CAN WOODEN PATTERNS/MODELS BE USED TO MAKE A VULCANIZED TEKSIL MOLD?
Yes & No. Wood cannot take the standard mold vulcanizing temperatures (300 – 335o F/150 – 170o C) and pressures (800 – 1000 psi) required for conventional heat cured rubber mold vulcanization. It would be impossible to form accurate mold cavities from a wooden pattern/model since wood will char, distort and shrivel-up at these temperatures and pressures.
