Making Latex Molds
hello so today we're gonna be making some latex mold some simple latex molds
there are already some latex molds on the channel but they're quite old now so
I thought I'd update the latex molding videos so we're going to make a basic
leaf mold and a basic glove mold too so you can see we poured the latex into the
jam jar there and starting on the leaf mold as you can see and for the first
coat we want to stipple the latex into all the details to make sure we get some
good coverage and we'll do the same on the small Buddha glove mold also so
carefully stippling in to make sure that you cover all the areas and get into all
the recesses so to stuck on speed though so what we'll do is we'll stick down two
coats of latex by using a stippling in method to make sure that we get all
those details picked out with those first two layers and then I once we've
stippled in the first two layers we can just liberally brush in the latex or
brush on the latex brush on the liquid latex so just flowing over the latex
there to pop any bubbles that might be present
so you can see how to make various moulds on the on the channel on the drum
and ask evolution channel and so I'm making I've made quite a few the leaf
moulds as they seem to be quite popular to sell on this particular leaf cast and
you might have seen there a wrote down where we're at on each layer of latex so
write down what the item is so of course we got the leaf and the Buddha
I'll just tally up and count each and air as we go so that we don't forget
where we are so on both these moulds I'm going to put 30 layers of latex onto the
cast to make our molds I managed to squeeze around four to five layers of
latex on each day so you want to make sure that each layer is fully dry before
applying the next layer
so in this video looking at ball pouch before I get I realize my fault patch
was so big and I'll have to get some latex to stick on my board pouch and
perhaps Dickinson hair also to cover them so if you're showing you though
viewers I didn't want to put you off your tea or anything or breakfast or
wherever it's on you're watching this video so got a farm there just to speed
up the drying process
so now we're on I think we're on a third layer now maybe a little bit further and
see the layers looks like I might be on the seventh or eighth layer maybe there
so we just continue brushing on the latex same process until we get to 30
layers so on the small buddha casts i put 30 layers or there will be 30 layers
on that cast and which is a bit overkill really but because the latex would be
relatively thick for that size cast we might be able to get away with not
making a mother mold for that particular cast so those layers might be enough
just to hold in the shape or when we get ready to cast in the cows will keep a
shape because the rubber is relatively thick but we can also make a mother mold
for that small cast anyway which in that case i'll probably make a plaster mother
mold if i need to make a plaster or if i need to make a mother lode for that
particular cast on the leaf mold we'll be making a
fiberglass mother mold and you can see how to make the mother molds on other
videos on the channel fiberglass by the molds plaster mother molds etc it's also
make sure you have flange around your glove molds so you see that where it's
just stippling in or around the edges of the hood of those just blowing off the
bubbles again the farm can say that bubbles out as well once you put the
ferns to take the bubbles own but over the far top of the fat on sort of like a
medium to low speed just a sort of a circle in the air boom and there I am
tallying up the counts of layers on the piece of foam core which the Buddha is
mounted on so Kerry I'll go through building up your layers brushing in your
layers I think run around about 24th or 25th layer save the Buddha there
it's also relatively simple a relatively simple process
it's obviously bear if you've got like quite a few casts that you making molds
on or making molds from on the same day see well maybe your time more efficient
but if you've got other things to do then you can do things in between the
layers drying
there are 25 layers they're at their 25th lair
and I think this is the last two layers or on the 29th layer there so 30 layers
will give you round about Priya because they're out about 30 million 30 sorry
not 33 millimeter thickness maybe 4 millimeter thickness 3 millimeter
thickness I would say there are 30 layers it might be 2 millimeters but
that's ample the thickness so there we are that's the last layer and that's our
time lapse there so you could see the latex drying out to turn to that nice
yellow color
and then we had us job pretty much done so the kapil will wait for these molds
to vulcanize which would take up to four weeks so we would take we'll peel away
the latex from the cast's after four weeks there are some examples of what
the motor look like that's an old leaf mold there I don't have any of the new
ones to show you there so it looks a bit Brown and hold and there's another
that's what the Buddha mold will look like when it's done and that particular
one I'm showing you there does have a mother mode to go with it which is made
of a plaster cast of Paris bandages and like I say you can see how to make the
mother modes in other videos on the channel there's a small skull latex mold
a skull plaque wall plaque mold there there's a plaster mold plaster bandage
mold to mother moat to house the latex mold and a two piece by the mold theatre
has a small skull and a fiberglass mother mold there to house a fossil
latex mold which you see how to make these molds on the channel also and the
mother molds so there we are hope this video helps I know there's been a few
people asking about latex moms so you get some it from the video thanks for
watching and over and out for now