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I just edited my above post regarding urethane release. I also just spent some time studying the urethane skin w/ foam core idea. You might be able to paint in a skin layer on both sides of a 2-pc mold, let that firm up then bolt the mold together and pour more in the seal the joint line. This woul...

I've been thinking about making a foam doll now. I ck'd into the Flex-FoamIt! 6 and it appears to be a open cell foam with no skinning properties. Do you plan to cover the foam doll in a fabric skin or clothing? Foam cast into a silicone mold requires no release from what I have studied, but if you...

I've been thinking about making a foam doll now. I ck'd into the Flex-FoamIt! 6 and it appears to be a open cell foam with no skinning properties. Do you plan to cover the foam doll in a fabric skin or clothing? Foam cast into a silicone mold requires no release from what I have studied, but if you...

I wouldn't mess w/a tooling coat if you're just casting foam. Just let the resin cure real well first and maybe spray on a sealer. The mannequin head is partly covered in Chavant clay. According to Smooth-On, they said to spray Shellac and then use the Universal Mold Release. It's also the same tow...

If you're casting silicone or foam using release in a non tool coated fiberglass mold I think it would be fine for many castings. Maybe you could do 40+ without issue? The tool coat is probably more intended for casting solid resin or fiberglass in a fiberglass mold. Probably the issue w/a fibergla...

rubherkitty wrote:Glad things are progressing!

A hugs thanks to you, my friend. One question, is it still possible to do multiple casting in fiberglass without the need for a tooling gelcoat?

New Update... It has been about a few months without any updates or comments but I'm not ending the project. I am FINALLY going to get started casting the doll. The first cast will be the head and I am going to use the head on the mannequin I have and I still have the fiberglass resin and mat that I...

Hello everyone, It's been at least four months since I've posted an update on my project and don't worry the project has not been canceled, more like on a brief hold until everything is squared away. Well I figured that by me attempting to do 5' 6" was going to be a no-no until I've gotten the ...

Hey, thanks for checking in. :D No sweat that you haven't had time to work on your doll. I finally did some work on my doll after she sat for a year I think as I was discouraged over some things about her. Appreciate that!:D I hope your doll is coming out alright and let me know if you have any upd...

Sorry everyone for not updating as I should. Well, last month in my personal life was ridiculous and this month was rather ok. I didn't really want to post anything until I have gone to the next step which is fiberglass casting. Right now, I'm still in my sculpting phase because I wasn't truly sure ...

What does the manual say about Releasing Agents ? More likely the use of petroleum jelly and baby oil as a release caused the foam failure. That was the problem. I didn't purchase Ease Release 200 but once I buy more foam for the initial casting, then hopefully everything would come out alright. A ...

Maybe the foam had a bad reaction to the glove? I know you are not to use latex gloves when working w/ silicone. Does the foam instructions say to stay away from Latex, vinyl, etc? I took a look but to no avail. The rubber gloves inside has a leather texture while outside is rubber. One thing I do ...

So today I received a trial version of Flex Foam-It 6 from Smooth-On to test it out just to see if this is the material that I want to use to make the doll. First test: I shook up parts A and then B and poured about 5 ml each in a container. Then I stirred the mixture for about 35 seconds. As I as a...

SCULPTING UPDATE: I'm about 85% complete with the sculpture. I've added details to the abdomen, shaped the buttocks more and smoothed out most of the sculpt. It's not 100% clean but it's looking ok. As far for the foam, I'm about to order a trial size of the foam before I attempt to buy, I think, 5 ...

As promised, here are a couple of pictures of what the sculpture looks like now: 20180528_201813.jpg 20180528_201834.jpg 20180528_202628.jpg I'm not sure if it's the camera but the images looks like the sculpture is still thin. Also, I still have much to work on this body. The torso looks like it se...