How to make silicone candy molds, cheap!
Uses Sculpy/Fimo, Amazing Mold Putty, and white chocolate for casting custom candies! Good for ice cubes and Jell-o too! gryphern.googlepages.com For organized listing of content
Uses Sculpy/Fimo, Amazing Mold Putty, and white chocolate for casting custom candies! Good for ice cubes and Jell-o too! gryphern.googlepages.com For organized listing of content
great video thanks 4 the tips!
interesting
You should make some books on tape or something. Your voice is amazing!!
you have a nice voice
Hmmm. Makes sense.
Thank you very much!
2. …back together in the container and pours metal into the hole going into the rubber, the hole that’s left behind by the wax stem. This way she can reuse her mold, but doesn’t have to go through a very specific mold building process. However, she risks damaging the original object when she slices into the rubber block.
Earlier in the comments I talk about a proper 3 piece mold for complicated shapes. One of the ways a jewler I know makes unusual shapes is to add a wax stem to her piece, hold up the object by the stem over a container, and pours rubber or silicone around it. Then, she uses a very sharp knife to slice open the rubber block and remove the solid object inside. The rubber stretches and peels away from small bumps and dimples in the piece. To cast, she puts the two rubber pieces back (…cont.)
Awesome!
Hmmm, I was wondering…let’s say you wanted to make a candy mold that would create a fully 3d piece (like a round ball or animal without having a flat side). The technique would have to be modified, but I’m assuming the process would be much the same.
How would one go about doing that?
A sterile, no-needle horse syringe–but not yet used. I SWEAR.
u used an old and used syringe?
thanks a lot!
Which is a good point, it’s about compliance, not approval. So go with large, well known brands and companies who you can trust to be actually following the guidelines they claim to meet. I mention above, check out FDA 21 CFR 177.2600.
Amazing mold putty will ship to your country, just write them an e-mail, their website is amazingmoldputty. I can’t locate any silicone distributors within Argentina, so you’ll probably have to mail order silicone, or research another silicone source, such as salt water aquarium silicone — just make sure whatever you use is compliant with FDA 21 CFR 177.2600 or in keeping with a similar national or trade standard.
Yeah, like where 2 custom chocolate forms on top of the cake, or at the ends of a confection tray make a beautiful presentation. You can also make an “ice cube” tray set up with this stuff for pouring many candies, but then you’d be better off buying a liquid silicone you can pour or brush on.
this is really great for small quantities.
@stevepitt3 hum…take a closer look at the photo, says “Food Grade – FDA Compliant”
this is a great video, but what can i use to replace your AMAZING MOLD PUTTY? i live far far away from there. thx for the vid anyway!
If you are molding the finished sculpted prosthetic you could be able to. You shouldn’t use it for life molds, alginate and other compounds are designed for living tissue this isn’t.
Amazing mold putty is food grade silicone. Polymer clay is only considered non-toxic however silicone does not adhere to the clay so it’s not a problem.
Are these products fda approved for using with food? Does anyone know?
The molding putties such as Mold ‘n Pour, Amazing mold putty, and Sculpy Mold Maker are good for casting as long as you use release to make sure whatever your pour into the mold comes back out. I’ve seen people use hot glue, latex, and other silicone in the three mentioned molding materials.
Can you use this technique for making prosthetics?
Using a syringe to dispense is goddamn genius! Not only can you more carefully dispense in chocolate mold but I can save myself money on a confectioners funnels for jellies and such when a pastry bag just won’t cut it. Great tip, you rock.
pt 10. NOTES (continued)
C. This mold design does not include a “vent” for letting air bubbles out of the handle when you pour in candy. When you pour the mold hold it together with rubber bands, and tip it, so the teacup handle is down. Fill it, tipped, until the handle is full, then keep pouring chocolate/candy while slowly tipping the mold back up. You could also build a wax vent onto the handle when you pour your silicone, I didn’t in the description to keep it simple.
HAPPY NEW YEAR.
pt 9. So, now pull apart all three pieces, and throughly wash your teacup and your mold.
NOTES:
A. When pouring the silicone you can tap it to make air bubbles rise to the surface, or pour the silicone from high up so a thing stream makes bubbles pop. You can also fill in air bubbles after the fact with more silicone, but it won’t look as good.
B. Only pour the first two mold sides to the “foot,” or bottom of the cup. You can’t cover the bottom, or else there’s no hole to put candy into!!