Can Advanced match a Spec Formliners pattern?

Yes. Send a sample, a drawing or a photograph, or have Advanced scan the standing profile on site. Every liner is made to order in Sparta, Wisconsin, and the profile is confirmed with you before any liner is cut.

Does Advanced make single-use and multi-use liners?

Yes. Solocast is the single-use thin brick formliner, Flex2Fit is the multi-use thin brick formliner that seals around brick that varies, and Solocast Seamless pattern liners are built so the sheet joint does not show.

Where are Advanced formliners made?

In Sparta, Wisconsin, at 300 Sherry Lynn Lane. Every liner is made to order there, and thin brick from five makers ships from the same place.

Advanced compared with Spec Formliners

What each company says about itself, row by row, read from specformliners.com and this site on 10 September 2026.

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Advanced Formliners plant in Sparta, Wisconsin, from the air — The plant, Sparta, Wisconsin. Advanced Formliners.

Two makers, in their own terms.

Advanced Formliners. Makes concrete formliners to order in Sparta, Wisconsin, and distributes thin brick.

Spec Formliners. Makes plastic, urethane and elastomeric formliners, with a patented backer panel for plastic liners.

Side by side.

Where a fact is not on specformliners.com, the cell says so. Nothing here is a claim about anyone's quality or price.

Advanced Formliners and Spec Formliners, row by row
Row	Advanced Formliners	Spec Formliners
Where made	Sparta, Wisconsin. Every liner is made to order.	Santa Ana, California and St. Clair, Missouri. "Made in America" is stated.
Liner materials offered	The site names the liner lines: Solocast and Solocast Seamless for single use, Flex2Fit for multi-use. Ask your rep for the material on a given line.	Plastic, urethane, and elastomeric and semi-elastomeric formliners, with a patented backer panel for plastic liners.
Single-use and multi-use lines	Solocast (single-use thin brick formliner), Solocast Seamless (pattern liners) and Flex2Fit (multi-use thin brick formliner).	Plastic, urethane and elastomeric lines from single-use to multi-use. Application guides on their site name ElastoSpec, SpecVac and ElastoSpec Lite.
Thin brick formliner	Yes. Solocast, single-use, and Flex2Fit, multi-use, which seals around brick that varies with no ledge.	Not stated on their site.
Seamless or sheet-joint approach	Solocast Seamless pattern liners are built so the sheet joint does not show, with starter and ender sheets so nothing is trimmed in the bed.	The patented backer panel is described as allowing larger, full-height panels, so fewer seams across a wall.
Pattern families offered	Stone, brick and masonry, wood, fluted and ribbed, geometric, and custom.	Fractured fins, wood grains, brick, block, rock, textured, smooth flutes, geometric, reveals, and Cybertextures.
Custom pattern from a drawing	Yes. From a drawing, a photo or a physical sample. The profile is confirmed before any liner is cut.	Yes. From drawings, digital artwork, pattern references, photos or sketches, with in-house CAD, CNC machining and thermoforming.
Matching an existing profile by scan	Yes. Advanced scans a standing structure on site, pattern, texture and depth, and replicates the profile.	Their custom page says a liner can be developed to closely match an existing texture or profile. Scanning is not stated.
Spec sheets without a form	Yes. Every pattern and model spec sheet downloads with no form.	Yes. Brochures, cut sheets and application guides download from the brochures page with no form.
Thin brick distribution	Thin brick from five makers, with exclusive US rights to King Klinker.	Not stated on their site.
Accessories for brick beds	Yes. Caulkless corners and returns, arches and arch returns, underlayment and banding courses, indexed to the brick coursing.	Not stated on their site.
Calculators and tools	Specification builder, spec hub, brick calculator, brick and liner matcher, liner sheet calculator, draft and depth checker, pattern compare, sample box, and a lead time and freight quote.	Not stated on their site.
CEU courses	Yes. Lunch and learn sessions, ALA and AIA approved and meeting NCARB standards, in person or virtual, and a plant tour.	Yes. A lunch and learn for 1 LU with HSW credit under AIA CES, also approved by GBCI.
Countries served	United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, and jobs around the world.	United States and Canada.

Eastern buff dry stack stone formliner sample panel on a pallet

Any pattern, made to order

Advanced will match a pattern a specifier already knows from any maker, Spec Formliners included, from a sample, a drawing or a scan.

Custom and matched patterns

Thin brick formliner in the Roman format, a pocket for every brick and a rib for every joint

The labor is in the edges

Corners, returns and arches come as parts indexed to the brick coursing, so the bed goes together without cutting them from scrap.

Accessories for brick beds

Three questions, answered.

Can Advanced match a Spec Formliners pattern?: Yes. Send a sample, a drawing or a photograph, or have Advanced scan the standing profile on site. Every liner is made to order in Sparta, Wisconsin, and the profile is confirmed with you before any liner is cut.
Does Advanced make single-use and multi-use liners?: Yes. Solocast is the single-use thin brick formliner, Flex2Fit is the multi-use thin brick formliner that seals around brick that varies, and Solocast Seamless pattern liners are built so the sheet joint does not show.
Where are Advanced formliners made?: In Sparta, Wisconsin, at 300 Sherry Lynn Lane. Every liner is made to order there, and thin brick from five makers ships from the same place.

Sources, checked 10 September 2026

Every Spec Formliners cell was read from these pages on that date. Their site may have changed since. The Advanced column repeats what this site already says.

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