Hyde Park Mouldings (www.hyde-park.com) was commissioned to create several large concrete fountains to be installed in a newly renovated public garden in New York City.  Eli Nassim, a Hyde Park artisan, sculpted the original form out of water-based clay.  The final sculpt was over 7 ft. tall (2.1 m.) and incorporated highly detailed ornamentation.

Hyde Park was under a tight deadline.  A dedication ceremony was scheduled at the garden within two weeks.  A mold had to be made and several reproductions had to be cast and installed in that time period.  Mr. Nassim knew that using a brush-on rubber would simply take too long to have all the pieces finished in time.  A long-time Smooth-On user, Mr. Nassim contacted our technical help line hoping he might find a faster solution.

Smooth-On’s EZ-Spray® 45 urethane system came to the rescue.  EZ-Spray® 45 is a sprayable mold rubber capable of covering large original models in a very short amount of time.  The cured material is not only flexible, but also very durable – more than capable of reproducing the concrete fountain many times over.  The deadline was met with time to spare.  EZ-Spray® 45 urethane picked up every detail from Mr. Nassim’s original sculpt, reproducing it in the concrete castings. 

The fountains now stand as a reminder that with the right tools and materials, along with the expertise and experience to back it all up, anything is possible with Smooth-On rubbers.