4758
Accession Number
5004
Title Of Article Chaper
Techniques of making plastic casts of artifacts from permanent molds
Title Of Journal Book
American antiquity
Volume
35
Issue
2
Pages
223-226
Collation
8 Figures
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
A method for making duplicates of projectile points or other ethnic artifacts is presented. A two-piece mold of RTV silicone rubber is made over the object. Cold-cure acrylic, colored with dry pigment, is incorporated in the mold to produce a replica of the original artifact, in both color and texture.
Keywords
casting replicas;acrylic casting;mold-making
pub_id
4758