How to make silicone candy molds, cheap!

Uses Sculpy/Fimo, Amazing Mold Putty, and white chocolate for casting custom candies! Good for ice cubes and Jell-o too!

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[GUNDAMZGOK]

hello, can you tell me how to make an ice block mold, which can put into refregenerator to make an ice cube with funny looks plz...

[gryphern]

@GUNDAMZGOK To make a block mold you will need a little plastic cup or box that fits your hard sculpture (not made from oily clay though, oil ruins the silicone putty.) Use hot glue and attach a drinking straw to the the top of your sculpture. Fill the cup with silicone putty and stuff your sculpture in (this is easier with liquid silicone from the Smooth On website.) When hard, slice your sculpture out with a knife. You can put the halves tight into the cup and pour water into the straw hole.

[Songbird21]

Is it hard to get the mold material into fine details?

[gryphern]

Wait--clarifying YES it is EASY to get fine details!

[mrslcakes]

gryphern: I was looking for info on making molds and ran across yours, watched it and have a concerning question. I have worked with Sculpey for a long time and love how it works, however, using it to make objects to then make molds for food and candy, concerns me as Sculpey is NOT food safe. Are you not concerned that the chemical compound in Sculpey will transfer to your silicone mold you are using to make candy?

[gryphern]

@mrslcakes Sculpey is not food safe but it is ASTM rated to be consumed up to 15 grams a day by a child and cause no effects. This is a relative risk thing. Sculpey can be used with bare hands, to make skin contacting jewelry, etc. Not food safe means over time a Sculpey, say, cup, would leach chemicals. But the silicone doesn't absorb, well, anything. So Surface washing molds will remove any residues from the brief 20 minute contact with the Sculpey object.

[gryphern]

@mrslcakes Though--as an after thought, food things that DO concern me: Crystal decanters. Crystal is leaded glass. Acid etches glass. Crystal + wine + time = slow lead poisoning. Hand made mugs with Barium, Lithium, and Cadmium glazes that go all the way to the rim without a clear glaze dip on top. People who use antique metal molds for candy and chocolate and are making treats laces with Tin, Lead, and Arsenic. Using chemical flames to directly cook foods. TBHQ as a preservative.

[ChiiSan09]

is this shit food safe???

[gryphern]

@ChiiSan09 Indeed my dear ChiiSan! GO a couple pages earlier into the comments and you will see I have laid out the ASTM spec the company states their product adheres to! I suggest washing the finished mold with soap and water before use, and don't cook the sucker for hours in an oven. This stuff is best for hard candy, Jell-O, chocolate, etc. I haven't tried it with muffins, but for making a muffin pan you want liquid RTV silicone not putty.

[PokemonNoodles]

Is it safe

[ElDominatrix]

What was the store again?

[ElDominatrix]

What was the website again?

[buckmann64]

Nice video. Pleasant to watch a Youtube video not hosted by a 10 year old or someone that says "like" and "uh" a thousand times.

[syalcin123]

good video from sweet voice

[GUNDAMZGOK]

@gryphern Thanks u so much, i will try to make an zombies brains or little skulls to put into my green cocktail ~(oo)~