Using cut up silicone molds in new molds. Save money reusing old molds.Mold Making
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- čas přidán 14. 12. 2020
- This video shows you how to save money using silicone from old molds in new molds. Easy trick to save product and materials.
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This is awesome, I'm still early into mold making so I don't have too many, but now that I know I can reuse them I'll definitely be keeping them and using them for new ones!
It works perfect. I’ve saved tons
Man, thanks for the tip and video!
Forsure, more to come when i get some free time
Great idea
Thank you so much for this tip! you really helped out with this specific problem i've had and i'm happy i came across you! thanks again
Glad it was helpful. I plan on making more videos soon.
@@flanagancreations1673 omg yes! please do! dang it's been a while since you last uploaded :o. i'd love for you to post some of your projects, some what not to do's, cool tricks and stuff in general! excited to see your future videos! :D
I am loving your tutorials! My poor brain was melted trying to figure how to mold a tiny facehugger and a few other dusty projects! i will be able to re use some scrap moulds now and save a bunch too! ps. need powdered toast man apron! :D
Love that apron. Cutting up molds has saved me so much.
Is it better to have large chunks of reused silicone or to chop it up as gravel-like as possible?
I like using bigger pieces personally. But really up to you. Bigger pieces I can plan where they are inside the mold.
Do you have to wash the silicone pieces before you put them in? I've struggled with the silicone not fusing, if it's not clean enough
This was a great comment. Had this problem before too if there's any kind of dust on the silicone. So I always make sure they're clean now
Watching this for information but noticing you also have a JTHM tattoo 🤝
I bought a ton of little silicone molds for random projects, how can I figure out what type of silicone they are made of to be able to do this?
Fantastic tip using older mold scraps to save silicone & $$. For avoiding bubbles in making molds, is a pressure pot good enough, or do I also need to invest in a degassing vacuum chamber? I want to do what I can to avoid bubbles, but buying both pressure pot & vacuum chamber + 2 pumps adds up.
I dont have a vacuum chamber. Using the pressure pot is enough for me. Just leave under pressure the whole cure time.
I am trying to make a balloon dog mold and completely messed up the first one lol. If I use my scraps from the first one, do I have to worry if it touches the piece? I would buy the same brand so I wouldn't have issues with them combining hopefully.
Not sure if you poured the new mold. But i like to pour enough to cover the pieve and then push the cured silicone pieces in place
Thanks for the tutorial! :) How can someone commission you for a custom mold? Thank you.
Hey man, nice video! I was wondering how you know how much silicone you need to pour on top of the scrap mold bits?
I just eyeball the volume really. But i always have another mold box ready with a object i plan on molding incase i over mix silicone. Im sure there is a mathematical way of finding out the exact amount but thats lost on me
I have seen people use a "rice trick" filling the void space with rice while it's all dry, then pouring it out into a cup, marking the line, pouring out the rice, clean the cup (or use two of the same size cup to begin with) then mixing a little bit more silicone above the mark, just in case. You will want to re-shine/rinse your blank and the silicone pieces after, to make sure they are free of rice debris before doing the actual pour.
Thanks for the tip. Where does one purchase such large amounts of silicone?
Reynolds Materials is the place I purchase most of mine. You can go to the Smooth-On site to look up local retailers for you.
sillicone R18?
Does this work without a pressure pot? Or is it mandatory?
You can totally still do it. The pressure pot it's just going to pop micro bubbles. Just know that later on if you get a pressure pot, that unpressurized mold isn't good for resin cast under pressure. It will give you bad casts with the resin being pushed into those micro bubble holes.
Does this make the new mold you make weaker?
Ive never had any problems with strength or tear resistance using this technique
I bought a ton of little silicone molds for random projects, how can I figure out what type of silicone they are made of to be able to do this?
Not sure on this. Where did you get them?
Mostly amazon. They are pink if that makes a difference. ;) 😊
@@jenniferchristenson4200 do you have Instagram?