thats pretty awesome! Im going to invest in a bag or two of that and play with it. I have a bunch of ideas, maybe I'll put some of them up on youtube as well.
Oh thank goodness this is possible. The representative on the phone from Smooth On was trying to get me to buy 13 GALLONS OF THEIR FLEX FOAM AT $200 EACH to fill a lifecast full body mold (up to the neck gonna do my head separately) I’ll still be getting my silicone from them since their skin safe stuff is good and I only need 2-3 gallons of it but holy shit I refuse to spend that much on foam. No thanks im glad this more affordable foam can be used in a silicone mold! Seems perfect since I don’t care that much about capturing every little detail to be honest. the way it’s coming out of there looks good enough, since it’s a final project for my molding/casting college class and just having pulled off making something that big will be enough for me to get a good grade lmao
Great video Allen. Do you think you could take the foam head and put a thin layer of resin on it to make a sculpting bust with? As always thank you for sharing and Merry Christmas!
Been using this foam for about 5 years and over the last year or so ive found the newer bodies ive made have started to shrink. Dont know if they changed their formula or if the packages were old but i have made 4 bodies this year with this stuff and they all have shrinkage in random areas. Some of them bad(whole legs and arms lost almost). Gonna try fast2k which looks to be the same thing just a 2lbs foam. Have you tried any of the other alternatives to sika?
@@cmart0904 along with temperature fluctuations, old product, inconsistent back presure and especially with not enough part a or b in the mix. The 50 50 formula leads to shrinkage from the sika foam. It didnt use too, but has begun too over the past couple years. Now i mix the whole pack and pour it into seperate molds rather then rely on the 50 50 method. Havent had any shrinkage since
Have a question for you master of halloween,your greatness, your majesty....hey I'm wanting to coat this piece that I made out of great stuff few years ago,its still in great condition, but I want to make sure itl be around a while longer, so what in your great wisdom should I use to coat it with some sort of glaze or sealant if you will, to make that happen ?
Nice! Is that soft/flexible foam or hard like Great Stuff? I ask because, basically I'm trying to make what amounts to a Nerf football.. something that will hold up if you throw it repeatedly.. any suggestions??
Thanks for another entertaining vid. If I may go off topic, have you ever done a video on corpsing with liquid latex and cotton? I'm giving it a try on a mummified arm and like the effect, but could always use tips and advice. Heres wishing you and the family a great holiday weekend.
Nah, don't go out of your way on my account. But if you're ever stumped for a video idea, I'd certainly enjoy your take on the subject. You always do an excellent job making things understandable for us beginners. I've gotten so many ideas and inspiration from watching you.
how did you do a headcast when you have a big beard? I want to make a headcast of my own head but i have a beard also. little less then what you have but its still long. How do I go about doing a headcast of my head without cutting my beard off?
I must've done something wrong bc when I checked the foam it was all spongy and sticky and not like it was supposed to be. Do you think I didn't mix the a and the b good enough?
@@StiltbeastStudios hi I used great stuff , the I tried covering in plaster m the foam shrank and plaster cracked , then I I had a little success using or made mache’ and it has held its shape , and hast delammed yet, Although I made six eggs only two stayed the right size , they shrank and one shrivels up, I saw plaster used but dam that is fragile .
Thumbs UP! There really is a Santa! Two videos from you in one day! Wooo Hoooo Since our HD does not carry this product, I thought I would search for it on their website to see if I could have it delivered to our store for pick up. This is what I got: "This item is not available in your store. Please check other stores for availability. Pick Up In Store Unavailable' and "This item is not available in any stores within 100 miles" Errrrrrr
Is that silicone mold made from a Smooth-On silicone; BITY mold supply's silicone, or the silicone caulk brush-on type from the hardware store, like G.E's or DAP?
+chris fry I got the same reaction when I asked for it. I did a search for it and it is not available within 100 miles from me in Branson, Missouri. Errrrr
I found some answers for everyone. Here is a link to the foam at Home Depot: www.homedepot.com/p/Sika-33-fl-oz-Fence-Post-Mix-483503/205671519 It is about $11 for 33oz Here is a link on Amazon for something similar (I hope) smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B007V1YU02 That is about $43 for 2 quarts! It is polyurethane foam. It comes in 2lb, 4lb, and 8lb density. I imagine for our uses 2lb is the way to go.
Just bought some from Home Depot Canada, Sika Post Mix $16.70. This has to be the dumbest thing to use for posts, but can't wait to try it for my Halloween creations.
hi bryant , if you havent casting yet i would suggest burman foam industry in California they have catalogs on materials and instructional videos .www.burmanfoam.com/
Hey dude! thanks for this, i managed to find some in Australia! ( Bunnings for all you out there who want to experimenter ) i managed to get some and HOLY SHIT it expands A LOT, i just mixed some up then and im just waiting for it to cure, MY QUESTION! if i needed it to be more Dense, is there anything i need to add? if there is nothing i get it i will just have to get a dense foam at Barnes ( FX store ) i wish to be making a manikin for a Batman suit i will be sculpting and Well this Foam is CHEAPER by like $20 for the same amount as other foams iv seen. thanks dude! :D
Checking in from 2020 thanks for this video. The HD foam works like a charm in my silicone pumpkin mold!
Great to hear!
thank you for doing this. sure wish my home depot would carry this stuff.
Happy Holidays to you and your family.
You can use any A/B foam, not just the HD stuff
thats pretty awesome! Im going to invest in a bag or two of that and play with it. I have a bunch of ideas, maybe I'll put some of them up on youtube as well.
If you used a mould release, would the beard have stayed on? Do you have to use mould release with silicone and foam?
Oh thank goodness this is possible. The representative on the phone from Smooth On was trying to get me to buy 13 GALLONS OF THEIR FLEX FOAM AT $200 EACH to fill a lifecast full body mold (up to the neck gonna do my head separately) I’ll still be getting my silicone from them since their skin safe stuff is good and I only need 2-3 gallons of it but holy shit I refuse to spend that much on foam. No thanks im glad this more affordable foam can be used in a silicone mold! Seems perfect since I don’t care that much about capturing every little detail to be honest. the way it’s coming out of there looks good enough, since it’s a final project for my molding/casting college class and just having pulled off making something that big will be enough for me to get a good grade lmao
How rigid is the foam once set? is it strong / flexible, or stiff / easy to break?
Yeah. I'd like to know.
did you coat the mold with any sorta release agent I could see using Vaseline or oil in the chin where it like to stick
No, I did not- no release for silicone unless you are doing a bunch of pours.
Awesome!!!!! Thanks for sharing 🙏🙏🙏
Glad you liked it!
Thank You
Great video Allen. Do you think you could take the foam head and put a thin layer of resin on it to make a sculpting bust with? As always thank you for sharing and Merry Christmas!
+Michael J. Laseter Sure, but if that was my plan then I would just run resin in the mold then foam the interior of that.
Great stuff Allen. No pun intended.
+Hauntguy311 lol thanks
couldn't the mask itself with the foam in be used for a detailed recast? instead of taking the foam out of the mask?
very neat! thank you
Thank you too!
Been using this foam for about 5 years and over the last year or so ive found the newer bodies ive made have started to shrink. Dont know if they changed their formula or if the packages were old but i have made 4 bodies this year with this stuff and they all have shrinkage in random areas. Some of them bad(whole legs and arms lost almost). Gonna try fast2k which looks to be the same thing just a 2lbs foam. Have you tried any of the other alternatives to sika?
Foam shrinks with UV light
@@cmart0904 along with temperature fluctuations, old product, inconsistent back presure and especially with not enough part a or b in the mix. The 50 50 formula leads to shrinkage from the sika foam. It didnt use too, but has begun too over the past couple years. Now i mix the whole pack and pour it into seperate molds rather then rely on the 50 50 method. Havent had any shrinkage since
Try using demold spray or Patroleum jelly maybe it won't stick if you used that
Have a question for you master of halloween,your greatness, your majesty....hey I'm wanting to coat this piece that I made out of great stuff few years ago,its still in great condition, but I want to make sure itl be around a while longer, so what in your great wisdom should I use to coat it with some sort of glaze or sealant if you will, to make that happen ?
I would use liquid nails
Nice! Is that soft/flexible foam or hard like Great Stuff? I ask because, basically I'm trying to make what amounts to a Nerf football.. something that will hold up if you throw it repeatedly.. any suggestions??
Thanks for another entertaining vid.
If I may go off topic, have you ever done a video on corpsing with liquid latex and cotton? I'm giving it a try on a mummified arm and like the effect, but could always use tips and advice.
Heres wishing you and the family a great holiday weekend.
I have not done one on that since there are so many tutorials for that.
Ah okay. Guess I need to use the Search button harder. :)
+Phil Bolton if you think it's worth it I will do one but I did think that has been covered.
Nah, don't go out of your way on my account. But if you're ever stumped for a video idea, I'd certainly enjoy your take on the subject.
You always do an excellent job making things understandable for us beginners. I've gotten so many ideas and inspiration from watching you.
+Phil Bolton Thank you so much, very kind words.
love the shirt
how did you do a headcast when you have a big beard? I want to make a headcast of my own head but i have a beard also. little less then what you have but its still long. How do I go about doing a headcast of my head without cutting my beard off?
Amazing! If that foam is flexible enough, I can imagine making costume pieces with it. Otherwise, I might have to order Flexfoam-it or something.
It is not flexible, try flex foam it from smooth on or a 3lb foam from bity mold supply
How about using it to make an average to small torso with it?
I must've done something wrong bc when I checked the foam it was all spongy and sticky and not like it was supposed to be. Do you think I didn't mix the a and the b good enough?
Hi I just used Vaseline to make a mold of an egg, with foam how can I prep to paint ? Thanks sir I’m trying to make a faberge egg
what are you making the egg out of?
@@StiltbeastStudios hi I used great stuff , the I tried covering in plaster m the foam shrank and plaster cracked , then I I had a little success using or made mache’ and it has held its shape , and hast delammed yet, Although I made six eggs only two stayed the right size , they shrank and one shrivels up, I saw plaster used but dam that is fragile .
Thumbs UP!
There really is a Santa! Two videos from you in one day! Wooo Hoooo
Since our HD does not carry this product, I thought I would search for it on their website to see if I could have it delivered to our store for pick up. This is what I got:
"This item is not available in your store.
Please check other stores for availability.
Pick Up In Store
Unavailable'
and
"This item is not available in any stores within 100 miles"
Errrrrrr
+bransonhauntedhills would they ship it to you instead of pick up?
That is what I am going to try next.
Is that silicone mold made from a Smooth-On silicone; BITY mold supply's silicone, or the silicone caulk brush-on type from the hardware store, like G.E's or DAP?
+makeupmaster1 bity mold, it is platsil gel 10.
thank you.
have you ever just for fun of it try to run home depo foam in Appliance mold see if was useable or not.
I can't seem to find this here in Massachusetts. On the internet it shows up in Canada?
+makeupmaster1 I know its near me and I added a link to the home depot sku number.
How much did it weigh and is there a bulk option?
this foam is like a 2-3lb foam. this foam has no bulk option, but there are plenty of foams that come in gallon kits.
i saw alot of comment about this on Haunters hangout this week alone....
Merry Christmas....
+JOHNJOHN 9111 Yeah I have been meaning to test it.
Would spray foam release from a silicone mound?
yes, the issue is making sure it cures all the way through
That worked great, Allen! My H. Depot doesn't have this foam. :( Can you tell me the brand and name of this? maybe they will get me a few in. Thanks!
I would also like to know.
Yeah, my HD acted like I was on crack when I asked for it. lol
It may say in his first AB foam video. i will look at it again after i go shopping lol.
+chris fry I got the same reaction when I asked for it.
I did a search for it and it is not available within 100 miles from me in Branson, Missouri. Errrrr
Sika is the brand name but order foam online also the HD stuff is acessible but not the best for the job.
+chris fry here you go
www.homedepot.com/p/Sika-33-fl-oz-Fence-Post-Mix-483503/205671519
I found some answers for everyone. Here is a link to the foam at Home Depot:
www.homedepot.com/p/Sika-33-fl-oz-Fence-Post-Mix-483503/205671519
It is about $11 for 33oz
Here is a link on Amazon for something similar (I hope)
smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B007V1YU02
That is about $43 for 2 quarts! It is polyurethane foam. It comes in 2lb, 4lb, and 8lb density. I imagine for our uses 2lb is the way to go.
I will post a few alternatives when I get home, kinda hard from my phone
+Jason Ice Just type A B foam 2lb into Amazons search bar- lots shows up.
Just bought some from Home Depot Canada, Sika Post Mix $16.70. This has to be the dumbest thing to use for posts, but can't wait to try it for my Halloween creations.
what components made the pink silicone mold?
that was Gel 10 silicone from BITY Mold Supply
The video on Home Depot for the foam is pretty funny
how did you make the mold of your head>??...nteresting..
hi bryant , if you havent casting yet i would suggest burman foam industry in California they have catalogs on materials and instructional videos .www.burmanfoam.com/
I used silicone from BITY mold supply, they have great videos on it.
I used silicone from BITY mold supply, they have great videos on it.
Who??? Lol
type it into youtube and search- Im too busy to link everything.
I got the seleca now...I will try it out. Making a dummys head of myself so I can make a helmets.
Hey dude! thanks for this, i managed to find some in Australia! ( Bunnings for all you out there who want to experimenter )
i managed to get some and HOLY SHIT it expands A LOT, i just mixed some up then and im just waiting for it to cure,
MY QUESTION! if i needed it to be more Dense, is there anything i need to add? if there is nothing i get it i will just have to get a dense foam at Barnes ( FX store )
i wish to be making a manikin for a Batman suit i will be sculpting and Well this Foam is CHEAPER by like $20 for the same amount as other foams iv seen.
thanks dude! :D
OK SO, this stuff just cured, and WOW this stuff is dense.
ignore what i just asked for! :D thank you once again
+Joseph Scott Uhhh....happy to help. lol
How is the foam for taking paint?
Great, it even takes spray paint
Is it light?
yes, it feels like 1lb foam
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That's old school!
That’s a Sika product though so it’s not exactly low end 😂
It's definitely a cheaper option around here! Thanks for commenting!
That terrible (loud) music just got you a thumbs down.
Good ideas IS all' this IS wonderful job
glad ya like it!