hands and other body parts. Release Cream can be used to prevent hair being trapped by the rubber. The rubber cures quickly and will reproduce detail better than alginate. You can cast almost anything into a Body Double mould. You can cast liquid plastics, wax, plaster, low temperature melt metal alloys, concrete and other materials to make your reproduction. Body Double is supplied in 400ML cartridges and therefore requires a manual dispensing gun with a static mixing nozzle.
  
  - Video: Life casting a face using Body Double

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