Tiki Magnets (mold making with RTV, casting with resin) - Tiki Carving

S suburbanpagan Member southern cal Joined: Jan 02, 2004 Posts: 826	S suburbanpagan Posted posted on Fri, Jun 4, 2004 10:54 AM You're right about the vacuum mold machine.....not enough detail in those.......don't worry about the strength of that stuff...it's strong! Just secure your object to the bottom of a wax lined paper cup.....any soft drink cup from a fast food place will do....mix up the amount of silicone you want....and pour it over the object until you fell you have covered it with about 1/4 inch of stuff......that is plenty strong! When it cures, you just tear away the paper cup and pop out your original! It may require that you cut the mold a little with a knife to get to your tiki but that's fine! Word of warning-silicone does not like to set up next to plastics and oil based clays like sculpey....ain't science neat? :D

You're right about the vacuum mold machine.....not enough detail in those.......don't worry about the strength of that stuff...it's strong! Just secure your object to the bottom of a wax lined paper cup.....any soft drink cup from a fast food place will do....mix up the amount of silicone you want....and pour it over the object until you fell you have covered it with about 1/4 inch of stuff......that is plenty strong! When it cures, you just tear away the paper cup and pop out your original! It may require that you cut the mold a little with a knife to get to your tiki but that's fine! Word of warning-silicone does not like to set up next to plastics and oil based clays like sculpey....ain't science neat? :D

Post #94614 by suburbanpagan on Fri, Jun 4, 2004 10:54 AM