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Architectural cladding tooling · Returns and reveals

Return and reveal tooling for cladding panels.

Tooling for window reveals, deep returns and corner units on precast and GRC cladding, where the texture has to wrap cleanly round the arris.

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Overview

Returns and reveals, in plain terms.

Textured cladding panel with surface wrapping cleanly into a reveal
Texture continuing neatly around a panel reveal

Where a textured face turns a corner or runs into a window reveal, the texture has to wrap without a visible break or change.

We build liners that turn the corner as one piece, or split where the architect agrees a line.

What sets it apart

Four things that define this route.

01

Wrapped texture

Texture continuous round the arris.

02

Deep reveals

Window reveals cast integral with the panel.

03

Corner units

L-shaped panels for building corners.

04

Consistent arris

Sharp or chamfered, as specified.

How we build it

From pattern to released tool.

The pattern includes the return, so the liner is one continuous surface.

For L-shaped units we design the liner and support so the vertical leg stays stable during casting.

L-shaped silicone liner with rigid support for cladding return casting

The honest bit

What to know before you commit.

Deep returns on thin panels can be tricky to demould. We'll talk through draft and release early.

At a glance

The ideas in pictures.

Planning liners across a wall

Liner joint placed on a pattern lineWindow or doorLiners repeat across the wall, with joints planned to disappear into the pattern

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We draw the layout with you so repeats, joints and returns line up before any liner is made.

From sample to finished cast

  1. 01Sample, drawing or scanWhat the finish must match
  2. 02Master patternCarved, machined or taken from the original
  3. 03Liner or mouldMade in the right elastomer
  4. 04Trial castChecked with your mix
  5. 05Production castsLiner reused across the run
  6. 06Kept on fileReady for repeats

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Each job follows the same route, whether it is one keystone or a full run of wall panels.

FAQs

Questions we hear about this.

Can texture wrap into a reveal?

Yes, with a one-piece liner.

Chamfer or sharp arris?

Either — chamfers are more robust.

In this family

Related routes under Architectural cladding tooling.

Architectural cladding toolingThe parent service overviewSandwich panel face toolingTextured faces for insulated precastFeature bands and string coursesHorizontal relief bands on elevationsReturns and revealsWindow reveals, returns and corner units

Get in touch

Send us a photograph of the panel or the elevation.

One photograph tells us what surface you're chasing, and one line about the mix tells us what silicone or polyurethane will survive it.

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