Lifecasting How‑To's

Lifecasting
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 certified skin safe), these products are used for small projects such as reproducing infant’s hands and feet, intermediate projects such as reproducing detail of someone’s fingers, and large projects such as reproducing a torso.
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Lifecasting Tutorial: Partially Clothed Female Torso Mold and Bronze Cold Casting

Lifecasting Tutorial: Partially Clothed Female Torso Mold and Bronze Cold Casting

In this video tutorial, we show how to make a mold of a female torso using Body Double Lifecasting Silicone

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How To Use Alja-Safe™ Alginate to Cast Silicone Body Parts

How To Use Alja-Safe™ Alginate to Cast Silicone Body Parts

Not only is Alja-Safe® safe and easy to, you can also cast platinum silicone rubbers directly into finished molds.

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How To Make a Silicone Mold of a Hand Using Ecoflex™ 00-35

How To Make a Silicone Mold of a Hand Using Ecoflex™ 00-35

This lifecasting video tutorial shows how Ecoflex® 00-35 silicone can be used to lifecast a hand

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How To Lifecast a Female Torso Using Body Double Silicone Rubber

How To Lifecast a Female Torso Using Body Double Silicone Rubber

Using Body Double®, it is possible to mold an entire female torso and capture every detail in a cold cast bronze casting.

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Alja-Safe™ Alginate Quick Start Guide

Alja-Safe™ Alginate Quick Start Guide

Follow this simple step-by-step lifecasting guide, and you will have a perfect lifecasting which will 'freeze time'.

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How To Life Cast a Child's Face Using Body Double™

How To Life Cast a Child's Face Using Body Double™

Body Double™ is a skin-safe silicone rubber that reproduces perfect detail from body parts

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How To Make a Face Casting with Alja-Safe® Crystalline Silica-Free Alginate

How To Make a Face Casting with Alja-Safe® Crystalline Silica-Free Alginate

Alja-Safe® Crystalline Silica-Free Alginate is suitable for making temporary molds of the face, hands and other body parts.

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How To Mold a Face With Alja-Safe™ Acrobat™

How To Mold a Face With Alja-Safe™ Acrobat™

Alja-Safe® Acrobat® is a fiber reinforced "non-sag" version of original Alja-Safe® life casting alginate.

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Martha Stewart Making a Hand Mold Using Alja-Safe®

Martha Stewart Making a Hand Mold Using Alja-Safe®

Martha demonstrates how to create a personalized lifecast hand craft

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Lifecasting Tutorial - How To Make Hand Curtain Holders

Lifecasting Tutorial - How To Make Hand Curtain Holders

In this craft how-to, Smooth-On Fan Leo V. shows how to lifecast hands using alginate.

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How To Mold a Face with Body Double SILK Silicone Rubber

How To Mold a Face with Body Double SILK Silicone Rubber

Body Double® SILK is a self-releasing lifecasting platinum-cure silicone rubber that can be applied directly to the skin

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How To Create a Resin Casting in an Alja-Safe™ Mold

How To Create a Resin Casting in an Alja-Safe™ Mold

This tutorial will show how to pour urethane resin into an alginate mold

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