Body Double(TM)

Body Double(TM) Advantages: Body Double (TM) allows you to make a mold directly from a live model. You are therefore capturing "first generation" detail from the model vs. second generation detail with the alginate mold process - assuming you want more than one casting.  Not having to make a second production mold from a one-off casting taken from an alginate mold saves valuable time, materials, and money. And being a platinum silicone, you can cast many materials into a Body Double(TM) mold including resins, plasters, low-temperature melt metal alloys etc. - over and over again. Body Double(TM) molds will last for years in your mold library with no shrinkage.

Body Double(TM) Release Cream: Alginates will release body hair easily by virtue of having no tear strength. Being a high-tear strength silicone, Body Double(TM) will not stick to skin, but will encapsulate and mechanically stick to body hair. Many "volunteers" from the Smooth-On sales team found out the hard way by losing swatches of hair from the forearm, that release preparation of some sort is required. In our search for a release agent, we tried a variety of preparations, including skin creams, hair conditioners, petroleum jelly, and combinations of these products. We came up with a skin conditioning blend that releases Body Double(TM) rubber better than any preparation or combination we tried. This cream will not inhibit the rubber.