Moulds and Mould Making News 2007

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13th December 2007 - We have just added a very useful article to our tech tips section on how to correctly cast into our Plastic plaster moulds. Read More ->

6th December 2007 - We have just completed the task of creating a colour chart for all our pigments and oxides.

30th November 2007 - We never stop producing new moulds at our Aldax Mould Factory. Today we are proud to release a mould which has been requested by at least 3 of our valued customers who were happy with our 3d latex christmas tree mould but also wanted a flat backed plastic mould. Click here for more information

27th November 2007 - Today we have two brand new moulds. The first is an old vintage truck. The other is the world famous Sydney Opera House. We believe this is the first ever plastic mould of the famous Sydney icon!! Click here or on the images for more information

16th November 2007 - Check out our latest tech tip article. Now available from Aldax is Aristocrat High Gloss Coating. 1 coat equals 50 coats of varnish!!. Click here for more information

9th November 2007 - We have finally produced what has been the most requested mould with requests dating back to last year! We are proud to present the NEW Aldax Alphabet mould! With 29 characters which measure 3cm in height. Click for more information

26th October 2007 - Christmas is just under 2 months away and one of our valued customers have pointed out that we need a new mould just for the occasion. So here we are, santa claus, father Christmas ready for casting and painting. Click here for more information

19th October 2007 - Today I had a great time making a new mould for a customer. I had the pleasure of making a mould of the famous Melbourne W Class Trams which still run in Melbourne. Click here for more information

12th October 2007 - One of the more unusual commissions we have received lately was from the Macau Government Tourist Office for 2 plaster painting moulds for a Sydney Martin Place promotion on the 2nd to 5th of October.Click here to read about it

10th October 2007 - We have two new moulds today ready for casting from our shopping cart

2nd October 2007 - At the request from one of our valued customers, we have manufactured a classic Penny Farthing mould. Available now from our shopping cart

24th September 2007 - We have just released a new plastic hobby mould. This one is for all you dog lovers out there. This frame mould features a dog bone and a love heart. Available now from our shopping cart.

21st August 2007 - With all the interest in our increasing range of concrete moulds I have got together a list of the most commonly asked questions and added them to our Tech Tips under the title of "How to Care For and Use Concrete Garden Moulds"

This will supplement the two books "How to Turn Concrete into Gold" which deals mainly with the basics of setting up and running a concrete garden ornament business. It covers such things, as what concrete mixtures give best results, how to pour, decorate and sell the finished products and much more.

For the latest book "How to Make Latex Moulds" we photographed our day to day procedures making latex moulds to give a good practical insight into making a wide range of latex moulds.

Anyone purchasing either of these books is offered a lifetime free e-mail enquiry service. The books offer a practical approach to setting up and running your own business. Your questions help us to continually update the books. click here to read the article

16th August 2007 - An interesting project has recently come our way and we think it may be of some interest to many of you. We were commissioned to create a crown sticker from a rough piece of clipart given to us. What our customer ended up with was a beautiful 3d Cold metal casted Royal crown. click here to read the story

11th July 2007 - We've been working hard on our paver moulds again. This week we have produced at least 1 new paver mould a day. We have four brand new ones ready for you to use up on our shopping cart. click here to view them

25th June 2007 - Father's day is not far off and in responce to our many requests from customers, we have produced a mould just for the occasion! click here to view this mould in our shopping cart

6th June 2007 - We have had hundreds of emails asking how to make a silicone mould. Now we have a fantastic new TechTip article teaching you how to make your own silicone moulds complete with step by step instructional photographs! click here to read or download the article

31st May 2007 - Check out our brand new large Lions head garden ornament mould. Perfect for casting concrete into for a unique fountain spout or wall hanging. click here for more info

24th May 2007 - We have released our first silicone mould. This one is for all those soap makers out there. Cast up to 5 soap bars at once with this fantastic durable, flexible silicone mould. click here for more information

22nd May 2007 - We have just release 3 brand new moulds. Check them out by browsing our online Mould Store. click here

16th May 2007 - Check out our website for 8 new Jewellery and embedding moulds. click here to view the moulds on our shopping cart

15th May 2007 - PAVERS!! - As Promised we have been doing a lot of work developing our concrete/cement paver moulds. They are made using much thicker ABS plastic than our PVC plaster hobby moulds in order to give greater production life.

Our tests show that ABS is the only plastic to use for paver manufacturing as it resists the abrasive nature of concrete very well. The coswt of replacing a mould is a fraction of the cost of producing latex moulds with fibreglass back up and they are available immediately rather than the week it takes to make a latex mould and backup. clicking here to see the latest paver moulds available

26th April 2007 - Today we have a Nautical theme going with two new moulds depicting the anchor of the HMB Endeavour and a ship's wheel. We have also added a new tech tips article teaching you how to make Silicone Jewellery moulds clicking here to read the article

The brand new nautical moulds can be found on our online mould store by clicking here

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24th April 2007 - We have a brand new chocolate depicting the symbols for male and female. This unique mould can be found on our website by clicking here.

17th April 2007 - Have you ever wondered how our plastic moulds are manufactured? We have just completed a new projects article outlining one of the processes we use click here to read the article.

13th April 2007 - Something a little bit different for Mother's Day. instead of the usual flat plaque, Joseph dreamed up an attractive basket of flowers above the message " I Love You Mum". A moulds which when cast and painted says it all. Hope you like it! You can view this mould in our online store by clicking here.

27th March 2007 - We have just uploaded two new articles on the use of Patinas on metals. Firstly what is a patina. It is the colour of the surface of metal when it has been exposed to the weather for a considerable period or has had an application of chemicals to simulate this effect. These can be found in our tech tips section or by clicking here.

19th March 2007 - We have just completed the manufacture of 3 brand new moulds including one EASTER mould. Easter is only a few weeks away! Visit our online Shopping Cart for more details.

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27th February 2007 - NEW!! How to Make Resin Jewellery Kit This is one of the most exciting kits we have assembled. It is a complete introduction to making the moulds and casting resin jewellery. The 16 piece kit contains everything you require to start producing designer quality resin jewellery. It includes the latex and full instructions on jewellery mould making and also a finished mould to make 11 different beads. A 24 page full colour book that is included, contains one of the best descriptions of resin jewellery making that we have seen up to date.

Start off with everything you need to try your hand at this up and coming craft for a pocket saving $59.95 Plus $12.50 postage and packing to anywhere in Australia.

Click here to view our new kit on our Online Shopping cart

21st February 2007 -We have just released a brand new Frangipani picture frame mould. This unique frame design is available from our online shopping cart, or just give us a call and ask for the frangipani frame mould which is a bargain for $8.95. Find out more by clicking here.

7th February 2007 - We have just added a new article to our tech tips section which deals with the various methods of finishing Resin jewellery and embedments. Read the article here.

24th January 2007 - Custom Soap Moulds- We are about to develop a series of exclusive and custom Australiana based soaps for two keen entrepreneurs in the New South Wales highlands area. As you will only be able to purchase these soaps from these two ladies, we will get their permission to feature their range and how to get in touch with them at a later stage. Good luck to them both in their soap making venture. Joseph and I tried samples of their soap that they left with us and they were terrific. We will keep you posted on the progress of this project.

17th January 2007 - Jewellery Mould - While we are arranging supplies of the special HDPE plastic to use in the production of our range of jewellery moulds we have organised supplies of this imported mould. Only two plastics give the clean, no release agent necessary, gloss finish required for resin casting jewellery moulds, namely polyethylene and polypropylene. Both are brutes to vacuum form so we expect to be having fun over the next few weeks building up our range.

Instead of having one or two of each size and shape on a mould, jewellery makers tell us that they need a number of a particular shape on each mould. That having only two identical shapes means that they have to keep pouring to build up enough beads for even the simplest necklace.

As this seems to make sense, we will not follow the example of this imported mould but rather have 6 or 8 or more of each shape on the one mould. Suggestions as to shapes would be appreciated with our first request being for several size heart shapes.

16th January 2007 - Resin jewellery is very much the current item of interest in the jewellery marketplace. Check out the latest developments in this exciting area in our new article.Click here to read the article.

10th January 2007 - We have published a new article in our tech tips section to help you mix and pour casting plaster. Many people incorrectly mix their plaster and find they have a lumpy mix. Click here to read the article.

4th January 2007 - We are very excited to annouce a new innovation developed by Aldax Moulds to give you a perfect level back to your plaster castings. The new LEVEL CASTER will eventually be available for all of our mould sizes but initially our most popular small size is available for immediate purchase. Click here for more information.

3rd January 2007 - Many Customers have been asking for a printable catalogue of our moulds and mould making materials so we have produced a pdf catalogue which can be found to the right of the page below the Tech Tips section. This catalogue will be updated on a regular basis.

2nd January 2007 - We hope you have all had a great Christmas and New Year. We are back at work and are busy turning out new moulds and preparing new articles for our tech tips section. To start the year off, we have just completed 6 brand new moulds. Click here to visit our store.