Okay, I have the rubber mold of the heart (made with Brush-On shore 40 and 60) in its nice plastic shell (made with Plasti-Paste).
I love this stuff! Sure it's expensive, but it's easy to work with, very mild in odor and nastiness, quick hardening, and generally it does exactly what the company (Smooth-On) says it will. Woo!
I don't like the way I cut the heart mold open to get the heart out; I think I'll make another one. Maybe the next one will be a poured mold, without a shell.
Anyway, tonight or tomorrow I'll whip up a batch of silicon (Dragon-Skin) and make a heart. I bet it will be wonderful!
Then, I'll make some silicon paints (thinning GE silicon caulk with D-Limonene and adding silicon pigments) and try to make it realistic.
Oh, D-Limonene is concentrated orange oil... an excellent replacement for Naphtha (which is essentially lighter fluid) and other solvents. And it's effective, none of this wimpy "green" bullshit. It leaks through wax-coated paper cups, it EATS through plastic cups. Powerful stuff. And it smells good, too.
What more can you ask for?
Posted by Edwin at June 4, 2004 02:19 PM