DIY Artificial Ice Cubes - PERFECT Fake Ice Cubes
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- Опубликовано: 5 авг 2024
- DIY Artificial ice cubes - PERFECT Fake ice cubes. Realistic and easy DIY!
What you need to make fake ice cubes:
TO MAKE FAKE ICE CUBES
1. Silicone ice tray (classic size, square)
2. Rubber gloves (resin sticks like hell)
3. Resin OR Art resin & hardener (Art has no fumes, normal is fine too if you air)
4. Measuring cup (plastic)
5. Mixing cup (paper or plastic)
6. Spatulas (wooden or plastic)
7. Some kind of plastic containers (shiny if you want to pour on them)
TO MOULD & FINISH FAKE ICE CUBES
1. Metal file (long and straight, with a curved back for variations in the ice)
2. Car polish
3. Sanding paper (800, 1000, 2500)
4. Old cotton cloths, old pillow case, something similar
5. Mini drill with cotton polish wheels (optional for speed)
It's all pretty simple, with a bottle of resin and hardener you can make a whole bunch of fake ice cubes. Filing them and polishing them up into similar but slightly different shapes will make them all unique and you'll have some great artificial ice for your food photography or drinks photography kit! Resin is easy to use, nothing to be scared about.
If you have any questions at all about DIY Artificial ice cubes - PERFECT Fake ice cubes, post them below in the comments and I'll make sure I get back to you.
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"You've got melted ice! How great is that?" Not a sentence I thought I'd hear.
haha, I'm quite passionate about my fake ice!
That was super helpful Phillip... and I even got resin at home! Thanks a lot mate!
Happy to hear that Martin, it's a ton of fun, wear that mask!
Thanks for the tips and for showing you the process, with a little time you can have some good ice, which is great for when the summer comes and you want that shot with ice that you don't have to worry about melting. and gives that nice cool refreshing look. Handshake
You're welcome! The ice you can make using this method is stunning, very realistic. 🤜🏻🤛🏻
your hands on don‘t have the ‚missing piece‘ as many others do - they are so clear and compresensible - and fun to watch - great! thanks, mate!
Thank You! I really appreciate that, this was a long haul one, took me a long time to perfect, so I thought it would be good to share the details with you guys!
This is awesome!
Thank You! It was how I dealt with the world situation in March 😂
Here to support :) great video.
I really appreciate that!! Thank You 🤜🏻🤛🏻
Great video!
Thank You Steven!
Thank you so much for this! I rather make my own then have to buy it!
You're welcome, it's a lot more satisfying!
Great video can't wait to make my own ice cubes............
It's a ton of fun!
Thanks, very helpful post ❤
You're welcome, thanks!
This is what I have been looking for ... didn't want to spend 40+ euros, dollars whatever plus delivery and didn't want cheap products either. Thank you for taking the time to do this and for sharing. Let's keep in touch, I want get invited to your 90th birthday party.
I'm glad you found it! It takes a bit of work but looks great when finished! Yes, 40 euros plus that again for delivery!! 50 more years and we're having a party!!
@@PhillipSkraba looking forward to it !!! :)
Hi Phillip,
You didn't mention the most important thing. Always wear a mask throughout the process and work in a well-ventilated place. When the resin powder enters your lungs, it's forever. There is no turning back and sooner or later, you will have serious health problems with that.
Only masks capable of filtering particles smaller than 0.3 microns are useful (FFP2 standard in Europe, N95 in the USA and KN95 in China).
The bubbles can be easily eliminated with a very brief passage of a small kitchen torch to avoid burning the rubber molds.
The resin usually turns yellow when it has poor quality and has no UV protection. UV light hits the resin and degrades the epoxy polymers.
I hope this has helped and always wear a f#%&ing mask when sanding resin.
Regards!
Hi Pedro, yes, I totally screwed up and did a lot of this without a mask, so yep, masks on people! Let's hope lots of fresh air will help keep me alive until I'm at least 90 😂🙈 The torch helps and usually got most of the bubbles out, but I felt without it the cubes looked a little more realistic with a few in there. Thanks for the heads up, and yes, masks masks masks, which we're all pretty used to now 👌🏻
@@PhillipSkraba And I hope to watch your 90th anniversary :)))))
Can you imagine that!!?
Uh oh! I just made one and didn’t wear a mask. Do you think I could have an issue from doing it one time?
Thanks for The vídeo sir, it’s high end. I would like to know what kind of resin is.
I did this all and can’t get my ice to be clear / glossy. I’ve sanded for ages. And used car polish. What could I be doing wrong?
WOW MAN!
Thank You!
Nice video man. As always. Thanks for the amazing content
This is quite a specific one, but one I had worked on for quite some time for the food and drinks photography fanatics 👌🏻
@@PhillipSkraba thanks man, because I bought some fake ice cubes, but it was pretty expensive bro. I'll try later your way. Have a great day, keep up the great work you're doing man 💪💪💪🎬🎥
I have so many fake ice cubes it's crazy. I found the best ones, my favourite ones, are the ones I made myself. The Trengove Ice cubes, the fake Chinese ones, I see them everywhere so I can tell in a second they're fake, I like photography, adverts, films where I'm immersed, if I notice any technical aspect, the magic is gone, much like with fake ice cubes. Thank for your support, it really means a lot to me!
@@PhillipSkraba I know what you mean bro a have some Chinese and it's obvious they are fake, but I'll try your way soon. Thanks to you for the amazing content and nice ideas. Have a great weekend man💪
What is the expensive ice you have just out of interest? My way is fun but it takes a bit of work. You too, great weekend!
Hey Philip, I'm thinking about making some cubes for my drinks photography work. I've spent quite a lot of cash on high quality fake ice cubes and would like to learn to make my own. I'm wondering, have you tried cleaning up the surface by using heat rather than sand paper? I know you can clean up perspex edges with a blow torch and was wondering if a heat gun might work on the resin to sort of melt the surface and level out any file marks. Have you ever tried this?
HI Charlie, to be honest, no, I haven't used heat. The cubes are so perfect after I polish them up that there is no need to. This might work though and could be a workaround but not sure. The way I've shown here is tried and tested after months of work and it really looks the part. I'm worried about what the heat could do to an already treated piece of resin.
👍 very interesting 👋🇮🇹
Thank You!
Hey there. This is great.
The cubes i cast all came from the same batch. And strangely from one silicone tray they came out yellow and the others didn’t. Maybe it has something to do with the makeup of the ice tray
It's odd isn't it, I can't get to the bottom of it. I've had some come out crystal clear and some yellow, it's really frustrating. Fun though, I love this kind of stuff!
Thank you man amazing 👏 can i put it real icecube i take from the fredge instrad of rubber silicon molds ?
I don't think that would work that well, removing it might pose a problem.
Hiii...i stay here in india...
Can u help me what all i can get and how do i make it..
I have an order to make them
Hello.
I have a few questions if you don't mind me asking.
First one- I would like to do a bigger piece of fake ice. (To be more precise - I would like to make helmet of Jotun Loki from what if for cosplay/costume)
Have you ever tried doing something bigger with this technique?
Also- how heavy is the material and finished product? Because it shouldn't be too heavy so I can wear it comfortable for a long period of time.
I would also appreciate, if you have any idea how to do custom form.
I'm sorry if I'm asking on something that's already answered in the video.
(Also- please excuse any mistakes I made in this comment. English is my second language.)
I've only made fake ice I'm afraid, and it's fairly heavy and very hard. I'd probably look to different, more flexible materials if it's a prop.
Hi, when you say mixture A or B please what do mean.
Also do I have to mix the resin with something before I can make them the size I want
That depends on what resin you get, it’ll say on the bottle.
Resin will yellow if it overheats while curing or if left in the sun or in UV light. You probably should use deep pour resin next time.
I made sure to keep mine out of the sun specially, but yeah, I'll try deep pour next time, thanks!
Those are great for not keeping your drink cold.
haha, that's for sure!
Bardzo fajny patent. Zabieram się za zrobienie własnych kostek lodu :)
To super zabawa, ale polecam maske, no i duzo zywicy bo mozna to robic i robic!
@@PhillipSkraba a robiłeś coś z rubber ice? Widziałem też na to fajne patenty, jednak słabo z dostępnością.
Kupilem, probowalem, ale jakos nie dla mnie. Dobra zywica jednak piekne wyglada, a Ci najlepszi robia z akrylu.
Ok I try make my own ice cubes, and when I trying to shape them I scratched them up pretty bad I’m having a hard time getting the scratches out. Can you give me some tips on getting it shaped them?
Sure, this was pretty much all I do step by step. IF you do scratch them up with a little too gritty sandpaper, go back to the file, file it down, then go back to the sandpaper and work your way up to a super fine grit, then polish with paste.
Yeah I guess I suck at sanding,but it’s OK I had made extra, they don’t look exactly melted but they don’t look too bad. Thanks for everything!!
All resins will turn yellow or get a yellowing/amber tint. The more it's in sunlight it will turn faster.. I been trying to find one that doesn't but no luck. I use polygel or clear acrylic for small clear pieces. So far no yellowing. I am doing more research on this subject & trying to find a solution for this. In the mean time I warn people about the yellowing. I have noticed that a base layer of color helps not to notice the yellowing.
Encapso k doesn't turn yellow.
But encapso k doesn’t become hard.. it stays as rubber.. isn’t it?..
Can you show how it did on dremel?)
The dremel is cool, but using your hands is by far the best!
if its turned yellow or brown it happened to me your using floor resin i used to buy them at bunnings
I actually used art resin, specially for these types of projects, however, using the same method, and trying to keep it in the dark, I had the same batch keep clean and then a second batch go yellow, I can't get my head around it. So many different ideas as what happened, and it's not the first time, ehh.
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Thank You!
Thanks for this, very appreciated. Do you already know why the ice stay yellow?
You’re welcome! Apparently reaction to light and/or cheap resin.
@@PhillipSkraba Yes, light can do that to resin and plastic but for sure exist other kind of resin ($$$) that can manage the yellow thing. Need to check it. Thanks 🙌🏻
Yes, I think if you spend more it might be more resistant to uv.
@@PhillipSkraba I look around and you have one that the manufacture says that it's up to 10 years without yellowish... But also you can add UV additive for be more strong with UV light (sun) and resist more... But sooner or later it will be yellow. Well... 10 years is okay, I guess. Cheers
10 years is more than enough, I guess it looks pretty cool as it ages anyhow.
How did you shape the ice?
I used a metal file, and some imagination to make each one slightly different. Fun stuff.
Do these ice cubes float?
I'm afraid not.
Anyone find out why the resin turns yellow?
I think it has something to do with cheap resin and uv light.
Add a drop of blue resin dye or food color
I'll try that out next time, thanks!
use UV resistant resin to prevent the yellow effect,
Yes, tried a couple and was still getting yellow, but not everytime, can’t get to the bottom of this problem 🙈
@@PhillipSkraba hmm its a tuff cookie. a have 1 more :) try, a layer of clear coat uv varnish to stop the uv before it enters the ice cube?
The problem I'm finding is that this happens not every time, and with the same batch, and it happens when I take it out of the ice cube tray after curing. It's just the weirdest thing!
Can you work on?
English please.
It turn yellow because it in a hot place
UV makes resin yellow.
Yes, that's what I've heard, but even in the dark, some of it yellowed, from the same batch.
Yellow resin? Leave it it the sun for a few days.
I've had it come about even in the dark, maybe it's the mix.
the ice is yellow.....
It’s odd, it happens sometimes, even using the same batch, sometimes it’s clear, sometimes yellowed.
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Say what?
I just buy them off Amazon
Sure!