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CJ Munn
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Started On : 19-Sep-2009 at 03:45:10 AM, #Views : 6476
Topic Subject : Skin safe silicone questions |
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Am hoping someone will be able to give me a few tips on using skin safe silicone for the first time. My silicone of choice this time has been 'Lifeform' from Mouldlife, because I saw Neill Gorton (of Doctor Who fame) demoing it over a bearded man with no release cream earlier in the year.
However, my batch arrived with no detailed instructions and the shop is shut till Monday (I'm using it tonight and tomorrow). So I wondered with silicones in general, can anyone tell me how you make very large pieces? By that I mean for instance one where you might (if using alginate) make a multi-part mothermould and cut a seam in the alginate with a blunt instrument or finger? Silicone is obviously much harder to cut, so I wouldn't want to seam it by going at my model with a sharp knife, so how would you divide up a full body, or even just an arm (where with alginate I'd do it as a one-part mould but usually with a slight seam on the underarm to aid release from the mould) or a head (where again it would be one part but with a T-shaped seam at the back of the head)?
I expect there's more than one way to do these things, but all SAFE suggestions are welcome by those with experience in skin-safe silicones.
Also, I've been told to apply it by spatula, but in all the videos I've found online, people are either applying by brush or in the case of Neill Gorton, by hand. Can anyone talk me through the pros and cons of each?
Any other hints and tips I need to know about? It's expensive stuff and this is my first experiment with it, and although a client is paying for it I don't want to waste his money any more than I would waste my own so I would be so grateful if anyone can help me.
Many thanks
CJ
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