Silicone and other doll making "stuff".
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 11:57 am
You would not beleive how many times I have been asked what kind of silicone to use for fixing a doll, ir if someone wanted to make a doll or experiment... what to use. Okay then... let me post some links for you here.
If you want some silicone to experiment with, or to fix a small nick or something in dolly... here you go:
1 PINT KIT
That is a 1 pint (.48 liter) kit of V-1082 silicone. You mix the stuff 4:1 and it sets up in about 16 hours. If you don't want to wait that long...
KICKER
This is a "kicker" that will cut the time in half. As you speed up the cure time... the silicone becomes more prone to tearing. If you want to make some test peices to check a mold... you could actually have the silicone set up in an hour. I wouldn't recomend it... but you could.
For reference... here is the main silicone reference page:
http://www.fxwarehouseinc.com
If you think you are going to make a doll... consider that a Superbabe takes 9 gallons... I'm sure a realdoll is about the same... you would need two of the 5 gallon kits:
5 GALLON KIT
or about $900.00 worth of silicone.
The silicone I am referencing is A-Shore hardness 10... if you want 1-3 a shore... like in the center of the breasts... you add silicone oil.
SILICONE OIL
Softer silicone is also more prone to tears. If it is inside a breast... not a problem. I am going to make some really gooey silicone and fill out the breasts of my Tera Patrick doll.
Speaking of dolls... I have a few latex dolls... I'm thinking about foam filling at least one of them... possibly the vinyl core of my Tera Patrick doll. I will be using a 3 pound foam... that means that a 1 foot cube would weigh 3 pounds. This is what you want:
3 POUND EXPANDING FOAM
You mix it 50:50 and it foams up like shaving cream. that's a 1.5 gallon (5 liter) ket that "should" expand to about 10 gallons... I bought two of them. If you want more...
7 GALLON KIT
Go for the 7 gallon kit.
The silicone I mentioned is translucent clear... take 1/4 glass of milk and fill it with water... about that color. You will need pigments... more on that in a second. If your doll has a minor tear... use this:
Shin Etsu Silicone
Just use it sparingly. It cures once exposed to air... a thin coating is all it takes... otherwise you will feel a harder area.
Back to pigments... silicone can have makeup, artist oil colors, or many other things mixed with it. Experiment. If you want to buy pigments... here are some... VERY CONCENTRATED... a drop can do a pint with ease.
http://www.artmolds.com/category104.cfm
If you want to experiment with small castings...
http://www.artmolds.com/category94.cfm
Something to tinker with... very useful, very educational, not too expensive.
Do you want to experiment with casting you hand or something similar? Here is a kit less than $20:
http://www.artmolds.com/category84.cfm
Larger areas:
http://www.artmolds.com/category4.cfm
And... if you want to design your own doll and take over the industry...
http://www.artmolds.com/category7.cfm
That will get you started.
The ultimate place to find just about everything else... including the video set that Bill and I used to learn everything we know... is here: http://www.pinkhouse.com/
If you want to do a body cast with every pore intact... this stuff will work... it isn't cheap... but it works damn well:
http://www.pinkhouse.com/Plyolife.html
Okay then... have fun, be safe, build dolls.
Jerry
If you want some silicone to experiment with, or to fix a small nick or something in dolly... here you go:
1 PINT KIT
That is a 1 pint (.48 liter) kit of V-1082 silicone. You mix the stuff 4:1 and it sets up in about 16 hours. If you don't want to wait that long...
KICKER
This is a "kicker" that will cut the time in half. As you speed up the cure time... the silicone becomes more prone to tearing. If you want to make some test peices to check a mold... you could actually have the silicone set up in an hour. I wouldn't recomend it... but you could.
For reference... here is the main silicone reference page:
http://www.fxwarehouseinc.com
If you think you are going to make a doll... consider that a Superbabe takes 9 gallons... I'm sure a realdoll is about the same... you would need two of the 5 gallon kits:
5 GALLON KIT
or about $900.00 worth of silicone.
The silicone I am referencing is A-Shore hardness 10... if you want 1-3 a shore... like in the center of the breasts... you add silicone oil.
SILICONE OIL
Softer silicone is also more prone to tears. If it is inside a breast... not a problem. I am going to make some really gooey silicone and fill out the breasts of my Tera Patrick doll.
Speaking of dolls... I have a few latex dolls... I'm thinking about foam filling at least one of them... possibly the vinyl core of my Tera Patrick doll. I will be using a 3 pound foam... that means that a 1 foot cube would weigh 3 pounds. This is what you want:
3 POUND EXPANDING FOAM
You mix it 50:50 and it foams up like shaving cream. that's a 1.5 gallon (5 liter) ket that "should" expand to about 10 gallons... I bought two of them. If you want more...
7 GALLON KIT
Go for the 7 gallon kit.
The silicone I mentioned is translucent clear... take 1/4 glass of milk and fill it with water... about that color. You will need pigments... more on that in a second. If your doll has a minor tear... use this:
Shin Etsu Silicone
Just use it sparingly. It cures once exposed to air... a thin coating is all it takes... otherwise you will feel a harder area.
Back to pigments... silicone can have makeup, artist oil colors, or many other things mixed with it. Experiment. If you want to buy pigments... here are some... VERY CONCENTRATED... a drop can do a pint with ease.
http://www.artmolds.com/category104.cfm
If you want to experiment with small castings...
http://www.artmolds.com/category94.cfm
Something to tinker with... very useful, very educational, not too expensive.
Do you want to experiment with casting you hand or something similar? Here is a kit less than $20:
http://www.artmolds.com/category84.cfm
Larger areas:
http://www.artmolds.com/category4.cfm
And... if you want to design your own doll and take over the industry...
http://www.artmolds.com/category7.cfm
That will get you started.
The ultimate place to find just about everything else... including the video set that Bill and I used to learn everything we know... is here: http://www.pinkhouse.com/
If you want to do a body cast with every pore intact... this stuff will work... it isn't cheap... but it works damn well:
http://www.pinkhouse.com/Plyolife.html
Okay then... have fun, be safe, build dolls.
Jerry