Moldmaking Tutorial: Thickening Silicone For Brush-on Molds and SPFX

In this tutorial we explain the use of Thixo thickener for thickening our silicones. Here we thicken 5110F Fast and 5130 F Fast for brushed on applications such as brush-on molds and silicone skins. You can find even more organized content on our website: www.brickinthe...
5110F Fast Silicone: bjbmaterials.c...
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[@Gg9c.]

It is impossible to cast someone with such talent!!!

[@brickintheyard]

Thanks!

[@belongs_2_the_grave]

Great information!

[@brickintheyard]

Thanks!

[@Gg9c.]

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[@brickintheyard]

Thank you!

[@justjayjustjay5054]

Do you have a product/ video for making a hard cast of my face so I can make latex masks based off my head & neck size? I watched the hydrocal vid and looked at the product but I'm not sure if that's the right product I want. I'm wanting it to be as easy, yet cost effective as possible. I'd prefer not having to buy multiple products to achieve a flat based mold like you had in the video.

[@brickintheyard]

That will require several steps as I do not recommend making a rigid mold of your face. You can pull a clay positive (such as monster clay or Alien Clay) from a 590 alginate face mold or a CopyCat silicone lifecast. The clay positive can be used to produce a Hydrocal mold. Go to the video library page and check out the "lifecasting page" the "sculpting" page, and the "silicone props" page.

[@evilernie1369]

This might be a bit silly to ask, but I've seen a few people make molds from regular caulking silicone with cornstarch added. Would the cornstarch work to thicken these silicones as well or would it cause it to inhibit curing?

[@brickintheyard]

Cornstarch will thicken silicone, but it will also lower elongation (stretch) and tear strength. There are some types of cornstarch that will inhibit some platinums so do a test first! Food additives are a real mixed bag as they are mainly designed not to poison you.

[@evilernie1369]

@@brickintheyard thank you!

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