How to Make professional Silicone Molds For Crafting
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Hello! Here is a video tutorial showing you how I make my handmade silicone molds for resin and clay. I know there are plenty of different ways out there, but I find this method works best for me since it works for both flat and non flat pieces. Plus, it makes clean, professional looking molds.
Here is an updated mold making tutorial for flatback pieces I use now: • How to Make Silicone M...
For resin use, make sure to use platinum cure silicone. If you use tin cure silicone, the resin may react to it and not cure properly.
Supply used:
*Smooth on Moldstar 30: www.smooth-on....
*Modeling Clay or plasticine clay: Michaels (makes sure the clay is oil based and does not dry out. Uncured polymer clay is NOT a good substitute since the silicone will react to it and will not cure properly.
I am watching this video after 8 years of publication. Such simple and practical tricks. I am just amazed. It will help me a lot in the future.
Using rice grains to measure volume. Really clever idea!!!
These diy molds are the best ones i've ever seen. Most molds you can tell they are selfmade but yours looks like one you coul buy from a Professional store!
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I’ve never seen a mold that wasn’t self made, including the stores.
@@mikejustice1196 and even the stores do crappy ones. Well let's say I saw really bad ones! 😅
I hadn't thought of plastic cups as borders before!
I know this is 5 years late but, OMG NerdECrafter!!!
Its so awesome to see how its done!! Glad to finally know the magic behind your silicone molds, thanks for the video Amy! I hope you're well!
thanks lily! hope all is well with you too!
you have good ideas, I like the pencil trick to evenly roll out the clay and pouring the silicone from up high to prevent bubbles is smart to, cant wait for my next craft project to try these techniques out. ^^
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OMG The rice method!!! Thank You!!! fantastic..instead of water and having to dry everything! Fantastic tips!
FINALLY A CLEAR EMAIL!!!! Thanks soo much!! I had the question about which type of clay to use and none of the other videos ever mentioned. I also found the disposable cups ideas great since I been using card stock for a few of them.
Very professional and Amazing results!!! Thank you very much. This is by far the best tutorial I've seen!
That's a great looking mold - thanks for posting!
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I'm dying to try my silicon but it was expensive here in Australia so I want to make sure I mould something exceptional. This tutorial is excellent!
thank you!
Really great tutorial. Filled with lots of information but not enough to overwhelm you.
I have just discovered your And I am overwhelmed with all the ideas you have given me For continuing my resin journeys.... Especially making my own silicone moulds. My husband curses you in advance for the money I am about to spend lol
Lol sorry hubby! 🤣
One of the most satisfying videos I've ever watched!
ToniEllison ahhh thank you!
very clean and neat tutorial. I liked it very much. I appreciate if you could give some tutorial on 'molding' some thing like "window grill" design, but in smaller in size. Thank you so much.
Thia is amazing. My molds are...okay...but not as sharp as you'd get with a liquid silicone. Thank you so much for sharing this tut! You're the best!
you're welcome! thank you!
Can you tell me if the mold you got using liquid silicon, was FLEXIBLE? and that because of its flexibility - i would be able to make a FINISHED piece in the shape of an "open" pine cone?
Also, do you use the liquid silicone by itself, some how, or you mix it with something else? If so - what it is, and what is the ratio between these two? If you have the patience to reply - can you to reply to my email: yaffab1@aol.com. Thank you in advance.
this is amazing!! it looks like a fancy store bought mold!!! Kudos to you and thanks for sharing. 😊
Thanks for posting this video, it made mold making so easy for me.
Very professional mold i must say. Fantastic, thanks for sharing. Sherie Rodrigues 👍🧡
Such a good tutorial, thank you! I just wasted a bunch of siligum over the weekend making bad moulds of macaron shells :(. Will have to try liquid silicone next. Also wondering about the oil-based clay...would childrens plasticine work?
modeling clay is exactly plasticine clay :)
Christi Friesen also uses polymer clay (unbaked) as the same base. It will work. The clay can still be used later.
This technique was so awesome! :D I loved how thorough you were in this tut ^^ thanks for sharing Amy!
thank you! glad you liked this tut,
Great tuto. Easy to understand and follow.Thanks for the pencil trick.
Ive been wanting to try my hand at making silicone molds for a while since I saw ladyjarheads tutorial. I prefer silicone molds over the plastic ones. Your tutorials have a way of getting me excited and lights a fire under my butt. Thanks for the tutorial. Definitely helps.
I'm glad! thanks!
Fab video, really informative! What a great technique to use rice to measure the volume, I've never thought if that! :D
Excellent tutorial!!! Wonderful, clear and precise instructions.. Thank You!!!
Excellent tutorial, very helpful and I am buying the same product to make a few molds, appreciate all your work in making the video. Cheers
I love tutorials like this! They're always so inspiring with potential possibilities.
Thank you very much for sharing it with us! :D
What a beautifully done video tutorial! Thank you!
OMG I NEEDED this today I made such crappy molds that didn't turn out :'( I really need some quality resin molds
Nicely done! Have you ever made an entire tray of molds... I am thinking this would be awesome to learn to make my own with what I do for work! xoxo Thank you for sharing! -EdieAnne
This is genius. Definitely buying! Thank you for the tutorial~~
Thank YOU!!!! this has been so very helpful, your ideas will same me on time and money....Blessings
This was cool to watch and I’m inspired to make my own molds! Thank you ❤️
this diy is absolutely lovely!
This is wonderful! I may actually have to try making my own molds thank you for sharing!
you;re welcome!
It turned out so perfectly and beautifully! Amazing!
thank you!
great job! :) I know (and made) something similar, but this is really professional!
Very beautiful 👍👍💖💖💖💖💖
I was jammin out to that rockin beat swinging my head around like a budgie.
That's was neat I will be using this
EXCELLENT! thank you!
Very good video. Thx.
Thank you very much for this mold making demo. Do you also have a diy video on how to make 2 part mold. I make miniatures and I would like to learn how to make molds for some of the mini items I make so I can save some time.
I know that some use resin to fill the inside of the finished double mold, but I would prefer to be able to use fimo or Sculpey (a clay type that you can bake. Although I know it's best not to bake the silicone mold itself). Thanks 🙏👍😃
I don’t have a 2 part mold tutorial but there are plenty of great videos here on UA-cam. The platinum cure silicone can be baked as it withstand heat up to 400F so you can bake with your clay.
@@AmyMade thanks for your reply dear.😃 Just saw it now. I didn't know where to check your reply before now. 😃🙏
I believe that there are also some good flexible fimo clays out there (they might be called something else however) that you can bake and use as molds because they still bend after baking. I'd love to be able to make my very own homemade flexible clay for mold making. 😊
Really professional!
Thanks for sharing! Helps so much!
Hey Amy I had one questioned about the measuring part of the equal parts before mixing. When you measured the volume with the rice and got the measurement of what you needed (saying all of that was 4/4). You added 1/2 of that measurement of each molding star product to each cup before mixing to get 4/4 of the volume measurement?
+Samantha Hesuse once i found the total volume of the resin, i divided that in half. Say i 1 fl oz total. So i would mix 1/2 fl oz of part A and 1/2 fl oz of part B
This is great! Well done video
Great video. I must try this out!
Thank you! :D Love your easy and resourceful tips and tricks! ^o^
Oh finally!, a very good tutorial to create a professional silicone mold... so BTW after the mold it's dry you can use it with polymer clay, right?
Fantastic mold making tutorial :)
Brilliant 🙏🏽
Very nice, thanks for uploading.
That was so freakin cool! Thank you
Neat work 👍👍👍
omg! Amy, Those are super cute!
Wow that mold is perfect :O how would you do the same with a flat piece??
you would do the exact same thing with a flat piece. :)
@@AmyMade How do you make the other side as well to make a full piece that won't be flat?
Stephanie D you would have to make a two piece mold. There are plenty of tutorials on how to make it on YT.
Thank you so much.
Great tutorial!! I have been thinking about trying the liquid silicone myself. How forgiving would you say it is when you add the ratios? It didn't look like you had to go back and forth between the cups. Also, is there any kind of bad smell?
no bad smell with this silicone that i used. I did have to go back and forth with the ratios. I just edited that out of the video
Ok, thanks for answering my questions!! :)
Great tutorial!! The technique is really cool!! But, Can I ask you about the non-drying clay??!! What are a few examples of the clay?!?!?!
modeling clay and children's plasticine clay
Thank you!
Wow!! Love this! Thank you
Amazing! How long does the silicone take to cure?
Cecileeanne Lockhart it takes 6 hours for this specific silicone
This looks great :)!
Amazing
very nice,thanks
love the music
you're like a smart crafty sientist
Hi crafterzdelights. Thank you for the video. I have just one question. Once the mold has cured can you use raw polymer clay in it? Thanks in advance.
Hi Amy! I have just got some silicon mold maker, but the thing is, the mixture is really thick and it's hard to pop air bubbles that are around the sides of the cupcake base. Can you suggest what i do in this case? Thank you!
Great video!
Tfs, awesome tutorial!!
OMG the easiest way,,need to try immedietly
Hey crafty folks out there, do you know why my self-made molds (2
components put together, hardenes within 5 minutes) are sweating? They
are somewhat oily or sweaty. Shall I wash it off with dishwashing soap
or what can I use? I never had this problem with bought putties. Thanks
for answers!
So that only moulds half of it?
Thank you so much! I am making a cake and I needed to make "nuts and bolts" and for the life of me I could not find what I needed but now I am confident enough to try. I did have a question, is this silicone food grade? I will be using the mold for fondant.
elfofriverndale Hi! i don't think this is food grade, but if you search the smooth on website, they do have food grade silicone.
Well done!!
we're trying to do some plastic knobs.... is this particular formula designed not to stick to the part or should we put some non-stick coat on the parts before the silicon?
Awesome
beautiful!
I Love it. Thank you.
Must gett siliconeee :O Thanks for sharing :D
How accurate is the silicone mold compared to that of the master or object being cast with this brand product you use? Is there a noticeable amount of shrinkage or do you actually get a copy identical in size to the original object?
Thanks for sharing Amy! Loved the video! (:
Can this liquid silicone make metal objects from the moulds ? If not is there any other products you can use to make metal objects with ? Thanks
Great video! One question though, about how much volume of silicone can you get from those bottles? I saw them on Amazon, but it doesn't list the volume, just the weight and I need kind of a big mold.
At one point you said "this mold making method works great for pieces that do not have a flat bottom like this button". Is that because it sticks better in the clay? But the mold doesn't include the back at all right?
I just bought this product. About ready to send back till i saw your video. I liked the results. Thank you so much. How long does this product last after opening?
Rose Corrado usually up to a year but you will probably get a more accurate time if you asked the actual manufacturer 😄
How durable the mold will be? Can it be baked together with polymer clay in the oven? Or I have to demold first? Thank you!!
I have the same question please. Thanks! :)
Awesome!
Have the molds you've created using this particular type of silicone gotten oily over time?
not at all
Brilliant!
I love your video and I will be using to create a mold. Question for you, how can I create the mold having the detail from both sides of the master? That's my biggest issue right now. I can't think of a good way. Please please please help.
Maureen Robinson you’ll have to make a two part mold. There are many great tutorials here on UA-cam. Good luck!
@@AmyMade Thank you!
So since polymer clay would react with it if it was the base piece, would it react with the silicone after it’s been cured, as in the polymer clay being the thing your making the mold of? I’m trying to make some molds for wax embeds and I thought polymer clay would be the easiest way to create my own design for it all
Isobel Heath silicone won’t react to cured polymer clay.
Can you use this to make molds for clear resin without it turning the resin "foggy" ? I have tested silicone putty for molds and while it works well for polymer clay and solid colored resin, it turns the clear resin foggy. I have Castin' Craft's Latex Mold builder and it works for clear resin but OMG it takes a million years to make a mold because you have to brush it on in layers and let each layer completely dry. Thanks for the video!
liquide silicone will capture all the details of your original. So, if your original is shiny, the mold will be shiny. If the original is dull/matte, the mold will also be matte.
Gotcha, I knew that part because I do seal my pieces with layer of varathane gloss before I mold them so that my mold is glossy too. But In some brands of silicone putty, like "amazing mold putty" for instance, their are tiny little microscopic holes in the mold that no matter what your original molded item is your clear resin will result in a frosted appearance..also I read that its partly due to air released by the mold itself. but liquid silicone of a higher quality should be different so Ill give this one a try. Were did you buy it? Online or someplace like Blick? Sorry for all the Q's ;p and thanks for a fast answer =D
the info is in the description box
Berry Crafty Fox The info is in the description box. I bought it online.
I know you say don’t use polymer clay to make mold on but can you use the once formed mold for polymer clay?
Wow very very cool video =)
I need assistance with creating a mould box
Great tutorial! I have just one question. After you measured the volume of silicone needed with rice, did you divide that measurement in half since you have a 1:1 ratio of parts A and B? I know it sounds like a silly question.
Ladybrayton Darkart yes you divide in half
Amazing 😉
What would you suggest if I wanted to do this with let's say bb's? I want to get really tiny spheres. I'm going to be using BB's like you would use for a BB gun.
You would need to make a 2 part mold
What types of Materials can the Master be made out of? Not looking to make a Silicone Mould right now, but I am curious about it later down the road. Is there anything that you shouldn't make the Master from? Is Resin ok to use as the Master?
Khione yes resin is ok, baked polymer clay is ok. Many non porous items will work.
@@AmyMade Thanks!