Concrete Mold Making & Casting How‑To's

Concrete Mold Making & Casting
Concrete casting pros from around the world know Smooth-On liquid rubber products as the industry standard for making rubber molds that have the abrasion resistance and tear strength needed to keep production moving. Casting concrete into rubber molds made with Smooth-On Rubber lets you make perfect copies of any original every time! Smooth-On rubbers can be applied right at the job site. They can be brushed on, poured on, or sprayed onto a model. Molds are ready for casting in a day and last in production... saving you time, labor, and material costs.
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How To Make Concrete Countertops for a Trade Show Display

How To Make Concrete Countertops for a Trade Show Display

In this video we show you how we created new concrete countertops for a custom pergola display.

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How To Make a Mold For Casting Concrete Tiles

How To Make a Mold For Casting Concrete Tiles

Learn the steps needed to make a production countertop mold using Formlastic™

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How to Make a Mold of a Rock for a Concrete Sink

How to Make a Mold of a Rock for a Concrete Sink

Learn how to make a mold of a small boulder using Rebound 25 brush on silicone rubber.

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How to Make a Concrete and Epoxy Lagoon Aquarium Table

How to Make a Concrete and Epoxy Lagoon Aquarium Table

Learn how to use concrete in combination with clear epoxy resin to create an aquarium table.

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How To Restore an Historic Concrete Seal at Princeton University

How To Restore an Historic Concrete Seal at Princeton University

Watch how John Paolini, from Paolini Cast Stone, restored an historic concrete seal

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Shop Projects - How To Make a Concrete Utility Sink

Shop Projects - How To Make a Concrete Utility Sink

In this video we show you how we made a concrete utility sink for our shop using Forton® VF-774.

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How To Cast Concrete Using Aquacon® Release Agent

How To Cast Concrete Using Aquacon® Release Agent

AquaCon® is a water based concrete release agent that aids in releasing concrete castings from Smooth-On rubber molds

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How To Make a Sunscreen Curtain Wall from a Digital Design

How To Make a Sunscreen Curtain Wall from a Digital Design

Smooth-On's client "Taller de Prefabricados" invited us to to film their process

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How To Make Decorative GFRC Panels from a Jungle Tree Trunk

How To Make Decorative GFRC Panels from a Jungle Tree Trunk

"Taller de Prefabricados" invited us to their facilities to film their mold making process

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How To Create an Angular GFRC Architectural Panel

How To Create an Angular GFRC Architectural Panel

GFRC Cladding Systems creates angular panels to be installed on a building in Miami's design district.

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How To Create a GFRC Architectural Cornice

How To Create a GFRC Architectural Cornice

GFRC Cladding Systems shows how to create a spray-up cladding cornice.

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How To Spray GFRC To Create a Showroom Kiosk

How To Spray GFRC To Create a Showroom Kiosk

In this video we show the step-by-step process for creating a sales desk kiosk with a custom textured surface using GFRC enhanced with Forton® VF-774.

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How To Create a GFRC Table using Rebound™ 25 Silicone Rubber

How To Create a GFRC Table using Rebound™ 25 Silicone Rubber

Creating a GFRC table design employs the root of a Royal Poinciana tree recovered from a hurricane.

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How To Create a Silicone Rubber Texture Mat for GFRC Panels

How To Create a Silicone Rubber Texture Mat for GFRC Panels

Granary wall inside the barn features woodgrain textures that can be duplicated onto GFRC panels for a shower install.

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How To Make GFRC Textured Shower Panels

How To Make GFRC Textured Shower Panels

Multiple GFRC panels of different sizes and shapes will be made from this single texture mat mold.

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How To Make a Concrete Stamp Using Urethane Rubber

How To Make a Concrete Stamp Using Urethane Rubber

Project goal: transform a disused service entrance into an inviting stamped concrete walkway.

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How to Use a Concrete Stamp

How to Use a Concrete Stamp

Project: Replace existing service entrance with a decorative concrete walkway.

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Taking the Mystery Out of How to Make a Concrete Sink Mold

Taking the Mystery Out of How to Make a Concrete Sink Mold

This step-by-step guide uses Smooth-On's VytaFlex® 40 mold rubber to demonstration how to make a concrete sink mold.

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How To Make a Concrete Sink - From Design To Production

How To Make a Concrete Sink - From Design To Production

A team of fabrication talent came together to create unique concrete décor elements with an aquatic theme. Custom designed concrete sinks, concrete showers ...

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How To Cast a Concrete Fence Which Exhibits Detail Never Seen Before

How To Cast a Concrete Fence Which Exhibits Detail Never Seen Before

Unique mold making process quickly generates 11,880 lightweight concrete panels...

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How To Reproduce a 3D Sculpture Using Brush-On™ 40 Mold Rubber

How To Reproduce a 3D Sculpture Using Brush-On™ 40 Mold Rubber

Making a brush-on mold of a 3-dimensional sculpture is an effective and inexpensive method that can be used to...

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How to Make a 2 Piece Core Mold: Concrete Urn Example

How to Make a 2 Piece Core Mold: Concrete Urn Example

This tutorial outlines the steps for creating a two-piece cored mold using Reoflex® 40 urethane rubber from Smooth-On.

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How To Use The Kwikee™ Sprayer

How To Use The Kwikee™ Sprayer

Using the Kwikee™ Sprayer to spray mold making and casting release agents will save you over 60% vs. aerosols.

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How To Make a Large Scale Formliners with VytaFlex™ Mold Rubber

How To Make a Large Scale Formliners with VytaFlex™ Mold Rubber

The Pennsylvania DOT needed 2,000 decorative noise reduction panels to maximize public safety and divert highway noise.

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