Mold Making Techniques: Resin Mothermold Process

Mold Making using 1512 Resin over Gel-10 silicone. 2 piece resin mother-mold created with thickened 1512 polyurethane resin.

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• resin
• mold
• making
• casting
• plastic
• art
• sculpture
• gel-10
• platsil
• wax
• silicone
• molding
• polytek

[Ninjaculation]

i made a mothermold with easyflow60 recently. Would the polyfiber work with that?

[brickintheyard]

@Ninjaculation Yes, it would work but EZ Flo 60 is VERY fast. That is the only draw back.

[patty0130]

What in the world were you molding? We never got to see the finished piece :-(

[brickintheyard]

@patty0130 This was a figurine based on the Lord of The Rings statues.

[birdszed]

Do you have part 3 of this where you create the copy of the original piece? I've watched the first part and this but can't find the next one :-(

Thanks,

Lee

[brickintheyard]

@birdszed I'll have to see if I have that footage.  I don't think it is on;line.

[KewneRain]

@myrainywoods The point of the hard resin mother mold is to give the floppy Gel-10 something rigid to rest against during casting so the final part doesn't get distorted.

[peliasblantz]

it's a buddha fig i supposed

[brickintheyard]

@TekunoTheSecond If you want a glossy finish use a fast set resin like EZ Flo 60 w/o any thickener.

[TekunoTheSecond]

In the video, you mention that you can sand the resin down to get a smoother finish. I was wondering if t would be possible to use a resin and polyfiber mixture to add a hard shell to a one-off styrofoam prop, and if so, what kind of surface finish would that get me? would it be possible to sand and polish it to a nice glossy shine?