Latex Clothing - Making a bathrobe - Kink Engineering

Time lapse video of the HOURS of work to make a bathrobe prototype. It still needs pocket, belt loops, belt and trim (another bunch of hours of work) to be totally ready.

I made this video to showcase how MUCH WORK goes into making a high quality latex garment. Even after years of experience, the good stuff takes time and care... which is why good latex is usually also expensive. (Though not all expensive latex is good!)

Quality Points to note: Lots of care taken in cutting the latex to avoid snags that will make the garment weaker. Careful cleaning, prepping, gluing, re-cleaning, seaming, rolling, cleaning (again), and powdering of seams. Reinforcements.




Things to be done to get this to market: Trim edges, add pockets, add belt loops, add belt, clean, shine, photoshoot, edit photos, create product on web store, promote... get ripped off by Sweat shop owning latex company in China... sell cats to pay rent...

Interesting things to watch for in the video: Curling latex getting flatter as thinner/glue dries. Cats in/around pattern papers, Cats ON me (twice), Ice Cream eating, kisses (2), lost pen behind ear (1), Archean turning off the lights and going to bed, Latex Ninja.

During the making of this video I was listening to: The Weakerthans wonderful album Reunion Tour, Merlin Mann interview on Failure, Rocky Horror episode of Glee (man, that show has jumped the shark!), Nerdist Podcast with Bill Mahr, Fetish Dynasty Podcast with Fetish Kitsch.

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[KiDCaT2000]

Hehehe

If one of the airbubbles meows, you know you should check for your cats. ;3

Also eating while glueing, NEVER EVER get the wrong thing in your mouth. ;))

Otherwise really neatly done. ^^

[kinkengineering]

@KiDCaT2000 You don't catch it in the time lapse but there are many a moment of "Wait, am I holding a glue brush or a spoon of ice cream?" It was a long night.

[hmonster2001]

lol - love the kitties "helping" with the whole process - you can't sell them to pay the rent!!

Very envious and anyone that can make good quality latex gear - the few attempts of mine at very small items or repairs usually ends up with things glued to other things that shouldn't be glued together!

[kinkengineering]

@hmonster2001 Don't give up! Making latex gear does take a lot of learning, but if you start with simple stuff to get a sense of success, you'll quickly find yourself empowered to try bigger and cooler projects.

It also helps to work with good sheeting. We sell sheeting at sheetlatex,com that is the best in North America, or if you are in England you can go with radicalrubber,com or fourdrubber,com both are good.

[U2fan24]

@joekrzak I second this question....

[alin0steglinski0]

holy crap. i think ill stick to WEARING the latex!

[MysticalMaiden1111]

I love the kitty and omg I want to try my hand at making my own latex, but I dont have a kitty helper, LOL !

[alexisxannastetic]

:O inspiring. I've been wanting to work with latex for a really long time. But couldn't find much on how to work with it, nor very many good places to buy it from. I just want simple black to start with. -3 now I am super eager to try looking again!

[PureSniperWolf]

Wow...that was so fantastic! It looks crazy challenging but so fun and worth it when the project is finished!

....Also <3 your cat! xD

[iluvpeanutbutter333]

That cat is so cute

[serpent08n]

should have made the sleeves with mitts at the end to give it that extra little bit of a bondage taste

[joekrzak]

WHAT KIND OF GLUE ARE YOU USING?

[forfuntek]

just glue , I saw your cat eating paper share same to it .

[Warpedwrap]

Tanks for sharing! I had a go at making stuff and all I managed to make was a little flowing skirt for my wife. I didn't use pattern, didn't take measures (not with a tape measure anyway) but it still came out nice and it fitted wonderfully.

Interesting how the curling of the rubber seems to flatten out by itself again. Mine curled so tight, it got glued to itself. I had to use masking tape to back the glued bits up to prevent curling.

Love the cats!!