Applications
Concrete Moulding and Casting
Urethane concrete casting moulds are used by the best in the business because they’re durable, abrasion-resistant, flexible, easy to work with, and highly accurate. Brush, pour or spray onto a model – no worries! Your rubber moulds for concrete will be ready within a day… saving you a lot more than just time. It’ll help you stick to budget too.
Natural Latex has been a mainstay of the Ornamental Concrete industry for nearly a century. The strength and durability of a Natural Latex mold will give you excellent reproductions with exceptional detail for many years.
Silicone rubbers are not just ideal for casting resin. They can be a great option to make a fast flexible, strong and durable production mold for casting concrete.
Rowe also offers a variety of concrete additives, sealers and releases.
Food Safe
Have you ever wondered how to make custom sweets moulds, make your own custom or personalised chocolate moulds, or even make moulds for fondant or cakes? Some of the addition-cure silicones Rowe carries will meet FDA certification for food contact. Smooth-Sil™ 940, 950, 960, some Sorta Clear™ Silicones, and the Equinox™ Series are suitable for making baking moulds and trays, ice trays, casting butter, chocolate and other applications used to produce foods.
The Smooth-On TASK™ 11 resin can be used for dry food contact applications.
FDA compliant adhesives are quite limited in terms of adhesive technology and performance features. To comply with the FDA food grade code, Permabond offers a small range of two-part FDA epoxies that can remain in compliance with the FDA formulation guidelines.
Lifecasting
Formulated to be entirely skin safe mold materials, these alginates and silicone rubbers have become Hollywood favorites and industry standards for capturing / reproducing detail from the human body.
Our lifecasting products are used for
- Small projects such as reproducing infant’s hands and feet to make forever-lasting castings of a new birth event. Also, reproducing finger prints by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies.
- Intermediate projects such as reproducing detail of someone’s fingers, hands, feet or a face for school art projects, making movie special effects or making orthotic and orthopedic appliances, making medical training aids and more.
- Large projects such as reproducing a torso (face to mid-section) or entire body (head to toe) for making movie special effects, castings for museums, medical training aids and more.
Makeup and Special Effects
Special effects makeup, also known as prosthetic makeup or FX makeup, is the process of utilising prosthetic moulding, sculpting, and casting techniques to produce realistic cosmetic effects. Whether you're a newcomer to the world of special effects makeup or an experienced professional, we have the right products for your needs. As experts in the industry, we only offer special effects makeup supplies of the highest quality. We're the Australian distributor for Smooth-On, the reputable brand known for helping bring movies and TV shows to life.
Whether your project is creating full-scale prosthetics like a silicone mask or something less demanding like cuts or bruises, we have the SFX and prosthetic makeup materials you need. Our products are not just exclusive to those in the movie and television trade. We're loved by those who want to take their cosplay creations to the next level. The same can also be said for Halloween enthusiasts who want to go beyond store-bought props and special effects makeup.
Medical Simulation
Ever think about making your own medical training aids?
We have the medical simulation supplies and materials you need to make your own precise response medical simulation equipment. From suture and needle insertion pads to surgical training and trauma simulation aids. Our list of materials will equip you with everything you need to confidently and effectively build your equipment for long-lasting results.
We also carry materials and kits containing all the supplies needed to make immediate simulated trauma scars, open wounds, burns, cuts, infections, and more.
Our lifecasting products allow you to make hyper-realistic copies of body parts to give your training aids realistic results, in terms of look, feel and feedback.
Sculpting
Rowe offers a variety of Modeling Clays and Sculpting Accessories for the discerning artist. Whether you’re venturing into your first sculpting project or you’re an experienced sculptor, we can supply you with the necessary tools and materials to get the job done.
Each type of Chavant Fine Art Sculpting Clay, also known as Plasteline, is suitable for all educational levels and professional sculptors in the Fine Art, Special Effect, and Product Design industries. Personal opinion generally dictates choice and clients appreciate the variety of materials. All will meet requirements for detail retention and surface development.
Two part sculptable epoxy clays require no firing and will self-cure in a short time to an extremely hard and durable state with virtually no shrinkage.
Silicone Baby Doll Making
Ready to make your own silicone or reborn baby doll? You’re in the right place!
We offer a broad range of reborn doll supplies for moulding, casting, painting and much more.
Find the perfect silicone doll making supplies below!
Doll Making Supplies
Our supplies make it possible to create your own reborn doll or silicone doll.
- Non-toxic sulphur-free modelling clay
- Mould making materials and release agents
- Super soft realistic feeling platinum-catalysed silicone available in several hardness
- Flesh pigments and silicone base for realistic doll painting
- Special solvent to create a matte paint surface and avoid a glossy appearance
Our Smooth-On silicones are as soft as they come yet durable enough to withstand stretching without tearing or distorting. Low-viscosity options make it easy to mix your silicone.
Silicone Vacuum Bagging
Reusable silicone vacuum bags could reduce your labour and consumables costs by up to 90%. Yeah, that’s right.
Silicone vacuum bagging allows for a consistently distributed compression. No wrinkles, bubbles or annoying little inconsistencies in the build-up of layers.
Choose Smooth-On products over traditional vacuum bagging for faster fabrication and better performance. Eliminate consumables like peel-ply, separating film/messy tape. It’s self-releasing, so no release agents are needed. Our silicones are also resistant to heat – of up to 260°C. Plus, they’re eco-friendly, so you know you’re doing well for our planet by reducing landfill.