Chicago Community Stories

Prehistoric Brewing Opens Up With An LED Tarbender Bartop

Prehistoric Brewing in Springfield, MO fabricates a fantastic bartop using Tarbender™ high gloss epoxy coating and encapsulant. Crushed glass and LED lighting was encapsulated to create the appearance of a lava flow running through the bar. (read more)

Reynolds – Chicago Customer Spotlight: Illumivation Studios

“Successfully activating a large creative project is like launching a rocket to space. It’s hard, it’s dangerous, but the value of the end result, makes it worth the risk and hard work.” – Mike Dunbar, CEO Illumivation Studios is an innovative company based in Chicago who focuses on creating designs and fabricates pieces for theatres, marketing, museums and more. (read more)

Eager Crowd Brings Life to Lifecasting Seminar in Chicago

Reynolds – Chicago hosted their recent lifecasting seminar on September 25 2015. The sister company of Smooth-On Inc. brought a sold out crowd to the windy city. Patrons witnessed demonstrations of which they learned how to create castings of body parts. This application is done with our Body Double platinum-cure silicone or our Alja-Safe Alginate Series. (read more)

On-Skin Wound FX and Zombie Transformations at Reynolds – Chicago

Reynolds – Chicago recently held their latest ‘Let’s Talk About’ session which covered On-Skin Wounds and Skin FX. A crowd of over 30 people came to the daytime learning session. Patrons witnessed demonstrations where they can learned to create zombie effects and realistic severe wounds. These effects are made with a platinum-cure silicone rubber such as Dragon Skin FX Pro. (read more)

May Brings Sold Out Seminar Crowd to Reynolds – Chicago

Reynolds – Chicago hosted their basic of moldmaking and casting seminar on May 14, 2015, to a sold out crowd. These full-day seminars gives an opportunity to novices who have a desire to work with our materials a chance to learn how-to use them. (read more)

A Full House Of Students At The Reynolds – Chicago Basics of Mold Making and Casting Seminar

Reynolds Advanced Materials – Chicago recently held their 1st moldmaking and casting seminar of 2015. The seminar brought wonders upon a full house of unsuspecting guests, when they had the chance to see our spectacular urethane resin Smooth-Cast 300Q cure in mid-air. The seminar was hosted on Feb 14, 2015. (read more)

A Full House at our October Basics of Moldmaking and Casting Seminar

Reynolds – Chicago held their Moldmaking and Casting Seminar on October 9, and it was a full house! (read more)

Reynolds Carries New Habitat Epoxy Putty!

Free Form® HABITAT Epoxy Putty is a mix-by-hand putty that is used to create textured or highly detailed display pieces. HABITAT is solvent-free, contains no VOC’s, and cures to a very hard, heat resistant material that is easily painted. (read more)