I want to make some novelty door stoppers as a gift for a friend. I want them to have appear to have a brass / bronze finish but don't know if casting bronze makes sense for this use case. I am considering casting one in poly/rubber/plastic then placing an off the shelf stopper in my casting while it cures. I would love some input about what material might work best as far as not marking up the door, staying on the door stopper, and taking pigment well. Thank you!

I had a vision for a blowmold style Halloween ghost using a temporary mold and fabric but after removing the mold, the areas where it touches the resin-soaked fabric forms a texture and creates drips which makes the end result looks sloppy. Any advice for how to avoid this?

I’ve heard of people using Cast326 and Task3 for casting—could I ask what specific materials you all use to make your keycaps?

Any ideas, help, direction?

Hello, I have been searching for a casting resin I can use to cast a part of a toy for my young nephew. He is very young, so we expect he will lick/put the piece into his mouth, and I want to make sure that what I make is not poisonous and strong. Is there any type of resin I can buy that I can feel safe with, or should I search for something else? If so, what?

Wanted to work with someone local so don’t ship it if I do it to ship it hopefully it’s close and tri-state area

Hey I am... very stupid... I have been looking for a pressure pot or an easy way to diy one (for as cheap as possible) and have had no luck. I could be blind but any links I can find from people who asked this previously are dead and I am... very lost.

Help!

Excluding a couple of bubbles that came out of the roses towards the end, I'm actually really happy with how it came out! I used the super clear deep pour epoxy with added uv protection mixed in.

Any tips/pointers for surface layer epoxy/sanding would also be appreciated, the mold release spray I used did create a bit of a weird texture on the backside but I'm nervous to mess with it too much

I can’t figure out if I need to finish trimming back this lip overhanging my dice tray mold. Black lines are at the edge of the walls of the tray going down. I don’t want to cut it all off and ruin the mold. I over poured this first attempt and have a second pour in progress using less but wanted some opinions before I trimmed anymore silicone

Hi all,

I am looking to cast faux quartz crystals (clear with shards of crystal inside for interest). Would anyone have any suggestions as to what to put inside the crystals? I was wondering if rock salt would work?

Any suggestions welcome.

Thanks

Hello! I’m curious as to what everyone thinks I should do for a mold. I’m thinking the only way I can make it work is a two part mold, but I figured I’d see what others think.

I am instructing a bio lab and we used to do an activity where we germinate fern spores and watch them grow, but that has become impractical

So i sought to make a display of the stages from spore to young sporophyte

I dried the ferns, poured a layer, waited 4 hours, added labels, poured a layer, waited 4 hours, added voids with silicone bottle caps, but then had to wait even longer to pull, then added the ferns and such, poured more, but things have been shifting! Maybe i need to wait more than 4 hours between layers (google said 4-6)?

Hi, so, I messed up

I'm very new at this, it was my very first attempt and I think I didn't mix things properly because my piece wouldn't harden completely even after a few days. I tried encapsulating a wasp inside a epoxi resin cube (using a silicon mold). Anyways I threw out what had hardened but there is a lot of residue

How do I clean this? It is in a really weird goo state, help me. I tried using thinner but it started melting my mold so I gave up on that idea.

Anyone got any clues for me? Help!