The advantages of using electrophoretic deposition (EPD) process are simple facilities, low cost, and high deposition rate. Nowadays, EPD becomes widely used for making ceramic film. In this study, EPD process was used to make ZrO2 primary coat on the conductive plastic, then the primary coat was set for drying after EPD process. The conventional shell making process, including dipping , stuccoing and drying , was conducted and repeated for several times, till a specific thickness of ceramic shell mold were obtained. The effects of the applied voltage and deposition time on the deposition behavior of solutions were examined. Both the surface roughness of the ceramic shell molds made by EPD process and conventional shell making process were measured and compared.