So I’m working on a small scale sheet mold for gauntlets and things and my first test failed miserably. So before I try again I thought I’d figure out a full rundown of where I went wrong.
So I made a small scale sheet out of foam punched circles, glued them down to cardboard.
1. My glue should have been stronger I think.
I made a mold box out of cardboard.
2. Was cardboard a bad way to go?
I mixed up some plaster. Dap Plaster of Paris.
3. Was this the wrong plaster? I am fairly sure I mixed it wrong and didn’t mix enough.
I sprayed it with some mold release.
4. This was me being lazy. It was not a good enough mold release. Apparently I can use watered down Vaseline?
My mold was thin and cracked and didn’t want to come off the cardboard or some of the circles.
So. I know I messed up the mixing and the mold release and I’ve searched around and found answers for that. But I guess I just wanna know:
Is cardboard an okay mold box base?
What plaster do I need and how thick should it be?
Thanks to anymer that helps out.
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