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Molding Moons
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lunamo...om44/my_photos
if you go to that folder and look at the first photo and the last two you will see the prototype for a mold and then the resulting moons of many colors that came from that mold. I used elasticlay for the mold. It works ok. It doesnt pick up the degree of detail I hoped for but for now this is good. Im just going to compensate and make my prototypes a bit exaggerated. After they cure I have a blast doing stuff to them. Some got washes of black acrylic paint, some brown, a couple got sparkley glitter* and others got gold pearlex. They get buffed and then they are done. Some are going to friends to challenge them to do whatever they choose to them. Im having a lot of fun. I think its time to get more elasticlay! Diana *thanks SJ :-) |
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Elasticlay is really cool stuff. I've made a few molds and I'm really
happy with the results. It picked up the detail well on mine but I did bake it before removing the original which helps. Can't do that with everything. Ingrid |
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What did you find worked best as a mold release when baking the original
in the mold? Diana mermaidscove wrote: Elasticlay is really cool stuff. I've made a few molds and I'm really happy with the results. It picked up the detail well on mine but I did bake it before removing the original which helps. Can't do that with everything. Ingrid |
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I didn't use a mold release since I was making a mold of a metal
object. With the flexible clay, after baking just wiggle it a little and it pops right off. If I had to use a release, like it was another piece of clay I was molding from, it would be cornstarch. Ingrid |
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Thank you Ingrid. Ill try your suggestions asap!
Diana mermaidscove wrote: I didn't use a mold release since I was making a mold of a metal object. With the flexible clay, after baking just wiggle it a little and it pops right off. If I had to use a release, like it was another piece of clay I was molding from, it would be cornstarch. Ingrid |
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you are welcome!
one thing about elasticlay---all my Elasticlay molds have turned hard as rocks over the years. Many of the oldest (7-15 years) have hairline cracks throughout. -- Sarajane's Polyclay Gallery Beads-Dolls-Wearable Art www.polyclay.com see the current auctions at: http://snipurl.com/aiid "Diana Curtis" wrote in message ... http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lunamo...om44/my_photos if you go to that folder and look at the first photo and the last two you will see the prototype for a mold and then the resulting moons of many colors that came from that mold. I used elasticlay for the mold. It works ok. It doesnt pick up the degree of detail I hoped for but for now this is good. Im just going to compensate and make my prototypes a bit exaggerated. After they cure I have a blast doing stuff to them. Some got washes of black acrylic paint, some brown, a couple got sparkley glitter* and others got gold pearlex. They get buffed and then they are done. Some are going to friends to challenge them to do whatever they choose to them. Im having a lot of fun. I think its time to get more elasticlay! Diana *thanks SJ :-) |
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7 years..thats not a long time. I know miracle mold is in my future. For
now Elasticlay will have to do. Just a little longer. I think when Meg is in school Ill feel more comfortable working with it. Do you recall how old your oldest MM mold is? Diana Sarajane Helm wrote: you are welcome! one thing about elasticlay---all my Elasticlay molds have turned hard as rocks over the years. Many of the oldest (7-15 years) have hairline cracks throughout. |
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Chiming in...
Most of my molds are Sculpey Flex at the moment. I stocked up on some and it's nice to have different colored molds when I'm looking for the one I want to use. My masters are usually worked in neutral gray Premo. I bake them, then use a brush to spread a thin coat of Armor All evenly over the surface, working it into the details. Then I press conditioned clay over that and bake the two together. It can take a bit of wiggling to release the master, but so far so good. When I make pressings, I again use a brush to coat the mold with Armor All and I remove the soft clay pressing from the mold before baking. My oldest molds are Super Sculpey but the oldest Flex molds are still in good shape with no cracks. I wonder if the current batches of Elasticlay are like the old stuff or more like the Flex. I only ever got one usable mold out of the old Elasticlay and it did deteriorate over time, despite the regular use of the Armor All. One thing, my molds are pretty thick, so they only flex a little in use, just enough to give me a little air gap at the edge to wriggle the pressing out. Finally, save your masters in a safe place. Then you can make new molds! Helen "Halla" Fleischer, Fantasy & Fiber Artist http://home.covad.net/~drgandalf/halla/ Balticon Art Program Coordinator http://www.balticon.org |
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I have an almost 4 year old child. There is no safe place. :-)
Thanks for sharing your tips. I will try armor all soon. SJ was nice enough to send me a vial of it to test. Is she a first class enabler or what? Diana Helen Halla Fleischer wrote: Chiming in... Most of my molds are Sculpey Flex at the moment. I stocked up on some and it's nice to have different colored molds when I'm looking for the one I want to use. My masters are usually worked in neutral gray Premo. I bake them, then use a brush to spread a thin coat of Armor All evenly over the surface, working it into the details. Then I press conditioned clay over that and bake the two together. It can take a bit of wiggling to release the master, but so far so good. When I make pressings, I again use a brush to coat the mold with Armor All and I remove the soft clay pressing from the mold before baking. My oldest molds are Super Sculpey but the oldest Flex molds are still in good shape with no cracks. I wonder if the current batches of Elasticlay are like the old stuff or more like the Flex. I only ever got one usable mold out of the old Elasticlay and it did deteriorate over time, despite the regular use of the Armor All. One thing, my molds are pretty thick, so they only flex a little in use, just enough to give me a little air gap at the edge to wriggle the pressing out. Finally, save your masters in a safe place. Then you can make new molds! Helen "Halla" Fleischer, Fantasy & Fiber Artist http://home.covad.net/~drgandalf/halla/ Balticon Art Program Coordinator http://www.balticon.org |
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"Diana Curtis" wrote in message ... 7 years..thats not a long time. I know miracle mold is in my future. For now Elasticlay will have to do. Just a little longer. I think when Meg is in school Ill feel more comfortable working with it. Do you recall how old your oldest MM mold is? Diana Sarajane Helm wrote: you are welcome! one thing about elasticlay---all my Elasticlay molds have turned hard as rocks over the years. Many of the oldest (7-15 years) have hairline cracks throughout. There are now silicon casting compounds out now that have a lot of different harnesses and flexibility that have proved there worth over the years. Here in the UK, I use Tiranti for a supplier. In the USA it will be up to you to look around. I have moulds using a silicon cold casting compound as good as they were ten years ago. And if ever you want to branch into casting in low melting point metals, these moulds can take it without deterioration. -- Jackdaw collector of junk, trivia and bright twinkly things. |
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