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Mould Making and Casting Company

Lakeland Mouldings supply a mould making service to people who wish to reproduce figurines, ornamental pieces, fine art, cold cast resins, sculpture, statues ect. All the materials used in our mould making and casting departments are specially selected for each individual job, using our experience to tailor each package to customer’s specific needs.

Silicone rubber moulds can be taken from original pieces of sculpture whether they are sculpted in wax, clay, plaster, papier-mâché, or even carved in stone or wood. From these moulds a hard copy master and sample resin casts can be reproduced.
Mould making is a critical part of the procedure as your castings will only be as good as the mould you take off the original sculpture. This is why time and experience play a big part it’s not a process to be rushed.

Original pieces of sculpture that may be very delicate and have fine detail need to be handled with great care so a silicone rubber block mould may be your first mould. From the block mould you are then able to cast a resin or urethane master. The master can then be tooled to make skin/ glove moulds that are held in a support. The supporting case can be made of may different materials but the most popular are fiberglass cases or urethane. It is often more practical to cast from skin moulds as the demoulding of complicated pieces from a rubber block mould can be difficult and there is a greater chance of damaging the cast. A thinner mould is softer and gives you more elongation to peel the silicone rubber from the cast piece.

The design and manufacture of tooling systems and mould making techniques for casting reproductions vary depending on the customers needs. In general the tooling will include a fiberglass jacket that locates around the master, leaving a gap of approximately 4mm to 8mm thick. Silicone rubber is then injected into this gap producing production moulds. From the fiberglass case and master production moulds can be poured on a daily basis. The amount of silicone rubber used is greatly reduced by pouring skin moulds thus the eventual cost of your moulds are reduced, as silicone is not a cheap material.

The above is just an outline to how we produce silicone rubber moulds from which you can cast product. This can alter with individual requirements. We produce moulds and tools for may different industries for prototyping, restoration, resin casting, real bronze casting, plaster castings, from one offs to mass manufacturing. The limit is your imagination.