Post #589632 by MadDogMike on Tue, May 17, 2011 8:25 PM

ZincTiki, I have worked with that Mold Builder, it's a bit tedious making all those layers and allowing them to dry between layers - takes several days to make a mold. I think the real product to use for that is RTV (which is more expensive and I have not tried). Mold Builder does work well for small items and it's readily available at Michael's.

The real question is what do you want to accomplish with that latex mold? It cannot be used to slipcast mugs, you have to do that in a plaster mold. Sometimes a production run will create an original and make an RTV mold to make several masters, then use the masters to make several molds. But that is only if you plan on making several hundred mugs! (I'm not sure there is a market for several hundred mugs of Hugh Hefner in a captain's hat :lol: )

Here is a link to one of the definitive mold making threads by Babalu and Bowana. There are several other threads that include moldmaking, check out DanLovesTiki's thread for lots of mold making info. Also some in Swizzle's, BeachBumz' and MauiTiki's threads.

Looks like you've got some reading to do :D

Mike

When life hands you molasses, make rum

[ Edited by: MadDogMike 2011-05-17 20:28 ]