Tag: Silicon

  • Resuming the molding

    Resuming the molding

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    Halfling13

    Over the holidays, I managed to acquire some more silicon mold making material, so my plans to craft chocolate dice are back on the schedule. Using my prior setup, I mixed and pouring the components, and managed to successfully remove the mold itself. Once I got started, I did notice that I was overly generous…

  • Expired silicon

    Expired silicon

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    Halfling13

    Apparently, when the silicon material I had for mold-making indicated that it had a limited shelf life, they were telling the truth. On Friday, I attempted to craft the molds for the chocolate dice, and found that the material had gone most definitely bad. In my case, I was going to be using Oomoo 30,…

  • Experiments in molding – part 2

    Experiments in molding – part 2

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    Halfling13

    We finished the second half of the first attempt at a mold on Tuesday, and managed to de-mold the forms that evening.  New lesson learned – if you don’t spray a sealant, the new silicon bonds with the old.  Thus I had to cut a new seam in the mold, to remove the original.  Fortunately,…

  • Mold challenges

    Mold challenges

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    Halfling13

    Expanding my efforts with 3d printing, by branching out into silicon molds and epoxy replication.  First attempt is a rather large project to attempt to duplicate a set of rpg dice cases I am working on, instead of having to print each set.  So far, this is just the first of two parts, and the…