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Key Differences
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| Mixed Viscosity | 9,300 cps | Brushable |
| Pot Life | 15 minutes | 6 minutes |
| Cure Time | 2 hours | 20 minutes |
| Shore A Hardness | 000-35 | 25 |
| Color | Translucent | Green |
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| Ecoflex™ GEL | Body Double™ SILK | |
|---|---|---|
| Product Type |
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| Mixed Viscosity | 9,300 cps | Brushable |
| Mix Ratio By Volume | 1A:1B | 1A:1B |
| Mix Ratio By Weight | 1A:1B | 1A:1B |
| Pot Life | 15 minutes | 6 minutes |
| Cure Time | 2 hours | 20 minutes |
| Shore A Hardness | 000-35 | 25 |
| Specific Gravity | 0.98 g/cc | 0.91 g/cc |
| Specific Volume | 28 cu. in./lb. | 30.4 cu. in./lb. |
| Color | Translucent | Green |
| Elongation @ Break | >1000 % | — |
| Shrinkage | <.001 in. / in. | <.001 in. / in. |
| Refractive Index | 1.40451 | — |
Product Description
Ecoflex™ GEL
Ecoflex™ GEL is an extremely soft, platinum silicone rubber gel specifically designed for creating silicone makeup appliances, for cushioning, creating gaskets, encapsulation, and other applications requiring a very soft silicone material.
Certified Skin Safe - Cured Ecoflex™ GEL is skin safe and is certified by an independent laboratory.
Body Double™ SILK
Body Double™ SILK is a self-releasing platinum-cure silicone rubber that can be applied directly to the skin to make molds of the face, hands and other body parts. The rubber cures quickly and will reproduce excellent detail from any original model. Certified Skin Safe - Material is skin safe and certified by an independent laboratory.
Body Double™ SILK will release from closely cropped hair-covered skin surfaces (short beards, mustaches, eyebrows, pubic hair, etc.). Release cream or Hyper-Folic™ are not needed when using Body Double™ SILK. Body Double™ SILK will last for many castings of almost any material including plaster, Matrix™ NEO™, wax, resins (Smooth-Cast™ urethanes, polyester, etc.) Body Double™ SILK has a working time of 6 minutes and a demold time of 20 minutes*.
*Depending on material temperature, ambient temperature and body temperature – see “Preparation” below for details.