Mindscanner #54
Makeup & Casting Supplies
list submitted by Admiral Bear


Alcone Company, Inc.
Paramount Theatrical Supply
5-49 49th St.
Long Island, NY 11101
718-361-8373
Makeup, Wigs, Theatrical Supplies

Joe Blasco Cosmetics
800-553-1520
Theatrical Makeup

Bodytech
818-766-9274
Theatrical Contact Lenses

Burman Industries, Inc.
14141 Covello St., Suite 6-A
Van Nuys, Ca 91405
818-782-9833
Makeup, Molding, Sculpting and Dental Supplies, etc, etc.,

Fiber-Resin Corporation
PO Box 4187 179 W. Providencia Ave.
Burbank, Ca 91503
213-849-4608 FAX 955-8979
Synthetic Flesh Casting Compound, Resins, etc.

Graphic Marker
9837 Owensmouth Ave. Uniti
Chatsworth, Ca 91311
818-709-4512 FAX 818-709-5063
Color Dyes for Latex Foam, Urethane, Silicone, etc...

Kryolan Corporation
131 Ninth Street
San Francisco, Ca 94103
415-863-9684 FAX 415-863-9059
Makeup and Wig Supplies

Magic Makers Costumes
940 4th Avenue, Suite 360
Huntington, WV 25701
304-525-5333
http://www.magicmakers.com/
Theatrical Makeup Supplies

Mehron
100 Red Schoolhouse Road
Chestnut Ridge, NY 10977
800-332-9955
Theatrical Makeup

National Fiber Technologies, Ltd.
300 Canal Street
Lawrence, MA 01840
508-686-2964 FAX 508-686-1497
Custom Made Fur, Hair & Wigs

Ben Nye Makeup
5935 Bowcroft St.
Los Angeles, Ca 90016
213-839-1984 FAX 213-839-2640
Theatrical & Film Makeup Supplies

Pink House Studios, Inc.
Dept.Cf
35 Bank St.
St. Albans, CT.
802-524-7191
Life Moulding Materials

Polytek Development Corporation
Dept. Cf
55 Hilton St.
Easton, Pa 18042
610-559-8620 FAX 610-559-8626
Silicones, Alginate, Liquid Rubbers & Resins, Vinyls, etc...

Professional Vision Care Associates
Dr.M.K. Greenspoon, Dr. Richard Silver
14607 Ventura Blvd.
Sherman Oaks, Ca 91403
818-789-3311 FAX 818-789-1047

Dr. Mitchell Cassel
55w. 49th St.
New York, NY 10020
212-765-4444 FAX 212-765-4459
Special Effect Contact Lenses

Smooth-On
1000 Valley Rd.
Gillette, NJ 07933
908-647-5800 FAX 908-604-2224
Liquid Rubber & Liquid Plastic Compounds for Moulding

Stage Door Studios
PO Box 9214, Dept. C
Daytona Beach, Fl 32120
904-760-5110
Makeup, Casting Supplies, Dental Supplies, Sculpting Supplies

Walco Materials Group
800-297-4541
Silicones, Epoxies, Urethanes & Adhesives

Conley Casting Supply Corporation
124 Maple Street / Warwick, RI 02888
(401) 785 9500 / (800) 445 7900 / (401) 781 9420 FAX
Jewelry supply company. Carry equipment and supplies for figure sculpting and casting.

Conquest Industries
9915 Bell Ranch Drive / Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670
(310) 906 1111 / (800) 368 2278
URL: http://www.vpm.com/conquest
Commercial spincasting equipment, metals (lead, tin, zinc and alloys of such).

Contenti
123 Stewart Street / Providence, RI 02903
(800) 343 3364
Rio Grande
4516 Anaheim Ave. NE / Albuquerque, NM 87109
1-800 545-6566
URL: http://www.riogrande.com
TONS of equipment for the sculptor/jeweler/caster. I counted 12 pages of files! They have several sets of wax carving tools, which would do well in sculpting two-part green epoxy putty.

Romanoff Rubber Co., Inc.
9 DeForest Street / Amityville, NY 11701-2805
(516) 842 2400 / (800) 221 7448 (order department)
Romanoff sells a great deal of equipment for making molds. They offer RTV to make gravity molds (it's fairly expensive), commercial equipment and material to make spincast molds, commercial spincasting equipment, lead/ lead alloy/ pewter melting pots, sculpting tools, etc.

Tekcast Industries, Inc.
12 Potter Ave. / New Rochelle, NY 10802
(914) 576 0222
Somewhere in all of the information you get there is a catalog. A small one. I am sure I saw one somewhere. Actually, they send several brochures on their products. Each one is packed full of information that is very useful to someone interested in moldmaking and casting. Emphasis on their commercial equipment for spincasting.

Alumilite Corporation
225 Parsons Street / Kalamazoo, MI 490007
(616) 342-1259 / Fax: (616) 342-1299
http://www.alumilite.com
Producers of Alumilite casting resin. They also carry super sculpey, sculpey, RTV rubber mold making compound, and lots of other products.

The Castolite Co.
P.O. Box 391 / Woodstock, IL 60098
Large catalog full of information. B/W photos of sample ways to use the products. They offer RTV, moldmaking materials, and several types of casting resins/plastics.

Dow Corning Corporation
Midland, MI 48686-0994
Produce a number of RTV rubber compounds. Request their RTV moldmaking package. It is full of information.

Fiberlay Inc.
2419 NW Market St / Seattle, WA 98107
1-800-942-0660 Order Line / 1-206-782-0660 Technical Support Line
Carry primarily bonding epoxy for the surfboard and boating industry, they also have a (small) section carrying RTV and latex rubber, and casting epoxy resin. Also carry two part expanding foam and equipment for mixing the resins, rubber and foam.

K. R. Anderson Co., Inc.
2800 Bowers Ave. / Santa Clara, CA 95051
(408) 727 2800
Epoxies and RTV's

Synair Corporation
PO Box 5269 / Chattanooga, TN 37406-0269
(423) 697 0478 / (423) 697 0474 FAX / (800) 251 7642
http://www.synair.com
Synair is the manufacturer of Por-A-Kast urethane casting resin and Por-A-Mold urethane RTV rubber compounds.

Vagabond Corporation,
P.O. Box 39 / Warner Springs, CA 92086
(619) 782-3136 / (619) 782-3138 FAX
Vagabond sells Model-Cast Casting Resins and silicone rubber (RTV).

Alpha Jewelry Supply, Inc.
Box 2133 / Bremerton, WA 98310
Jeweler's supply house. Files, carving tools, etc.

Belmont Metals
320 Belmont Avenue / Brooklyn, NY 11207
Metal supplier

Lee Precision
4275 Highway U / Hartford, WI 53027
(414) 673 3075 / (414) 673 9273 FAX
Firearms reloading component manufacturer. What is useful here are the white metal electric furnaces they sell. All have thermostats, plug into the wall and are under $100. The last catalog I received had a list of factory seconds for sale, and included two furnaces.

American Science and Surplus
3605 Howard Street / Skokie, IL 60076
URL: http://www.sciplus.com
They don't carry moldmaking or casting equipment or materials, but they DO carry a lot of tools that could be / are useful to mini sculptors and modelers. They also carry an air compressor that can double as a vacuum pump.

Micro-Mark
340 Snyder Ave.,Berkeley / Heights, NJ 07922-1595
General info: 1-(908)464-8764 9a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays only. / Fax: 1-908-665-9383
The small tool specialists, have tons of tools and supplies for modelers available.

Raven's Forge Casting Company
904 Edgewood Drive / Sheffield, AL 35660
A miniatures company, but also offer custom heat vulcanized rubber gravity molds from customer's original models, and custom spincasting. Also carry two part green epoxy in original strip form (not "tootsie roll" packaging, but strip form!) for sculptors.

Castings
Orcas Island / PO Box 298 / Eastsound, WA 98245 0298
Carry already made molds and equipment for casting with these molds or others.

The Dunken Co., Inc.
511 Main Street / P.O. Box 95 / Calvert, TX 77837
(409) 364 2020 / (409) 364 2752
Dunken sells already made molds, both metal and rubber (Prince August brand too), as well as the accessories to go with them.

Castcraft
P.O. Box 17000 / Memphis TN 38187-0000
Brochures trying to sell books full of info on how to use and how/where to get moldmaking and casting equipment and materials.

Douglas Walsh
Vacuum Form
272 Morganhill Dr. / Lake Orion, MI 48360
Mr. Walsh sells a vacuum pump that can also be used as a compressor. He also sells plans for building your own vacu-form machine, oven kits, and several other items.

OrthoCast, Inc.
7 McDonald St. / High Bridge, NJ 08829
(908) 638 5610 / FAX (908) 638 5663
http://arsdata.com/orthocast/
Ortho Cast is a an orthodontic supply house. They supply plaster used in making study models of teeth. They carry several types of plaster - Ortho Plaster, Ortho Stone, Buff Lab Stone, Lab Plaster, Lab Stone. All of this is available in either 25 or 50 pound boxes.

CK DESIGN TECHNOLOGY
4525 Industrial St. Unit 4S, Simi Valey, CA 93063
805-522-3750
Radio Controlled Actuators

EFFECTIVE ENGINEERING
13127 Kellam Ct. #32, San Diego, CA 92130-1257
619-792-5534
R/C Transmitters, Servo Animators, etc.

TRI-ESS SCIENCES, INC.
1020 W. Chestnut St., Burbank, CA 91506
800-274-6910
Pyrotechnic Supplies, Chemical Effects, Make-up, Books, etc.

VANTEC
460 Casa Real Pl., Nipomo, CA 93444
805-929-5055
Radio Control Systems
 
 


UPDATE (4-Feb-2002): It was brought to the attention of our staff that the addresses in this list were lifted in large part straight from the FAQ list of Raven's Forge Miniatures. To see the original resource FAQ, which additionally features wonderful details about the casting and molding proceses, visit www.ravensforgeminiatures.com and look for the latest FAQ link.