How I Make An Acrylic Blank To Create Silicone Molds
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- Опубліковано 21 вер 2024
- Showing you my process for creating acrylic blanks to make silicone molds. This is how I do it, doesn't mean it's the only way to do it. I just wanted to share because so many people are interested in the whole process and information can be hard to find.
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WoW...this video would save someone hundreds of dollars and hours upon hours of heartache. You are a kind person.
great information! I have a sign in my craft room "creative clutter is better than idle neatness", that's my story and I'm stickin' to it.
Yes girl! Lol
Thank you cause I’ve been wanting to get into mold making but couldn’t figure out how to make a master
You are AMAZING!!!! Thank you so much for this tutorial. I am new to resin craft. And I have quickly come to realized that I'm going to need to make my own molds, but I wasn't sure about how to go about designing and creating my own blanks. You just filled in the missing pieces for me. Once again, thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge, skill and wisdom. Blessings to you and yours!
You are so blessed. I've been wanting a GlowForge for years. They are so awesome.
I always wondered how these where made ~ and didn’t know I could get the products to make them myself ~ so 😎 and thank you so much ~ really appreciated!!
Just wow ! So much attention tonight to detail and skill! 👌🏿
wow! I pray that I afford this soon. Thank you so much.
wow you have a special talent for explaining processes! this was great, so detailed!
Thank you so much!
This is so detailed, thank you so much for taking the time do make this video tutorial for us. I really appreciate it!
Also, I love the design 👌 perfect for us craft heads ✌️💕💗💖
This was super helpful, thanks for post it! I'd love to see another one on the process for the shaker style molds. :)
Thank you so much for making this video!! This was so helpful and informative and exactly the video I needed! I also really appreciate how much you care about your project and all the little details ❤ thanks again for sharing your tips and tricks!!!
Un gran trabajo. El mejor vídeo que he visto, sobre este tema. Te felicito 👏🏻👏🏻🥰🥰
thank you so much for this video!!! :D so helpful!!!
Thank you so much for sharing ❤️
Such a great tutorial! I love how much detail you gave. I’m going to watch the rest of your videos!
I use inkscape cuz it makes some of my patterns for my jewelry for my animal pendants to use and copy to make the silicone molds for it and sell
Super good 👍👍
Thank you so much! The front side I do the dish soap methods so there’s no weeding except the back.
Information I needed. I did not know how the molds were made.
Can you please make a video on how you made the outline for the shaped housing and how to make a lip for a tray?
I am really struggling on how to do those!! Haha
Thank you so much, you've helped me tremendously!
This is such an interesting process♡
Can you please do a tutorial on how to make these designs (like the outlines in inkscape etc.) 🥰
Wow! You did great! Thank you for this video. I was wondering how this was done.
Thank you so much for sharing!!!
Thank you so much!! I really wanted to know how this works
Supercool! Endless possibilities!
You're an allstar!
I was wondering for months now how they made those molds with a pattern in it 🤔🤣.
Such a great video, thank you! Do you have a link for those acrylic sheets please? 👍🙏
I don't, you can buy them from Glowforge when they aren't sold out
Could you please make a video explaining how to create outlines and backing in Inkscape? Like how to make the outline shape and how to size the lines so they line up with the blank? Sorry if that’s confusing
Even though i have Adobe illustrator i stull use inkscape . Powerful, easy and free!
My fave for getting things done.
Wow. Thanks. This opened my eyes to possibilities! Now I need to find a friend with a glow forge😉. Three questions: where do you source the acrylic and how thick is it? Or does the thickness not matter so much because you can layer them? When applying the thin ‘glue’ did you actively push on the bottle or did you let gravity do it? When you want to pull the bottle away, do you suck air in? I’m worried I would get drips at that point. And I know this might be a big ask but I would love to see the number 4 type of glue and the differences- even just in the bottle or on a scrap piece. Lastly- to tack the large medallion down, would it be an option to turn it over and tack it from the back so it won’t move and the drip potential is minimized - and then turn it over for the complete gluing? I’m afraid I would glob it or accidentally shift it. Btw how hard is it to shift the pieces during application? It seems like something that would happen to me when I attempt this. (Positivity right there!). I know this post was awhile ago, but if you see this please try and reply. Thank you and Thank You for sharing your knowledge. It’s very generous and speaks to who you are!
The acrylic is 1/8 inch or 1/4" and you can layer as many or as few as you need to. I bought it from the Glowforge store. The "glue" is very thin and evaporates very quickly. Repositioning is not an option. It works by "melting" the acrylic to itself. It's not a traditional "glue". Before starting you squeeze the excess air out of the bottle so that when you turn tip down air can slowly draw into the bottle keeping it from dripping. Squeeze is very slight, it comes out fast and easy, lightly release starts to draw air into bottle again to prevent drips. Hopefully that answered all your questions.
Thank you. Great video. Can acrylic blanks for molds be created with colors other than clear?
Yes absolutely!
I'm curious why you don't apply the glue to the outside to reduce the risk of it getting on the face as you stick the surround. Unless it's to ensure a complete seal on the inside so no silicone bleeds underneath 🤷♂️
@@immawoop7261 that's it exactly, the silicone will seep into even a hairline gap, and then you have to spend time cleaning up your molds. If you make molds to sell it can mean a lot of extra time trimming.
@ResinBelle I've spent the last couple of years making silicone moulds, but not from acrylic blanks. I've used the capillary action glue you're showing as I tend to use acrylic for bases and boxes, and boy do I know all about silicone finding every gap 🤣
I now want to start making moulds for resin so acrylic blanks seems to be the way to go and this video was very helpful, thank you 😊
Do you by chance have a video on round acrylic corners neatly and polishing it afterwards?? Or is it easier to do that with the resin afterwards??
Thank you, The only thing I can't figure out is how to make my housing with offset. Any advice or can you make a tutorial?
Hello, incredible work and I now have understood the whole process, finally :) But I just have a Cricut Maker which cuts acrylic blank until 2 mm. Do you think I could create the different levels as well?
You can glue together as many sheet as you want. But I will say it's a huge pain to glue acrylic together and you want to do it in as few layers as you can. It's pretty difficult to get the edges lined up just perfectly and you will always have ridges along the edges of your mold that shows the different layers. The more layers you do the more ridges you will have on the mold sides that transfer to the final product
@@ResinBelle ok I understand...each level of your video how many mm high is it?
Which Glow-forge😅 dis you buy?
Thank you! I'm about to do my first acrylic blank with frame and it helps so much to SEE what I understood would need to be done. Question - is there a reason to remove the masking of the blank before all the gluing? I would think it might protect the master a bit more and then peel it off once finished with the gluing? I use a plastic razor scraper to remove my masking.
I think it really just comes down to personal preference. Though removing the paper is necessary before gluing some parts.
could you maybe put a link on here you got your laser printer and the acrylic part you have lasered thank you so much for the tutorial!!!!
There is a link in the description box for the Glowforge laser Cutter that gives up to $500 off. I bought the acrylic sheets from Glowforge.
@@ResinBelle thank u so much!!!
How did you start doing this? And how did you know how to do all these? Such a wonderful hobby
Well I knew what I wanted to do and then I went searching for pretty hard to find information. I pieces some things together and after a little trial and error figured it out. Then I decided others would probably like the info too. Hopefully it helps someone.
Thanks for nice tutorial. How can I engrave my design on black, what tools I need, is there any link you can point me to?
If you are talking about black acrylic the process is the same. If you are talking about making your engraved part black then before you peel off the protective film you can paint the engraved part with acrylic paint and let dry. Once dry then you peel off the protective film and you are done. Alternatively you can spray paint the engraved areas and then peel off the protective film.
Found my answer in this video after replaying 👍
Fantastic tutorial! Beautiful detail of your engraving!! Did you use de focus on your Glowforge? How many LPI did you use? Cause your engraving looks so smooth and beautiful.
I didn't I used the HD setting in Glowforge software for engraving. It takes forever but def worth it to make blanks that produce nice molds
Would you mind sharing what settings you used on your glowforge?
This video really helpful❤️. Thank you so much to take your time to make this video.🙏🏻😊 I watched and follow step by step in this video but some spot I didn't put the glue well when I pour the silicone the silicone stuck in that spot😭 make my mold edge looks not well.
Could you please give me sone advice how I can fix the spot that not glue will? Thank you very much.🙏🏻
It happens. If the silicone pulled out of the gap you can try clamping it and adding more glue. Otherwise it is what it is and you'll have to trim the excess each time.
@@ResinBelle Thank you very much for your help.🙏🏻🙏🏻😊 I will try ❤️❤️
if you wanted it to be thicker or turn it into a tray , thicker you would add another outline ? tray I am not sure what you would do .....thank you for this video. how do you like your glowforge ? and which one do you have. do you sell that mold? that is very cool
Yes add another layer or use thicker acrylic, adding the same dimension to the outside edges. Same for a tray to make it deeper. I absolutely adore my Glowforge. It's a basic and it's without a doubt the best purchase I've ever made. Paid for itself through the referral program within one year. I don't sell the molds anymore.
Do you have to purchase a specific type of acrylic? Or, will a thin plexiglass work? When you are adding the glue, the way it “sucks” into the space is called a “capillary action”.
The acrylic is a "Cast" Acrylic.
My needle tip applicator is complete crap. Could you list which one you use?
I believe it came with with adhesive as a set from Amazon, it's been a while since I bought it. It was nothing special. The main thing is to remember to squeeze the air out of the bottle before tipping it to apply glue. This gives you a certain amount of suction that you can controll with the squeeze. This stuff is so thin that it will flood out of any applicator.
I love this video, can the letters be a different color while engraving?
They can if you are using different colors of acrylic sheets
Awesome video, thank you! Why not peel the paper off beforehand? 9:00
You can but the way the Glowforge works it blow a stream of air towards the laser to blow out any possible fire flairs, in doing so it can smoke stain or heat stain the acrylic as it cuts giving a ghost image that will come out in any mold you create from it. It's better to take the time to remove the tiny bits of paper after it's been Engraved. I hope that answers your question. Happy New Year
Wow. So interesting! Now does this get the blue silicone mold pour (sorry, not sure what it's actually called. Lol) on top of it?
Yes the silicone mold material gets poured into this to create the mold
Glowforge flex
This video was good. The drawing on the work surface was distracting though.
Not sure if you would know the answer or not , but do you think my Cricut Maker could make acrylic blanks for molds or would it not engrave deep enough?
I wish I knew, Ive never used one. I have the circut explore air.
If I have a resin piece could I use that as a blank?
Many silicone products will not cure if they are in contact with a Resin piece. So generally no. One of those annoying things that hasn't really been worked out yet. I've heard people try to seal the resin before trying to make a mold of it with varying results, usually ending in failure.
I have a question have you had any luck figuring out how to make blanks for holo molds i cant find anything to help 😢
Where do you order your acrylic sheets for your glowforge ?
I get them from the Glowforge shop. They are proofgrade
I wish I can just pay to have a custom one made 😩
You can - just search Etsy for custom silicone mold
What are your settings for the engrave?
I use the Glowforge recommended settings for their proof grade material (only thing I change is I select HD engrave for high quality molds) . You can use other acrylics in the Glowforge but you'll have to adjust your settings accordingly. Many many different settings can be found in the Glowforge community forums.
Super👍
What kind of acryl can be used with the machine?
Cast Acrylic sheets are what the Glowforge proof grade sheets are.
Can you soak them in isopropyl or something to remove backing paper
Can you get Inkscape on Mac, health wealth and happiness
Is there other software you can use besides Inkscape for coming up with designs??
There are other programs, Adobe etc but Inkscape is the only free option that I'm aware of and it really good
what laser cutting machine do you use?
I have a Glowforge basic. I love it!
@@ResinBelle thanks. congratulations for the work and inspiration for other artisans.
@@marcuspinheiro5743 thanks so much!
What acrylic sheets do you use? Not sure what size or thicknes to get
I use 1/8" thick for most applications. Once in a while I need thicker and get 1/4" thick. It really just depends how thick you want the finished product.
Do you have a general allowance you use from blank to frame edge? Thanks!
I don't have a specific size I always use. It varies depending on the size of the mold and the design of the mold. You want to make it thin enough that you don't waste silicone to pour but thick enough so that the final mold is stable.
@@ResinBelle thank you
@@cantrellsworld anytime
How much does the machine cost and how do i get the coupon
The coupon is automatically applied if you purchase through the link in the description box under the video.
I use the Basic Wich is $2500. It's an investment, but I love my machine and have found so many different uses for it.
Which glowforge do u use? Like the basic or plus or?
I use a GF Basic
Where do you buy the acrylic blanks from
Hi !!!, what happen if you take the sticky paper from the acrylic, before go in to the glowforge? before engraving or cutting?
I haven't done that but I would imagine the smoke from the laser cutting could damage the acrylic.
@@ResinBelle thanks for answer, have a nice day!!!
Which machine is this ????
Is it a laser machine.???
Yes it's a laser machine, a Glowforge basic.
What type of tape you use to pull off the paper
You can use any really sticky tape like duct tape etc but I believe Gorilla Tape works best, at least from what I've seen on other vids
can i hot glue the acrylic pieces together instead of the glue?
If you use hot glue between the pieces there will be gaps at the edges. If you seal the pieces together on the inside edge, it will show up in your mold. The bonding agent isn’t a glue really. It melts the acrylic together to bond them molecularly.
What is the thickness of your acrylic sheets?
Generally 1/8" but occasionally 1/4"
Thanks! I ordered 1/8 but worried it will be too thin. ♡
@@dejavoonails60 it's good for making different layers and gluing them together. It really depends what your designs are and how thick you want them to be.
Do you do custom stuff?
Sorry I don't at this time but may in the future. I'm still learning.
Awesome, how thick are the acrylic plates?
I'm working with 1/8" acrylic but there are many different thicknesses. Glowforge can cut up to 1/2".
@@ResinBelle where do you get your acrylic sheets?
@@mia10161978 I was wondering that also. I saw Glowforge has some but sold I when I looked.
Where do you buy your acrylic?
I get mine from Glowforge.
Can u make is customs?
Hi, can I order you a mold with a name?
The process is a cohesive action rather than an adhesive one.