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Make Your Own Molds
Now you can make your own silicone rubber
molds in a fraction of the time it takes with conventional silicone.
Perfect
for molding the following materials:
chocolate, soap, candy, wax,
butter, ice, edible cake decorations, tallow, marzipan, garde mange mixture,
gelatin, plaster, polymer clay, casting resins and more.
Unsurpassed when making pre-production
and prototype molds.
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Silicone putty is not a liquid, but
instead has the consistency of dough. It can be applied by hand to almost
any surface or rolled out between two sheets of wax paper. Cure time is
only one hour to yield a pliable, yet durable, rubber mold that is suitable
for direct food contact. Silicone putty resists temperatures below freezing
and up to 400 degrees F. Because you apply only the amount you need, you
save on quantity of silicone used compared to liquid silicones. "Very Cost
Effective." Absolutely perfect for chocolate, butter, tallow, cheese, sugar,
pastillage, hippen and ice molding.
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To make a mold all you do is Hugh out
equal parts of silicone putty molding compounds, knead them together, press
them onto the item you want to mold, let it set up, and you have a custom
mold. Use any item you wish to make into a candy mold, anything around
the house. Even use cloth lace to make molds for your fondant cakes!
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Once you've made a mold, you can use
it with chocolate, butter, ice, fondant, gum paste, marzipan, soap, candy,
wax, butter, cream cheese candies, ice, edible cake decorations, tallow,
marzipan, gumpaste, fondant, grade mange mixture, gelatin, plaster, polymer
clay, casting resins and more. You can use it for hard candy or caramels.
You can bake cookies or gingerbread in it.You'll find so many things to
make molds from: buttons, jewelry, leaves, lace, and sculptures. You'll
love how easy it is to do. With experience you'll learn how to make a mold
of almost any shape.
Tools:
Exacto knife
Angled
spatula
Supplies:
parchment
paper
glue
zipper bag
Pam
paper towels
Sculpey available where
crafts are sold (if you need to make a hard form)
How easy is the Silicone Putty
to use? Look...
Push molds/chocolate molds: Spray
the object to be molded with Pam, and wipe off with a paper towel to leave
a thin film. Mix Silicone Putty, form a disc twice as thick as object and
place on parchment paper. Push the object in, making sure it's well encased
and making sure to eliminate bubbles. Let set. For larger pieces, place
piece down on its back, then apply Silicone Putty a bit at a time, making
sure to eliminate bubbles.
Lace molds: Place lace piece in a
bag, add glue. Squish around, remove piece to parchment paper or foamcore.
Blot excess glue, let dry. If on foamcore, trim edges. Spray lace with
Pam, blot to leave just a thin film. Mix Silicone Putty and form a disc
twice as thick as lace piece. Press lace in evenly and let set. Remove
lace. If making a two-sided mold (foamcore only), spray the mold you've
just made with Pam, blot with paper towel. Mix up more Silicone Putty and
press into mold. Let set. Separate pieces. Use as any commercial two-sided
lace mold.
3-D molds: Examine object to determine
how many parts are needed. Mask object with Sculpey. Spray with Pam, blot.
Mix Silicone Putty and apply to piece, making sure to eliminate air bubbles.
Let set. For second piece, use the cured Silicone Putty as one piece of
mask, and mask next section with Sculpey. Spray, blot, mix, apply. Repeat
for each additional piece, using cured pieces as masks where appropriate.
To use mold, remove object, and reassemble mold, holding together with
rubber bands.
Step 1
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Step 2
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Silicone Putty has the consistency
of clay. Equal amounts of Part A (blue) and Part B (white) are scaled by
weight or volume. |
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Parts A and B are combined and kneaded
until uniform color is achieved. Silicone Putty can be flattened by hand
or rolled with a pin between sheets of wax paper. |
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Step 3
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Step 4
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A small amount of Putty is rubbed
into detail of medallion. Medallion is pressed into Silicone Putty that
has been rolled out twice the thickness of the medallion. |
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Silicone Putty has a work time of
about 20-30 minutes and a cure time of about an hour at room temperature.
Silicone Putty should be allowed to fully cure before removing medallion. |
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Step 5
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Step 6
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Chocolate is poured into cured mold.
Silicone Putty is food safe and can be used with butter, chocolate, poured
sugar, tallow, pastillage, gelatine, cheese, etc. Stable to 450 degrees
F and unaffected by freezing. |
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With a flex of the mold, a perfect
chocolate copy of medallion pops out of mold, ready to garnish your favorite
dessert. |
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Silicone Putty
Note: 1 lb. of Silicone Putty covers
approximately a 7" x 7" x 1/2" thick area. |
HINTS From DeniseNH:
To make sure the mold doesn't bend
or distort, place the blob of clay on a cookie sheet or plate THEN impress
with the product you want to mold, remove carefully. Fill with chocolate
and pop into the freezer for the same amount of time your usual plastic
molds take (10 min?) then it will shrink a tad like it does with a plastic
mold and will pop right out of the clay. If you need more than one, then
just rework and reimpress the product you want to mold and continue.
After you make your mold you want
to let the Silicone Putty set up before you put the chocolate in .....otherwise
you'll have a mess and the chocolate would taste like rubber. You want
to wait for the Silicone Putty to set up before removing the molded item.
DENISE |