--- title: Duplicating Parts Using Silicone Molds | daily.dev description: A walkthrough of duplicating small plastic parts using silicone molds and resin casting. The process involves building a simple vessel from craft supplies,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/duplicating-parts-using-silicone-molds-ljy6qmn2q twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Duplicating Parts Using Silicone Molds | daily.dev og:description: A walkthrough of duplicating small plastic parts using silicone molds and resin casting. The process involves building a simple vessel from craft supplies,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/duplicating-parts-using-silicone-molds-ljy6qmn2q og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/LJy6Qmn2Q.png og:image:alt: Duplicating Parts Using Silicone Molds og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Duplicating Parts Using Silicone Molds **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A walkthrough of duplicating small plastic parts using silicone molds and resin casting. The process involves building a simple vessel from craft supplies, pouring silicone around original parts to create negative molds, then repeatedly filling those molds with resin to produce accurate duplicates. The guide covers the basics for simple geometry and briefly notes that more complex parts require advanced techniques like degassing. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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