Silicone mold making

[marghewitt]

Just thought I would share. I had no idea making my own silicone molds for embeds was so easy. I used Soft 107 silicone from MPK Enterprises. It cost me $42 including the shipping for 2 pounds of the stuff. This used about one quarter of it? . . . maybe less. I wanted small round embeds so I used grape tomatoes and did the strawberry just to see what kind of detail it would show. I think it is perfect.

 

[AnnaO]

WOW!!!!
That strawberry looks good enough to eat!

 

[marghewitt]

Here is a picture my daughter took of the fake one (on the bottom) and a real strawberry.

 

[shunt2011]

Wow, those turned out awesome. Did you freeze the tomato's and straberry first?

 

[TVivian]

I love those! I have that silicone and have been wanting to make a mold of something.. I just can't decide on what.

 

[lsg]

I wouldn't be able to tell the fake berry from the real one, nice coloring job.

 

[marghewitt]

Wow, those turned out awesome. Did you freeze the tomato's and straberry first?

No I did not freeze it first. I did not even wash it. I should have planned a little better and covered more of the berry but I did not know how easy it would be to take it out. It was sooooooooooooo easy.

 

[soap_rat]

It looks like you got the cherry tomatoes out without smooshing them, too! Really nice job!

 

[dcornett]

Wow!! That is soooo cool! That strawberry is just amazing!

 

[gurdeep]

Are the fruits real and then you poured silicon over them if so that is amazing

 

[marghewitt]

Are the fruits real and then you poured silicon over them if so that is amazing

Yes I used fresh fruit and then tossed them into the compost pile. I also did a blackberry mold. The blackberry in the picture is made of Melt and Pour soap.

 

[Jeanea]

These are awesome

 

[mkstylessoap]

What firmness silicone did you buy? I saw there were a couple options

 

[soap_rat]

Oh, that's a good question! And, do you freeze the soap before removing it? With the one deep narrow silicone mold I have, I needed to do that.

 

[marghewitt]

What firmness silicone did you buy? I saw there were a couple options

I used Soft 107 from MPK Enterprises and so far I have only done melt and pour in the molds I have made so no I have not frozen them. When I do regular cold process soap I am sure I will freeze them after cure to remove.

 

[marghewitt]

I also made molds out of some pencil top erasers! These are almost 2" tall

 

[MzMolly65]

Yes I used fresh fruit and then tossed them into the compost pile. I also did a blackberry mold. The blackberry in the picture is made of Melt and Pour soap.

Wow .. I never would have guessed that was a soap berry, it looks absolutely real!