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Silicone & LSR molding guides

Plain-English guides for first-timers: how each process works, what it costs, and how to work with factories in Shenzhen.

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Silicone keypads and seals: a beginner's guide

How custom silicone parts like keypads, buttons, gaskets and seals are made, what hardness and key feel mean, compression molding vs LSR, and how to order them in Shenzhen and Dongguan.

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01Basics · 6 min

Overmolding and insert molding explained

How products get soft-touch grips, rubber seals and molded-in metal parts. Overmolding, two-shot molding and insert molding explained simply.

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