Really enjoying your content, Michael. I'm a sculptor and I enjoy doing my own molds. I'm improving with each mold I make but it's a complete skillset on its own that requires a good understanding of space, materials, engineering and dexterity. Your reactions are both fun and educational. I'm looking forward to see more. Cheers!
Hello Joana, Happy that you found us! For some, mold making is a satisfying process.. much like wood working. However, the tricky thing is... there is a mountain of information about wood skills, equipment and techniques... but when it comes to mold making everyone is a bit on their own to find their way. We will do our best to stay relevant. I am enjoying the reaction videos and am having fun pulling old project pictures out of my archives to share with the story. We will be reorganizing the playlist to feature mold making content separately from our other story lines, so mold bingeing will be an option! Michael
Now, there we go! I always struggle with jacket moulds and here are some gems. Apart from having seen one of the videos before, this is the first person featured I've actually met in real life. Especially in the SFX make-up industry there is pretty much only this guy giving out his content for free. So I highly appreciate your feedback. I recently did a three part jacket mould and it was a hot mess. I did do a whole piece, so no flat surface for a spout or something. Kind of hard to describe what I'm talking about. Maybe I moulded an actual 360° piece instead of a relief, if that makes sense. There would be no place for a backing board (running the piece in polyurethane foam in the end). Would you also have all of the jacket mould's insides covered in silicone in that case? Because I'd imagine the silicone warping when tightening the bolts too tight. Or would you leave out the places where the bolts go to have two rigid parts be bolted together?
Those poured blanket/jacket molds are a bee-otch. I used to use them only when I knew I had to duplicate the same mold repeatedly. Otherwise, it was just not worth the effort. We will be uploading a photomontage of a blanket mold I did in the past. The photo sequence is old, but I am not making that type of mold these days... so lucky to have pictures. The 100+ image sequence is highly detailed covering every step on making a blanket mold and then converting the same mold into a production master mold. I hope the photos will save people from the mess you experienced....as have I. Stay connected! Cheers, Michael
I work in a fossil preparator shop, and that plaster mother mold is thicker (and a lot sloppier) than some of the field jackets we make out on digs. layers of burlap with plaster have the benefit of reducing weight and reinforcing the brittle plaster for transport. We also make molds in our shop, but the mother molds are almost never anywhere near this dense. a few layers of Fiberglass and resin are perfectly fine for something this size. With rubber that thick, he loses the flexibility afforded to him by casting from a silicone mold in the first place, since the point of a mother mold is to provide structural support and minimize distortion in the cast. It seems like this guy is continuously working against himself throughout the entire process.
When I see some one use so much silicon I always check if they have links to sell silicone. This looks like he is selling silicone like that is 1" thick wall.
I love how you said "put your bag in a scale" and you didn't even blink. @1:55 . very smooth! If you're in the mood of a different mold making video to react to, I would offer up mine: th-cam.com/video/JaptF1CdfyY/w-d-xo.html . It's very different in that I create 3d printed molds to cast plaster in and I separate the plaster piece by boiling the entire thing in water. That may make your safety antennas tingle, though.
You caught that... Classic dyslexic moment. You will hear me tangling up high viscosity and low viscosity in the same way. Thank you for the link. I will take a look at your video. Sounds like a wild idea. Yes, I can get fussy about safety, but for sure I have done dodgy shop stuff in the past. I think experimenting comes with some risk...and I try to point out when something is an experiment vs a recommendation. Thanks for tuning in and reaching out. I will try to follow up on the link soon. Cheers, Michael
@@ShapeShifters-TV Talking while watching something distracting is super hard, you do extremely well. My video is most likely not appropriate for one of your reactions, but I'd be curious what you think if you find the time.
I remember watching it and realized that I’d never work with silicone. The worst pitch ever. Not a single video in existence made me not want to work with silicone. Man. Very happy this video was reviewed; and now I actually want to use silicone! MAN.
1:57 Puttin My bag in a scale really helped. Great tip.
@@camoogoo ah, yes....the wisdom of dyslexia....ha
Very useful and informative video has certainly helped with my research on silicone moulding techniques. Thank you.
Much more to come including our own in house 'How To' content. I hope you will stay with us. Cheers, Michael
Really enjoying your content, Michael. I'm a sculptor and I enjoy doing my own molds. I'm improving with each mold I make but it's a complete skillset on its own that requires a good understanding of space, materials, engineering and dexterity. Your reactions are both fun and educational. I'm looking forward to see more. Cheers!
Hello Joana,
Happy that you found us! For some, mold making is a satisfying process.. much like wood working. However, the tricky thing is... there is a mountain of information about wood skills, equipment and techniques... but when it comes to mold making everyone is a bit on their own to find their way. We will do our best to stay relevant. I am enjoying the reaction videos and am having fun pulling old project pictures out of my archives to share with the story. We will be reorganizing the playlist to feature mold making content separately from our other story lines, so mold bingeing will be an option! Michael
Now, there we go! I always struggle with jacket moulds and here are some gems.
Apart from having seen one of the videos before, this is the first person featured I've actually met in real life. Especially in the SFX make-up industry there is pretty much only this guy giving out his content for free. So I highly appreciate your feedback.
I recently did a three part jacket mould and it was a hot mess. I did do a whole piece, so no flat surface for a spout or something. Kind of hard to describe what I'm talking about. Maybe I moulded an actual 360° piece instead of a relief, if that makes sense. There would be no place for a backing board (running the piece in polyurethane foam in the end).
Would you also have all of the jacket mould's insides covered in silicone in that case? Because I'd imagine the silicone warping when tightening the bolts too tight. Or would you leave out the places where the bolts go to have two rigid parts be bolted together?
Those poured blanket/jacket molds are a bee-otch. I used to use them only when I knew I had to duplicate the same mold repeatedly. Otherwise, it was just not worth the effort.
We will be uploading a photomontage of a blanket mold I did in the past. The photo sequence is old, but I am not making that type of mold these days... so lucky to have pictures. The 100+ image sequence is highly detailed covering every step on making a blanket mold and then converting the same mold into a production master mold. I hope the photos will save people from the mess you experienced....as have I. Stay connected! Cheers, Michael
can you release the books at least digitally for educational purposes?
Yes, we are working on a way to upload info on chapter/project by project basis. Coming soon.
@@ShapeShifters-TVthanks :)
I work in a fossil preparator shop, and that plaster mother mold is thicker (and a lot sloppier) than some of the field jackets we make out on digs. layers of burlap with plaster have the benefit of reducing weight and reinforcing the brittle plaster for transport.
We also make molds in our shop, but the mother molds are almost never anywhere near this dense. a few layers of Fiberglass and resin are perfectly fine for something this size. With rubber that thick, he loses the flexibility afforded to him by casting from a silicone mold in the first place, since the point of a mother mold is to provide structural support and minimize distortion in the cast. It seems like this guy is continuously working against himself throughout the entire process.
When I see some one use so much silicon I always check if they have links to sell silicone. This looks like he is selling silicone like that is 1" thick wall.
True than mun, true that...
I love how you said "put your bag in a scale" and you didn't even blink. @1:55 . very smooth! If you're in the mood of a different mold making video to react to, I would offer up mine: th-cam.com/video/JaptF1CdfyY/w-d-xo.html . It's very different in that I create 3d printed molds to cast plaster in and I separate the plaster piece by boiling the entire thing in water. That may make your safety antennas tingle, though.
You caught that... Classic dyslexic moment. You will hear me tangling up high viscosity and low viscosity in the same way. Thank you for the link. I will take a look at your video. Sounds like a wild idea.
Yes, I can get fussy about safety, but for sure I have done dodgy shop stuff in the past. I think experimenting comes with some risk...and I try to point out when something is an experiment vs a recommendation. Thanks for tuning in and reaching out. I will try to follow up on the link soon. Cheers, Michael
@@ShapeShifters-TV Talking while watching something distracting is super hard, you do extremely well. My video is most likely not appropriate for one of your reactions, but I'd be curious what you think if you find the time.
this guy sells silicone for a living that is why he tell people to use so much that stuff is expennnnnnsive
I remember watching it and realized that I’d never work with silicone. The worst pitch ever. Not a single video in existence made me not want to work with silicone. Man. Very happy this video was reviewed; and now I actually want to use silicone! MAN.
Not a single video made me not want to work with silicone as much as the guy trying to sell me silicone. * 😅
Dear lord the bubbles, like give up
Tiny bubbles... such an avoidable issue. He struggled with that but kept his cool. Thanks for watching. Michael
I promise sir, I'll put my next scale in a bag, I'm sorry.
@@MrSilbarita too funny....I had a good laugh at your comment.