resin molds and equip.

[Spanky]

i use castin craft clear polyester resin.. i buy it at michaels craft store... its like 10 bucks for a quart.it works great.. nearly always bubbleless. and as far as the truck.. i need to go get more molding stuff to do another mold...

[denden]

Thanks Spanky ,.. I've been to Michaels but didn't notice
that product ,. I 'll have to look again . Is it 2 parts ?

[Spanky]

well kinda.. you have to buy catalyst.. its usually right next to it and comes in a small dropper bottle.. i think that the catalyst is like 3.99

[Spanky]

ok, im trying some new stuff sometime this week or next week hopefully. the pic shows what i have used so far.
starting on the far left. Liquid Latex rubber. i use this stuff to create the blanks for vacuum molding. its a simple brush on to the original, usually several coats. then remove and pour resin...

second from the left is the clear plastic resin that im using. every week michaels crafts store puts a 40% of any item in the newspaper, so i get the stuff for nearly 1/2 off. and it works great. you can also see the little bottle of catalyst. and also one small resin porsche blank for the vac process. i also use this same resin in the silicone mold...

third from the left is the new casting material im trying. its rubber, not silicone. its slightly cheaper than silicone.and you get a lot more of it. this is what i will be using on my next few molds... it is also necessary to use mold release. which can also be seen here. you can also use wood paste wax. but this little jar was like 4.00.

and on the far right is the silicone casting compound that i used in the first mold. along with the mold.

[denden]

Went to Pearls Arts and crafts . Found the Cast N Craft Resin.
I also use products from Smooth On . Very reasonable at
Pearls . The rubber mold is translucent .

[Spanky]

yea the latex mold i am using is also translucent. but to make a good mold i have also layed down some cheese cloth or gause inbetween layers of laytex. this helps the mold keep its form, and eliminates stretching from the weight of the resin..

for the rubber cast... the casting compound that i will be using is clear with a hint of brown in color. (second from right. Two big cans Part A and B). its mixed easily 1:1. unlike the 9:1 with the silicone...

[cj1267]

Found another site that may be helpfull for the modeler

http://www.bare-metal.com/

They have all kinds of materials for making and modifying molds, decals and thin chrome for the crome look on every body.

here is my ptcuiser with chrome grill.

[denden]

Yeah , bare metal foil is great , I use the black to do windows

[Spanky]

i need some of that bare metal foil!! i havent seen it befor at the craft store.. not to say that it isnt there, i just didnt know it existed.. is it very expensive?


oh and a report on that rubber that i got for casting. it works great. its easy to mix... the only downside is that the tap plastics people said that it might not last as long as a silicone mold... but by using a release agent i could double its life.. using release agents can double the life of all types of molds......

[denden]

Hey Spanky , here's a shot of the scion XA resin in black
not clearcoated yet , but I'm happy with it .

[Spanky]

denden, what brand of resin are you using? is that a polyerethene resin? or something else? i havent got to do much work with any of my cars in the past week. ive been kinda busy.

the nomad is auctually on one of my bits now. its freaking awesome! by far my best yet. im just trying to add some more detail to the bumpers now... i feel like scrapping the 56... but ive already dumped a lot of time and money into it. so i will keep on fudging around with it.

[denden]

I'm using Micro-Mark CR-600 and CR -300 . and
Soooth On resin .