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Camera is kinda broken, excuse the fuzzy picture.
This is the first pull of an experiment I've wanted to try. FACT: Silicone adhesive is expensive. What if I want to make some squishy spines on spandex, but avoid using costly silicone adhesive? I made my mold from clay and resin, then poured some Dragon Skin 10 VERY FAST thinned out with a little silicone thinner into the cavities. I squeegeed the excess off the top of the mold, then pressed my fabric onto the silicone. Half an hour later (they don't call it very fast for nothing), I gently peeled the spines out. Here's how it looks! I think next time I'll under fill the cavities a tiny bit so I don't get as much spill over. The silicone is a little too squishy, but it's the only stuff Smooth-On makes that cures so quickly without dealing with a cure accelerator. They are on there very securely! I keep yanking on them but they ain't budging. The plan would be to repeat the same mold for as long as I want a row of spines.
I just wanted to give people ideas in case they were looking for new ways to modify fabric. I bet this would work on fleece, but I haven't tested it.
Materials used (all smooth-on products from Reynolds Advanced Materials):
Sculptex plasticine, masking tape and acrylic strips (to make the mold box and claws)
Smooth Cast 325
Dragon Skin 10 VERY FAST
Silicone thinner
Oh oh I bought a little gram scale to measure out things more accurately. I can be a drug dealer now! :3
This is the first pull of an experiment I've wanted to try. FACT: Silicone adhesive is expensive. What if I want to make some squishy spines on spandex, but avoid using costly silicone adhesive? I made my mold from clay and resin, then poured some Dragon Skin 10 VERY FAST thinned out with a little silicone thinner into the cavities. I squeegeed the excess off the top of the mold, then pressed my fabric onto the silicone. Half an hour later (they don't call it very fast for nothing), I gently peeled the spines out. Here's how it looks! I think next time I'll under fill the cavities a tiny bit so I don't get as much spill over. The silicone is a little too squishy, but it's the only stuff Smooth-On makes that cures so quickly without dealing with a cure accelerator. They are on there very securely! I keep yanking on them but they ain't budging. The plan would be to repeat the same mold for as long as I want a row of spines.
I just wanted to give people ideas in case they were looking for new ways to modify fabric. I bet this would work on fleece, but I haven't tested it.
Materials used (all smooth-on products from Reynolds Advanced Materials):
Sculptex plasticine, masking tape and acrylic strips (to make the mold box and claws)
Smooth Cast 325
Dragon Skin 10 VERY FAST
Silicone thinner
Oh oh I bought a little gram scale to measure out things more accurately. I can be a drug dealer now! :3
Category All / All
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File Size 127.9 kB
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I'm not getting it to work at all. I slather the e6000 on the silicone spine and press it onto the fabric, but the spine lifts straight off the fabric as if nothing was holding it there. Backing my silicone spines with fleece works, though; I know that's how people make pawpads.
I'm doing some experiments with E6000, and I can't get it to stick to the silicone at all. The spine lifts right off the fabric as if I hadn't used any glue at all. I know that E6000 works with fleece-backed silicone pawpads, but I'm not seeing good results with E6000 alone. Maybe it depends on the type of silicone?
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