Lifecasting | Smooth-On, Inc.

Head-to-Toe Precision

Smooth-On Alja-Safe alginate and Body Double silicone rubber have become Hollywood favorites and industry standards for capturing / reproducing detail from the human body. Formulated to be entirely skin safe mold materials (both are ACMI certified skin safe), these products are used for;

Small projects – Application example; reproducing infant’s hands and feet to make forever-lasting castings of a new birth event. Also, reproducing finger prints by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies).

Intermediate projects – Application example; reproducing detail of someone’s fingers, hands, feet or a face for school art projects, making movie special effects or making orthotic and orthopedic appliances, making medical training aids and more.

Large projects – reproducing a torso (face to mid-section) or entire body (head to toe) for making movie special effects, castings for museums, medical training aids and more.

Body Double is also used for a variety of mold making applications because it cures quickly relative to other mold materials

What are the main differences between Body Double and Alja-Safe?
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Making a resin casting of a hand using Alja Safe and Smooth Cast 300Q	Using Alja-Safe® Alginate To Make Molds Of Body Parts	Martha Stewart Making a Mold of a Hand Using Alja-Safe®
Making a Mold of a Face Using Alja-Safe Alginate	Lifecasting A Face Using Body Double	Lifecasting A Female Torso Using Body Double Silicone Rubber

Click Here to View the Full Sequence Alja-Safe® Lifecasting Quick Start Guide	Click Here to View the Full Sequence Making a Full Head Mold using Body Double® Lifecasting Silicone Rubber	Click Here to View the Full Sequence Seeing Double with Body Double® Skin Safe Silicone Rubber
Click Here to View the Full Sequence Making a One Piece Cut Seam Mold of a Head Using Body Double® Silicone	Click Here to View the Full Sequence Using Alja-Safe® Alginate to Cast Silicone Body Parts	Click Here to View the Full Sequence Using Body Double® FAST SET Silicone to Make a Mold of a Head
Click Here to View the Full Sequence Making a Reproduction of a Child's Face using Body Double® Lifecasting Silicone	Click Here to View the Full Sequence Face Casting with Alja-Safe® Crystalline Silica-Free Alginate