Laboratory Activity No.

MOULAGE CASTING

I-OBJECTIVES:

To determine the characteristics of the impression made from the shoe print.

II- MATERIALS:

Wooden box (36inches x 80inches)

Plaster of Paris

Sticks or aluminum screen

Sprayer

Shellac/varnish

Machine oil

III- PROCEDURES:

1. Prepare the wooden box and fill it with soil at least 3 inches on its thickness.
2. Mixed it with water until it becomes sticky or mud and make a shoe impression.
3. Spray the shoe impression with plastic spray or shellac. The spray should be
directed against as piece of cardboard and permitted to settle over the
impression.
4. When the shellac is quite dry, spray the surface with machine oil to facilitate
separation of a cast from the soil.
5. Prepare an estimate amount plaster of Paris for an inch thick cast. This is made
by mixing one part of plaster of Paris and one part of the water in a container.
Mix thoroughly until the mixture has the consistency of a cream. Add plaster or
water to achieve the proper consistency.
6. Pour the mixture over the impression at a low level. This is done by allowing the
plaster mixture to glide on the palm of the hand.
 7. When a depth of one inch is reached, reinforced the cast by laying on pieces of
fine mesh wire or bamboo sticks then pour the remaining plaster on the first
layer.
8. Let the cast set for approximately 30 minutes. When the cast is firm, but still soft,
scratch date, case number, initials of the investigators and other information on
the upper surface.
9. Remove the cast and dry further for several hours.

IV -OBSERVATION:

            Make a casts comparative examination between the suspected shoe and the
cast obtained. Determine whether a particular impression corresponds in size, design,
manufacturing characteristics and wear characteristics.

INDICATE THE RESULTS

EXAMINATION SUSPECTED SHOE(Standard Specimen) CAST(Questioned Specimen)

A.1. Size   Length - 30 cm  Length - 30 cm

Width -10 cm Width -10 cm

    2. Design   Rubber shoes  Rubber shoes

    3. Manufacture   Manufactured in China  Manufactured in China

        Characteristics Brand – Nike zoom Brand - Nike

B.1. Cuts   No cuts found in the shoe that I obtained.  No cuts found in the cast that I obtained.

    2. Abrasions   No abrasions found in the shoe that I  No abrasions found in the cast that I obtained.
obtained.
    3. Tears   No tears found in the shoe that I obtained.
No tears found in the cast that I obtained.
1. Prepare an estimate amount plaster of Paris for an inch thick cast. This is made by
mixing one part of plaster of Paris and one part of water in a container. Mix thoroughly
until the mixture has the consistency of a cream. Add plaster or water to achieve the
proper consistency.

2. Pour the mixture over the impression at a low level. This is done by allowing the
plaster mixture to glide on the palm of the hand.

3. When a depth of one inch is reached, reinforced the cast by laying on pieces of fine
mesh wire or bamboo sticks then pour the remaining plaster on the first layer.

4. Let the cast set for approximately 30 minutes. When the cast is firm, but still soft,
scratch date, case number, initials of the investigators and other information on the
upper surface.

5. Remove the cast and dry further for several hours.

VI- CONCLUSIONS:

By examining both the standard specimen and questioned specimen of the shoe
we can determine the comparison of the suspected shoe and the cast that we've done.
After capturing the shoe impression, the next step I've done is determining the size of
the shoe then I put the plaster of paris with water slowly in the shoe impression. After 30
minutes, I pick up the cast and I observed that the shoe impression of the mud imitate
by the casting material that we made. Therefore, it is very important as a forensic
examiner to include the shoe print as evidence and that must be obtained if ever the
shoe print has a connection from the crime scene that they work.