Dragon Skin Silicone

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For the body armor, see Dragon Skin body armor

Dragon Skin™ silicone is a platinum cured silicone manufactured by Smooth-On Inc.

Dragon Skin is a 1A:1B by volume mix silicone rubber that has tremendous elongation and will rebound to its original shape (good for repetitive motion applications). Dragon Skin is a platinum cured rubber and is widely regarded as 'medical grade'. Platinum cured silicone polymers such as Dragon Skin are considered skin-safe and are used for prosthetic and orthotics applications as well as special effects makeup appliances.In addition to being a good mold making material, Dragon Skin is used to create creatures for movie effects.

Dragon Skin was used to help rebuild Buster the crash test dummy on the television show MythBusters.

Both Tim Burton's Corpse Bride and Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit have used Dragon Skin technology.[1]