Make/Duplicate The Little Mermaid Using Remold Putty and InstaMorph

Duplicate The Little Mermaid and your other toys, sculptures, or items.

ReMold Putty Little Mermaid Video

 

First add 2 drops of the activator to the bag for every 1oz of ReMold Putty. I used 6oz of ReMold putty so I added 12 drops of the activator. It is not important to be super accurate. Next place the putty in the microwave for 20 second intervals until it feels like clay and there are no clumps. Make sure to use the included microwave safe bag and keep it closed.

Allow the putty to cool until it is comfortable enough to touch then thoroughly knead and smooth the putty. If the putty is to hot it will slowly droop, wait until the putty is cool enough to hold it shape before creating your mold.

Push your object into the putty then diligently press the putty around the object making sure all the voids are filled. Allow the first half to solidify (you can speed it up by placing it in the freezer.) Once it feels like a stiff rubber the putty is ready. Rub a thin layer of mold release onto the first half of the mold then create the second half by pressing it onto the first half. Allow the second half to solidify and you are ready to cast.

Now pour your moldable plastic into boiling water, we used shape lock moldable plastic in this video which works the same as InstaMorph and other moldable plastics. Once the plastic turns clear remove it from the water, shape it and push it into the mold.

Now that you have a shape that is closer to the original, trim the excess place it back in boiling water and push it into the mold again. Keep doing this until you have removed all the excess and the shape is perfect.

Try starting with one part molds it’s a lot easier and practical.

 

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“Pushing” the Limits of PowerMold with Shapelock

In our quest for new and interesting casting materials we have found another to use with PowerMold:

 Shapelock is a plastic that becomes putty-like when melted in hot water and becomes rigid at Room Temperature. It is similar to InstaMorph and several others made from polycaprolactone plastic. It turns clear when it is in rubbery form and cools to a white slippery, hard, plastic.

So the question to answer: PowerMold works great as a push mold for clays, but can PowerMold be used to make push molds with Shapelock while at 160 F? And since we are reporting it, (spoiler alert) the answer is, yes.

Shapelock molded with PowerMold

 Thank you to Steve at Eepy Bird for making us aware of Shapelock. He saw it at the Maker Show in New York last year.

 The process:

Make your mold from PowerMold by melting in the microwave and pouring over your part you are duplicating. Start with a simple 1-part mold, but you could make more complicated molds by pressing two halves together.

 The mold must be hard to be able to push the Shapelock into the mold. To make the mold stiffer and to allow the PowerMold to handle the temperatures of the hot Shapelock, place the PowerMold in the freezer for a while.

 Push the melted Shapelock into your mold cavity and fill the voids.

Push the casting material into the PowerMold mold

Press the Shapelock into all the crevices while still hot

That’s it. You don’t need a mold release to make the castings.  Since both PowerMold and Shapelock are reusable, you can melt and remelt the PowerMold and the Shapelock to make a variety of shapes.

Shapelock molded with PowerMold

That’s a cool (or hot) ice cream.

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