Nice work! I recently tried my 1st attempt at a mold using Freeform Air for the mother mold as well, only wasn’t so lucky. Looks uniform color (mixed) but never fully cured. One more shot before resorting to fiberglass. 😖
What per portion of smooth cast silicone do you use per layer, and how many layers did you use? I’m trying to figure out how much silicone to order because I’m making this specific helmet your making a silicone mold for in this video. By the way, excellent video. I’ve had three traumatic brain injuries and you explained it perfectly. Thank you for this video and your answer back to me. 😁
You see when I put the mothermold and mold together I didn't check that the mold was secured on properly causing the mold to drop inward which created that dent.
I used three of the small kits so that the mold would be more firm then flimsy. You could make a mold with two it just might not be as still when casting a helmet.
Great tutorial. I have some questions: do you apply the ease release on all of the silicone before putting on the epoxy dough? Also, when you started casting did you brush on a first layer of the material before pouring it in? Also, how much do you pour in? Do you do in coats? My daughter and I are making some helmets for an experiment for her science class and this tutorial has been a godsend.
Yes once the silicone mold is finished I give the mold a once over with ease release, I add the epoxy right away as for how many coats of epoxy I add until I don't see the mold or until I think the cast I'm making is durable on a helmet I always focus on the aerators or bottom half of the helmet.
You formatted this perfectly; it’s super easy to understand and follow. Thanks!
What a great, simple, easy to follow, short video. So much better than many of the other ones out there. Great work.
Congrats on 300 subs buddy
Congrats on 300 subs!
Keep the videos up.
Looks amazing , apart from that honking big dent on top of it !
Nice work! I recently tried my 1st attempt at a mold using Freeform Air for the mother mold as well, only wasn’t so lucky. Looks uniform color (mixed) but never fully cured. One more shot before resorting to fiberglass. 😖
I get it the stuff snaps when you try to remove it for me it was my last option when I started my first mold
What per portion of smooth cast silicone do you use per layer, and how many layers did you use? I’m trying to figure out how much silicone to order because I’m making this specific helmet your making a silicone mold for in this video. By the way, excellent video. I’ve had three traumatic brain injuries and you explained it perfectly. Thank you for this video and your answer back to me. 😁
Looks good bro, the dent looks like the silicone jacket is sagging under gravity, might want to make it a little thicker if you ever make another one.
Very smooth
Was the dent in back caused by roato casting with the resin or was it the silicone mold that caused that?
You see when I put the mothermold and mold together I didn't check that the mold was secured on properly causing the mold to drop inward which created that dent.
@@ericprint3576 at what part? time??? Sorry I’m trying to find that part
Thanks for this video!
What a great video! Just subscribed and will check out your other vids!
how many uses does your molds get before you have to re make them
Don't know I still use my old phase 2 mold and that's made over 18 helmets I would say until your casts start to look worse or until the mold rips.
can i do it without the thi -vex???
Definitely it's just to avoid a lot of dripping silicone.
How much rebound did you use to coat the entire helmet? Speaking of the small containers not the big gallons awesome work bte
2 to three sets of the part a and b
@@ericprint3576 thank u
Will rebound A and B the size you have in the video be enough to cover one helmet? Or do you need a few pots of it ordered?
I used three of the small kits so that the mold would be more firm then flimsy. You could make a mold with two it just might not be as still when casting a helmet.
Nice Bro! thx for the video
Here we go man! Looks sick! What filament do you use? (What brands and types and such) Also, that clone trooper helmet looks sick.
Pla filament hatchbox
Got it thanks man
Great tutorial. I have some questions: do you apply the ease release on all of the silicone before putting on the epoxy dough? Also, when you started casting did you brush on a first layer of the material before pouring it in? Also, how much do you pour in? Do you do in coats? My daughter and I are making some helmets for an experiment for her science class and this tutorial has been a godsend.
Yes once the silicone mold is finished I give the mold a once over with ease release, I add the epoxy right away as for how many coats of epoxy I add until I don't see the mold or until I think the cast I'm making is durable on a helmet I always focus on the aerators or bottom half of the helmet.
Hey
How many rebound kits did you use?
I had three but only used half of the third
@@ericprint3576 ooph, sounds expensive
It was but it was slightly cheaper than the big gallons on smooth ons site.
@@ericprint3576 do you think a trial size of Rebound 25 from Amazon would be enough to cover a clone trooper phase 2 helmet?
@@skippydinglechalk9940 honestly that would be pushing it two if used right would do it just fine one could make the mold flimsy
Looks amazing man, I'm just wondering how many you can make with that gallon set of smooth cast 300.
about five to six depends on how much you use per helmet
@@ericprint3576 thank you for the response. I hope to follow your instructions soon because my friends and I all want clone armor