Compare Mold Making Materials

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Which Mold Material Is Right for Your Project?

ComposiMold Original

Best overall for everyday mold making

  • How it works: Melt & Pour
  • Reusable: ✓
  • Resin casting: ✓✓✓
  • Plaster casting: ✓
  • Food molds / chocolate: ✓
  • Soap / Wax: ✓ (up to 150°F)
  • Clay / Polymer Clay: ✓
  • Picky Pads: ✓
  • Concrete / Cement: ✓
  • Detail capture: ✓✓✓
  • Great for beginners: ✓✓✓
  • One-sided molds / texture stamps: ✓✓
  • Two-part molds: ✓✓

Best for: Resin, plaster, wax, soap, concrete, picky pads, and general mold making.

ComposiMold Flex

Best for soft flexible molds

  • How it works: Melt & Pour
  • Reusable: ✓
  • Resin casting: ✓✓
  • Plaster casting: ✓
  • Food molds / chocolate: ✓
  • Soap / Wax: ✓ (up to 150°F)
  • Clay / Polymer Clay: —
  • Picky Pads: ✓
  • Concrete / Cement: —
  • Detail capture: ✓✓✓
  • Great for beginners: ✓✓✓
  • One-sided molds / texture stamps: ✓
  • Two-part molds: ✓

Best for: Flexible molds, delicate pieces, undercuts, and picky pads.

ComposiMold FC

Best for edible molds

  • How it works: Melt & Pour
  • Reusable: ✓
  • Resin casting: ✓
  • Plaster casting: —
  • Food molds / chocolate: ✓✓✓
  • Soap / Wax: —
  • Clay / Polymer Clay: —
  • Picky Pads: —
  • Concrete / Cement: —
  • Detail capture: ✓✓✓
  • Great for beginners: ✓✓✓
  • One-sided molds / texture stamps: ✓
  • Two-part molds: ✓✓

Best for: Chocolate, candy, fondant, and food-safe mold making.

ImPRESSive Putty

Best for quick press molds & impressions

  • How it works: Heat & Press
  • Reusable: ✓
  • Resin casting: ✓✓✓
  • Plaster casting: ✓
  • Food molds / chocolate: —
  • Soap / Wax: ✓✓ (up to 205°F)
  • Clay / Polymer Clay: ✓✓✓
  • Picky Pads: —
  • Concrete / Cement: —
  • Detail capture: ✓✓
  • Great for beginners: ✓✓✓
  • One-sided molds / texture stamps: ✓✓✓
  • Two-part molds: ✓✓

Best for: Texture molds, press molds, clay projects, jewelry, miniatures, and quick impressions.

*Recommend using Plaster Additive for stronger plaster castings

Picky Pads: ComposiMold Original works great for standard pads. ComposiMold Flex is especially nice when you want a softer pads, easier to remove beads, and more flexible.

Choose ComposiMold Original if…

You want the best all-around mold making material for resin, plaster, wax, soap, concrete, and craft projects. Great starting point for most customers.

 Choose ComposiMold Flex if…

You need extra flexibility to remove delicate castings or mold around shapes with undercuts. Great when easy demolding matters most.

Choose ComposiMold FC if…

You’re making chocolate, fondant, candy, or other edible castings and need a food-contact-safe mold material.

Choose ImPRESSive Putty if…

You want to press an object directly into the material by hand instead of melting and pouring. Great for jewelry parts, texture stamps, miniatures, quick impressions, and one-sided molds.

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Why Choose ComposiMold over pourable silicone?

  • Reusable — melt it down and use it again, so mistakes don’t get wasted.

  • Remoldable — if the mold doesn’t come out right, just remelt and pour again.

  • Lower material waste compared with one-time-use silicone molds.

  • Fast setup — melt, pour, cool, and cast in the same day.

  • Easy to use — no measuring Part A and Part B or worrying about mix ratio.

  • Great for prototyping — ideal when you’re testing shapes before committing to silicone.

  • Cost-effective for repeat experiments because you can reuse the same material many times.

  • Microwave meltable — easy to heat without special equipment.

  • Great for hobby and small-batch projects like resin, plaster, wax, soap, and concrete.

  • Transparent which can help when pouring around detailed objects.

Sometimes you still might want pourable silicone

Silicone can be better when you need:

  • a permanent mold that won’t be reheated

  • higher heat resistance

  • long production runs with many repeated castings

  • maximum tear strength for commercial manufacturing

Why Choose ImPRESSive Putty over silicone putty?

  • Reusable — heat it and reuse it again and again.

  • No waste from mistakes — press, test, reheat, and redo.

  • No mixing required — no Part A / Part B measuring.

  • Longer working time — shape it at your pace instead of racing silicone cure time.

  • Great for quick impressions — press an object in and remove.

  • Easy cleanup — no sticky uncured residue from bad mixing.

  • Excellent for one-off molds like textures, jewelry parts, miniatures, and repairs.

  • Good for experimenting before making a permanent silicone mold.

  • Can be reheated and adjusted if you want to refine the shape.

When would you choose silicone putty instead?

Silicone putty may be better when you need:

  • a durable permanent mold that will be stored in your drawer for the next 100 years :)

  • stronger tear resistance

  • a mold that is permenant for higher heat

Choose ComposiMold when:

✓ You want reusable melt-and-pour mold material
✓ You’re experimenting or prototyping
✓ You want flexibility to remake molds

Choose ImPRESSive Putty when:

✓ You want a quick press mold or making 2 part molds
✓ You don’t want to mix silicone putty
✓ You may want to reuse the material later