Mold Making with Jello

Step 6 Casting and thing that go wrong

Before your pour your cast - you may want to add a mold release (like chap stick et. al.). Unless you only plan on making 1 part. If that's the case, see the next and final step.

I'm pouring chocolate as it seems to be the only non melting cast material I can find around Instructables HQ. Plus, chocolate is tasty :) Going too hot is dangerous given the low melting point of gelatin - so be aware and experiment first ;) I allowed my chocolate to cool off a lot before pouring - probably overkill, but better safe than waste a half day's worth of work.

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Things that go wrong -- Don't do these things....

1. Don't use olive oil as a release agent when making your mold -- the oil will float and you won't get a good separation. But, by melting and setting -- you can remove the excess oil.

2. Pouring gelatin into your gelatin mold probably won't work -- other than for non separable decoration.

3. I personally wouldn't eat my mold material...Mostly because of the high concentration of gelatin. It's also labeled "Not people food" in the Instructables HQ fridge -- so no one gets the idea it's up for grabs :)