Fast hot glue mold for small things

Here I will show to you how to make a fast, simple and cheap hot glue mold to reproduce small things.

Step 1 Materials

You will need:

1. Some oil

2. Hot glue gun

Comments

[imBobertRobert]

would i be able to reverse it? like use clay and use that as the cast, then put hot glue into that cast?

[dbrt60]

I think that it's possible. The clay must be a little more dry, maybe. Try it! Don't forget to tell me the result. :)

[imBobertRobert]

it worked OK. the mold was hard to get out so i left a little bit hanging out and then cut it off. the clay crumbled after about 5 uses, but it was worth it!

[iminthebathroom]

nice idea, I will remember this for the future!

[kenobr100]

can you do both sides or is it too hard to do?

[Lindsley]

Yes, you can make both sides, but you have to make align marks and good oil lubrication between them.

[LadyBoi]

I wonder if you could use this method for doing stamps? Just gluing the hot glue mold onto a piece of wood or cork... hmm, something to try...

[Lindsley]

I think it would work. Maybe with silicone, perhaps...

[blah42]

would a army man work

[Lindsley]

What is army man?

[blackdragon27]

the little green action figure/ army guys

[Lindsley]

Maybe you have to make a two halves mold. It depends of the details of the object.

[blackdragon27]

what can u use besides oil?

[Lindsley]

Any greasy liquid or maybe soap.

[dawsonj]

nice!

[cefn]

So obvious in retrospect but I'd have never thought of it.

Another technique to add to the arsenal, thankyou.

[Lindsley]

You're welcome.

[Criket]

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[Lindsley]

If you don't know, hot glue is an adhesive, and my instructable was published. It's not necessary to use Gorilla glue. Read the rules again.

[vacuforms]

Super idea! Easy to follow instructions! Thanks!

[Lindsley]

You're welcome.

[Asmodeous]

hmm, is this borderline counter-fitting?

[Lindsley]

LOL. It don't cheats anyone.

[Robot Lover]

This is great! Just a tip, don't use bondo to fill the mold because the bondo mixed the excelerator will get so hot that it might melt the hot glue. 4.5*

[Lindsley]

Thank you for the tip, but what is bondo?

[Robot Lover]

It is a putty used for cars but can be used to fill molds. If you want a better explanation here is the wikipedia page. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bondo_(putty) 

[dchall8]

I see some necklace pendants in my future. Thank you!!

[Lindsley]

You're welcome.

[theblinddonkey]

awesome.

[Lindsley]

Thank you.

[FrankenPC]

I think you just committed a felony ;-D

Seriously, that is cool. And easy to do.

I bet you could lay down a layer of glue on a warming plate, put down the object and lay another layer on top to create a complete mold. Just use a bit of oil on the bottom layer of glue so you can separate the two halves.

[Lindsley]

OK. Now I see that the method that I describe could heat the half glue too. I will try to see if it works.

[Lindsley]

LOL. Thanks
I think that the temperature could make some damage in the layer.
If you want to make a complete mold, you could also use a clay base in the middle of the object, make half of it and then turn on, remove the clay, mark some points, use the oil and make the other half.

[scoochmaroo]

Wow, this is great! I never thought of doing this before. How many times can you use the mold before it deteriorates and loses detail?

[Lindsley]

I don't know, but if you use always the oil and don't heat the mold I think that it will be used several times. Anyway, it's so cheap, simple and fast, that you could make another mold always that you need.