Uncoated wood is routinely used to make large molds for curbs and house footings.
How to make a concrete statue mold. Smooth-On rubbers can be applied right at the job site. Hot-glue gun and glue sticks. Basics of Making Concrete Molds From Wood Start With a Coated Surface.
Making a lion statue from a latex mold. You can make a concrete statue with a wire frame cast one with a mold or sculpt a small free form shape by hand. The lion is primed with acrylic gesso then painted with acrylic paint.
Dip the paintbrush into the color-solution and apply the color to the area youve just wet. Make Molds for Concrete Lawn Sculptures. Using the rag immediately wipe any protruding or high areas.
They can be brushed on poured on or sprayed onto a model. The rubber is for making the actual mold form of your model. The brand I recommend is Holdens.
The best way I found to do it is by slowly pouring the cement down the sides of the latex rubber till the bottom is covered and then slowly dump in the center of the mold and after the mold is full tap around the bottom of the mother mold with a rubber mallet but dont tap to hard youll be doing more bad than good to release the trapped air in the concrete. How do you make concrete statues look old. After curing the concrete will unstick from the wood relatively easily.
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