I know this is an old video so you may already know this by now but if you coat the tree cut in a glossy finish (maybe thinned out so to keep the detail) and THEN get a mold from it, the mold form will leave a shiny finish and your projects from the mold will thus also be shiny! :) I've seen this on people who make pieces in 3D printer and then make molds from them; I always see them use a glossy top coat of something like "Diamond Glaze" before creating the mold. It works like a dream! If you didn't know before, now you do! Lol ♥ EDIT: After leaving my comment I realize you were talking about how the putty itself leaves a dull finish. I'm sorry I completely overlooked that before! but with your usual mold-making method, the tip should work. lol
I just may try the putty…saw this hand(palm) soap dish that was not a silicone mold and not too trusting in myself with the liquid…oh boy I like this putty…I can do it…the three minutes…I’ll need practice…I can see it happening…thanks again Michelle!💯❤️
Thanks for posting this…it is my first time using silicone putty to cast a vegetable chopper’s pronged cleaning tool that the manufacturer will not replace. I learned a lot from watching your video. I am so excited to see how this turns out. I’m also going to try the UV resin for the first time.
Update: The cleaning tool turned out great! I just had to use a file on one of the outer prongs because I did not realize that when I made the impression, I didn’t press it down as evenly as I thought. It therefore created an angle for one prong. If I ever do it again, I think I would press down the object a lot slower into the mold.
I’ve found that you have to have your putty wide enough and deeper than your piece, so when you press your item down into it, it goes down evenly and the bottom of the mold isn’t too thin. I only press until the bottom side of my object is level with the putty which makes for a neater pour and a lot easier to unmold with no cracking. I hope that makes sense and helps.
Michelle your videos are so helpful. Thanks for sharing all your knowledge. ❤❤❤. When you say you UV resin the top, is that all in one bottle from let’s resin and I guess you need a UV light to do that?
I know nothing about making molds but just wondering if there is less bulk around the intricate parts if that would help? I guess what I mean is make it more of a border around, say the turtle legs instead of so much over the top of the legs????
Think I prefer the liquid silicone too. Gives a shinier mold. But these are cute too and work great for coasters. Anything with intricate definition needs the liquid. But that’s just my preference I think. This is a great tutorial on what to do with the putty and what not to do. ❤ this. I’ve a statue I want to do in the liquid but it’s porcelain and I’m afraid some areas would snap off as it’s delicate she was quite pricey too I think it would have to be done in two parts and then assemble it. I’m just not sure but would make an amazing mold I’ve no doubt. Decisions…decisions. lol
@@glitznglitterbymichelle1 that’s why I haven’t done it yet. I know it would snap. Just trying to figure out a safe way it could be done. It’s called The Angel of Darkness and she is gorgeous. And a rare piece I just found out looking her up. The one with the Red wings. lol
Great info on copyright - I've been asked a lot about this recently. What about if you then go on to sell those moulds? Love the makes, I have some of this putty, not really got into using it yet so this was a really helpful tutorial. Thank you
There are multiple people who sell the exact same molds. It was pointed out in a well known resin artist facebook group recently. They showed “her mold” was the exact same one that at least three others were selling, they even were using the same pictures on the “ad” or description for them 🤦♀️. Sure opened my eyes as to what is going on in the mold selling world. Apparently you can purchase and resell as “yours”. But I guess if you think about it people buy and sell products every day and take their cut. After looking into it multiple major companies are selling the exact same molds packaged with their name on it.
@@glitznglitterbymichelle1Hate to burst bubbles but the rubber art stamp world went through the same thing about IP about 30 + years ago. It ended up costing a lot of little guys everything. Often when you see anything sold with the same pictures they are made by the same company and sold by different sellers. Some who claim they are the original but are not. You see them online in places like Temu where factories sell overruns really cheap, from orders they had for businesses on sites like Amazon. It’s sad to see that a new crafting generation is going to have to learn the same hard lessons again. For those who don’t know IP means intellectual property. I make something. I can sell the rights to that thing to a company to make millions of them, who sell them to thousands of companies to sell retail. No one else has the right to take one of them and make copies to sell or give away. Besides. Why buy that expensive putty to make a mold of something you can buy the mold of for around $1.94 on Temu? Not cost effective. Stampers can’t legally make cards or other artworks with stamps without written permission from the company who owns the rights to it. FOR SALE. It’s called theft of IP. In some countries it can land you in jail. And/or in civil court losing everything you have. Not worth it to me.
@@stsfuzzybear4613 Thank you for your support,. As the designers/owners of the original mould I can tell you we only manufacture our products here in the UK. Unfortunately our products are then bought by overseas counterfeiters who copy them elsewhere.
Actually they have several that are made and “labeled” with other companies names. So most companies copy molds as well. I have a turtle one from them that is exactly the same from Temu and Amazon without their name on it.
@@glitznglitterbymichelle1 Because they are counterfeits...almost every mold sold in Temu, Aliexpress, Shein are counterfeit as are rubber/silicone stamps, stencils, die cuts, etc...
Michelle….could a silicone mold be made from large popsicles craft sticks? I would like to make some to issue as stirring sticks. Would the silicone release from the wood? Thank you! 😊
@@glitznglitterbymichelle1 made a mold of 4 popsicle sticks and they released okay. The problem was that they are no totally flat. I used that monster rubber stuff to hold,d them down but didn’t get them fully coated. Thanks for your help in all of your videos! ❣️
Can you not try to save the turtle mold by building that edge up with more putty and let it cure? On the crack as well on the stingray mold? Have no idea about this stuff… just curious before you trash it all together. 😊
I used Silicone putty and it was a fail lol. The details didn't turn out well and it wasn't shiny. I'm not a fan of it tbh and will just make a mold with silicone rubber liquid.
Really the more I watch you try and use the putty the less I like it. That is so hard and stiff. Maybe flat items like the coaster but anything else I wouldn't use it. Make the turtle with the pourable silicone. I have had a thing for turtles in the last 10 years or so. I think it's just homesickness. I see a sea turtle and my mind whispers honu. Can you "glue" the tear with some regular liquid silicone? Maybe the putty can be the "housing"? I can see it being used for that.
That is not true...the bark piece you have made it is actually a counterfeit from a fondant mold by Katy Sue Designs.... another thing is making a mold from a figurine, but most of the Chinese molds are counterfeits and there is copyright on legit molds like Prima Marketing, IOD, Zuri, LaBlanche...these are brands like any other like Nike, Prada, etc.... and do have copyright.
After researching I cannot find anywhere to find any copyrighted molds. Let’s resin put their name on some that are exactly the same as others. Please send me the information to back that up so I can inform people, otherwise I cannot fine any information anywhere about that.
@@glitznglitterbymichelle1 I think you are confusing the right to sell the pieces that comes out of the mold with the right to copy the actual molds and sell them. Anyways I have contacted 3 of the mold brands that I use Prima Marketing, Iron Orchid Designs (IOD) and Zuri Design molds and asked them if their molds are copyrighted. As soon as I get a response I will inform you.
Zuri has responded to my question if their molds are NOT copyrighted. Their answer: "That is incorrect. Sellers who duplicate our molds are served with a cease and desist."
Just received e-mail by IOD molds: You are indeed correct, IOD moulds are copyright protected . The embellishments that are made from the moulds are free to be used and have no copyright protection. Aaron Celio Iron Orchid Designs Operations Exec/CEO
That's interesting, also I have never heard of those brands either. I'm only a year and half into resin as well so I don't know all the brands out there. I'm wondering how a well know person on youtube is selling molds (as theirs) that are copied from other brands. In fact, they are all using the same exact photos in their descriptions, they clearly know they didn't "make" them. I'd share the post that I saw it in but the creator deleted it after being called out on it. Thank you for the information!! I'm not too proud to be corrected LOL
Your back ground music is absolutely Beautiful!!
That did my heart so good, you mentioning my pkg. LOVE you both so very much ❤❤
Our pleasure! Thank you for the nice surprise!! 😃
Thank you for the tutorial! My anxiety levels would go up trying to beat the clock! Not for me I’m afraid. Gorgeous stone stingray and turtle.❤☺️🇬🇧
Love the trail and errors!! Thank you for sharing
I know this is an old video so you may already know this by now but if you coat the tree cut in a glossy finish (maybe thinned out so to keep the detail) and THEN get a mold from it, the mold form will leave a shiny finish and your projects from the mold will thus also be shiny! :) I've seen this on people who make pieces in 3D printer and then make molds from them; I always see them use a glossy top coat of something like "Diamond Glaze" before creating the mold. It works like a dream! If you didn't know before, now you do! Lol ♥
EDIT: After leaving my comment I realize you were talking about how the putty itself leaves a dull finish. I'm sorry I completely overlooked that before! but with your usual mold-making method, the tip should work. lol
Thank you for the tutorial! My anxiety levels would go up trying to beat the clock! Not for me I’m afraid. Gorgeous stone stingray and turtle.❤
Interesting mold making material. Thanks for demonstrating ❤🧡💛🤎🤍
My pleasure 😊
Thank you for sharing your learning process. Putty is ok for the right project.
I just may try the putty…saw this hand(palm) soap dish that was not a silicone mold and not too trusting in myself with the liquid…oh boy I like this putty…I can do it…the three minutes…I’ll need practice…I can see it happening…thanks again Michelle!💯❤️
Wow - that is such an ordeal, I won't be trying it! Thanks for showing me that this isn't something I want to try! 😁
You could probably use some hot glue around the turtle’s leg to keep the resin in and use to seal the tear on the stingray.
Thanks for posting this…it is my first time using silicone putty to cast a vegetable chopper’s pronged cleaning tool that the manufacturer will not replace. I learned a lot from watching your video. I am so excited to see how this turns out. I’m also going to try the UV resin for the first time.
Update: The cleaning tool turned out great! I just had to use a file on one of the outer prongs because I did not realize that when I made the impression, I didn’t press it down as evenly as I thought. It therefore created an angle for one prong. If I ever do it again, I think I would press down the object a lot slower into the mold.
That’s great that it worked! I never would’ve thought of that!
Thanks for this one. Just waiting for putty to arrive. I didn’t realise it was matte. I’ve taken your tips on board. 💚🇦🇺
Think I will stick with the rubber, after seeing the fights you had.
I’ve found that you have to have your putty wide enough and deeper than your piece, so when you press your item down into it, it goes down evenly and the bottom of the mold isn’t too thin. I only press until the bottom side of my object is level with the putty which makes for a neater pour and a lot easier to unmold with no cracking. I hope that makes sense and helps.
Yes!!
Awesome video ❤. I definitely would rather work with a softer mold. That putty dries to hard.❤❤❤
Michelle your videos are so helpful. Thanks for sharing all your knowledge. ❤❤❤. When you say you UV resin the top, is that all in one bottle from let’s resin and I guess you need a UV light to do that?
Yes it’s all in one bottle, you will need the UV light to cure it.
I know nothing about making molds but just wondering if there is less bulk around the intricate parts if that would help? I guess what I mean is make it more of a border around, say the turtle legs instead of so much over the top of the legs????
Maybe- it’s nerve racking to beat the clock for sure!
Think I prefer the liquid silicone too. Gives a shinier mold. But these are cute too and work great for coasters. Anything with intricate definition needs the liquid. But that’s just my preference I think. This is a great tutorial on what to do with the putty and what not to do. ❤ this. I’ve a statue I want to do in the liquid but it’s porcelain and I’m afraid some areas would snap off as it’s delicate she was quite pricey too I think it would have to be done in two parts and then assemble it. I’m just not sure but would make an amazing mold I’ve no doubt. Decisions…decisions. lol
I prefer the liquid way more than this putty as well. Be careful I’ve almost snapped some pieces de molding some test pieces 🤦♀️
@@glitznglitterbymichelle1 that’s why I haven’t done it yet. I know it would snap. Just trying to figure out a safe way it could be done. It’s called The Angel of Darkness and she is gorgeous. And a rare piece I just found out looking her up. The one with the Red wings. lol
Great info on copyright - I've been asked a lot about this recently. What about if you then go on to sell those moulds? Love the makes, I have some of this putty, not really got into using it yet so this was a really helpful tutorial. Thank you
There are multiple people who sell the exact same molds. It was pointed out in a well known resin artist facebook group recently. They showed “her mold” was the exact same one that at least three others were selling, they even were using the same pictures on the “ad” or description for them 🤦♀️. Sure opened my eyes as to what is going on in the mold selling world. Apparently you can purchase and resell as “yours”. But I guess if you think about it people buy and sell products every day and take their cut. After looking into it multiple major companies are selling the exact same molds packaged with their name on it.
@@glitznglitterbymichelle1Hate to burst bubbles but the rubber art stamp world went through the same thing about IP about 30 + years ago. It ended up costing a lot of little guys everything. Often when you see anything sold with the same pictures they are made by the same company and sold by different sellers. Some who claim they are the original but are not. You see them online in places like Temu where factories sell overruns really cheap, from orders they had for businesses on sites like Amazon.
It’s sad to see that a new crafting generation is going to have to learn the same hard lessons again.
For those who don’t know IP means intellectual property. I make something. I can sell the rights to that thing to a company to make millions of them, who sell them to thousands of companies to sell retail. No one else has the right to take one of them and make copies to sell or give away.
Besides. Why buy that expensive putty to make a mold of something you can buy the mold of for around $1.94 on Temu? Not cost effective.
Stampers can’t legally make cards or other artworks with stamps without written permission from the company who owns the rights to it. FOR SALE. It’s called theft of IP. In some countries it can land you in jail. And/or in civil court losing everything you have. Not worth it to me.
@@stsfuzzybear4613 Thank you for your support,. As the designers/owners of the original mould I can tell you we only manufacture our products here in the UK. Unfortunately our products are then bought by overseas counterfeiters who copy them elsewhere.
The only molds I know that may be copyrighted would be the ones marked with their company name for instance Just Resin molds😊
Actually they have several that are made and “labeled” with other companies names. So most companies copy molds as well. I have a turtle one from them that is exactly the same from Temu and Amazon without their name on it.
@@glitznglitterbymichelle1 Because they are counterfeits...almost every mold sold in Temu, Aliexpress, Shein are counterfeit as are rubber/silicone stamps, stencils, die cuts, etc...
Yeah putty is too much work😂 definitely will try liquid if I ever make a mold.
It’s too bad they make their putty opaque blue as one cannot make molds for UV curing.
So did you do this. So that you can make a rubber silicon mold? Thanks for sharing
I have a silicone mold so I just made me a second one to see how the putty would work. Now I can make two coasters at a time.
Oh sounds good
Do you or will you have a video for making a liquid silicone mold?
th-cam.com/video/Lkg3qNTlNRs/w-d-xo.htmlsi=FkBGHMV59MKG7NjB here is one for you
could you show us how to make a geode mold
I’m not sure how to do that other than molding around one you have already made.
Michelle….could a silicone mold be made from large popsicles craft sticks? I would like to make some to issue as stirring sticks. Would the silicone release from the wood? Thank you! 😊
I think it would release but I’m not 100%
@@glitznglitterbymichelle1 I will give it a try.
@@glitznglitterbymichelle1 made a mold of 4 popsicle sticks and they released okay. The problem was that they are no totally flat. I used that monster rubber stuff to hold,d them down but didn’t get them fully coated. Thanks for your help in all of your videos! ❣️
Can you not try to save the turtle mold by building that edge up with more putty and let it cure? On the crack as well on the stingray mold? Have no idea about this stuff… just curious before you trash it all together. 😊
That putty will not adhere to itself unfortunately, after its cured.
Changing subject... you know there is a re-usable putty available? You can make a mold, use it and use that exact same putty to make another mold?
Really!?
IDK if just me, but the turtle messup looks like Patrick from spongebob, lol
😂😂
I think since that putty is so hard. Only items with 90° should probably be done with that. Having it lip over just causes problems with it.
Yep I agree!
I used Silicone putty and it was a fail lol. The details didn't turn out well and it wasn't shiny. I'm not a fan of it tbh and will just make a mold with silicone rubber liquid.
I agree!!
I don't think it works with figures, flat stuff yes.
Really the more I watch you try and use the putty the less I like it. That is so hard and stiff. Maybe flat items like the coaster but anything else I wouldn't use it.
Make the turtle with the pourable silicone. I have had a thing for turtles in the last 10 years or so. I think it's just homesickness. I see a sea turtle and my mind whispers honu.
Can you "glue" the tear with some regular liquid silicone?
Maybe the putty can be the "housing"? I can see it being used for that.
I highly doubt it can be glued, this stuff is very hard and not playable. I prefer the liquid silicone for sure!
Based on your experiences you have shown us, i don't think I will be buying the putty.
Don’t like the putty.
That is not true...the bark piece you have made it is actually a counterfeit from a fondant mold by Katy Sue Designs.... another thing is making a mold from a figurine, but most of the Chinese molds are counterfeits and there is copyright on legit molds like Prima Marketing, IOD, Zuri, LaBlanche...these are brands like any other like Nike, Prada, etc.... and do have copyright.
After researching I cannot find anywhere to find any copyrighted molds. Let’s resin put their name on some that are exactly the same as others. Please send me the information to back that up so I can inform people, otherwise I cannot fine any information anywhere about that.
@@glitznglitterbymichelle1 I think you are confusing the right to sell the pieces that comes out of the mold with the right to copy the actual molds and sell them. Anyways I have contacted 3 of the mold brands that I use Prima Marketing, Iron Orchid Designs (IOD) and Zuri Design molds and asked them if their molds are copyrighted. As soon as I get a response I will inform you.
Zuri has responded to my question if their molds are NOT copyrighted. Their answer: "That is incorrect. Sellers who duplicate our molds are served with a cease and desist."
Just received e-mail by IOD molds: You are indeed correct, IOD moulds are copyright protected . The embellishments that are made from the moulds are free to be used and have no copyright protection.
Aaron Celio
Iron Orchid Designs
Operations Exec/CEO
That's interesting, also I have never heard of those brands either. I'm only a year and half into resin as well so I don't know all the brands out there. I'm wondering how a well know person on youtube is selling molds (as theirs) that are copied from other brands. In fact, they are all using the same exact photos in their descriptions, they clearly know they didn't "make" them. I'd share the post that I saw it in but the creator deleted it after being called out on it. Thank you for the information!! I'm not too proud to be corrected LOL