Wendy Cevola - New colors of the Frank mug by Frankoma now available. - Other Crafts

D danlovestikis Grand Member (8 years) Joined: Jun 17, 2002 Posts: 9082	D danlovestikis Posted posted on Fri, Feb 17, 2017 6:50 AM lunavideogames I would have to accept that retroactive. I'm three months ahead of schedule. Thank you. hang10tiki it's been a really fun time with all the exposure. I've been doing this for 6.5 years now. I hope I've earned it. I've sure been having fun. ============================ Wish List #7 making the one piece mold to alter the Sacramento Crawl mug for lunavideogames. I had saved the original sculpture for the mug and now it was time to put it back into the mold. I left just the new backside exposed. This is the one piece I need to make a cast of for the new version of the mug. We put the mold box around this and then I sealed the edge around the sculpt. I can't let any plaster leak down the sides because that would ruin the other mold pieces. I also snaked the joints where the box sides come together. I run a wet paper towel along this clay to make the seal even better. Next I do 4 layers of mold soap. 3 is recommended but I've found 4 works best. I paint it on (while wearing a face mask, it's poison) and wipe it off. I don't let it get on my hands. Gloves are recommended. All done and ready to pour. Supplies. A bucket of water in the back to immediately spin wash the mixer after mixing the plaster. A bucket of water to draw from (water first then plaster slowly sprinkled into the water). The plaster and the mixing bucket. I mix until the consistency is like buttermilk and covers my hand like this. Dan is my heavy lifter. He slowly pours it in so that the detail is filled and the air bubbles pop. It filled to the top. Dan rushes out to clean the bucket. I shouldn't make the mold so big and thick. I am torturing Dan. Also he likes to use the last drop and I over guessed what I needed. 45 minutes later we opened the mold and had the perfect cast of the back. It will take 3 weeks with 2 fans blowing 24/7 to get this mold piece dry. It is important that the piece be completely dry before it's first use. This is the last step to set the plaster so that it will not break down. Cheers, Wendy

lunavideogames I would have to accept that retroactive. I'm three months ahead of schedule. Thank you.

hang10tiki it's been a really fun time with all the exposure. I've been doing this for 6.5 years now. I hope I've earned it. I've sure been having fun.

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Wish List #7 making the one piece mold to alter the Sacramento Crawl mug for lunavideogames.

I had saved the original sculpture for the mug and now it was time to put it back into the mold.

I left just the new backside exposed. This is the one piece I need to make a cast of for the new version of the mug.

We put the mold box around this and then I sealed the edge around the sculpt. I can't let any plaster leak down the sides because that would ruin the other mold pieces. I also snaked the joints where the box sides come together. I run a wet paper towel along this clay to make the seal even better.

Next I do 4 layers of mold soap. 3 is recommended but I've found 4 works best. I paint it on (while wearing a face mask, it's poison) and wipe it off. I don't let it get on my hands. Gloves are recommended.

All done and ready to pour.

Supplies. A bucket of water in the back to immediately spin wash the mixer after mixing the plaster. A bucket of water to draw from (water first then plaster slowly sprinkled into the water). The plaster and the mixing bucket.

I mix until the consistency is like buttermilk and covers my hand like this.

Dan is my heavy lifter.

He slowly pours it in so that the detail is filled and the air bubbles pop.

It filled to the top. Dan rushes out to clean the bucket.

I shouldn't make the mold so big and thick. I am torturing Dan. Also he likes to use the last drop and I over guessed what I needed.

45 minutes later we opened the mold and had the perfect cast of the back. It will take 3 weeks with 2 fans blowing 24/7 to get this mold piece dry.

It is important that the piece be completely dry before it's first use. This is the last step to set the plaster so that it will not break down.

Cheers, Wendy

Post #773067 by danlovestikis on Fri, Feb 17, 2017 6:50 AM