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Sister, but thank you! 😁 As it happens I'm familiar with thermoplastic beads, but I prefer to use them to make positives since they aren't as flexible and can be harder to demold. But they're great for fake horns and vampire teeth. 👍

Remove the skewers before you cast your material. They should pull out pretty easily.

Hey, sorry I didn't see this sooner! To make a 2-part mold with this the first thing you have to do is follow all the instructions except taking the object out of your half-mold. Instead, coat the part of the mold that will touch the other part in its' own layer of wax. When in doubt, just coat the whole thing, but make sure you’re only using a thin coat. The next part is slightly trickier and it may help to look at a video explaining how to make a traditional two-part mold, but here goes: You will need 2 thin cylindrical objects. Something like a bamboo skewer would be perfect. Find a place on your object where you can stick them close together and attach the ends with a bit more wax. They don't need to be long, they just need to stick out further than the edge of the mold. The purpose o…

Hey, sorry I didn't see this sooner! To make a 2-part mold with this the first thing you have to do is follow all the instructions except taking the object out of your half-mold. Instead, coat the part of the mold that will touch the other part in its' own layer of wax. When in doubt, just coat the whole thing, but make sure you’re only using a thin coat. The next part is slightly trickier and it may help to look at a video explaining how to make a traditional two-part mold, but here goes: You will need 2 thin cylindrical objects. Something like a bamboo skewer would be perfect. Find a place on your object where you can stick them close together and attach the ends with a bit more wax. They don't need to be long, they just need to stick out further than the edge of the mold. The purpose of these is to create 2 channels in the mold. One to release air, (called a "sprue",) and one to pour in your casting material. Coat these in wax too. Then, build your clay walls twice as high as before and fill that with hot glue. You should be able to pull apart the halves quite easily. 👍

Wow, how cool that you made one! I totally get not feeling confident at first -it's a bold look! But the more you wear it the cooler it feels. You made something great! I'd be lying if I guaranteed that no one might be mean, but they’re not people you would go to for advice, so why listen to their criticism? Thanks for making with me!

It's a fairly thick liquid, but it's not really gelatinous until you cook it. Also hydrogen bonds are an electrostatic bond between hydrogen and primarily second-row elements on the periodic table like oxygen, nitrogen, etc.. How sticky it is to a particular surface will depend partially on the molecular composition, but mostly on other attributes like texture, temperature, moisture, etc... 😁

Possibly, although I doubt it will make enough difference to really tell. This question is where we've reached the limits of my knowledge. 😅

Hi! I see your effort and I'm glad you're keeping at it! Taking good measurements can take some practice. Your bust line is wherever your bust is the widest. For many people this is more or less around the nipple area. It may help to mark the very top of your shoulder where it meets your neck and the very widest point of your bust with tape, then measure straight down. (Don't measure at an angle, you just want the vertical space between the two.) Once you have that measurement mark it down from the shoulder, (very top) mark that you made. Draw a line 90° from the edge to get your bust line. Your bust point will be on that line, and will be the distance between the highest points on your bust, wherever they are. (This is easiest to measure by lowering a ruler, or a taut measuring tape onto…

Hi! I see your effort and I'm glad you're keeping at it! Taking good measurements can take some practice. Your bust line is wherever your bust is the widest. For many people this is more or less around the nipple area. It may help to mark the very top of your shoulder where it meets your neck and the very widest point of your bust with tape, then measure straight down. (Don't measure at an angle, you just want the vertical space between the two.) Once you have that measurement mark it down from the shoulder, (very top) mark that you made. Draw a line 90° from the edge to get your bust line. Your bust point will be on that line, and will be the distance between the highest points on your bust, wherever they are. (This is easiest to measure by lowering a ruler, or a taut measuring tape onto your bust until it naturally touches these points.) Divide that measurement by two and then mark that on your bust line, marking from the flat edge of the paper into your design. That will be your bust point. The bust point will also be the top point of the dart. The other points on the dart will be on the waist and hip lines that you drew already. To find those points mark the same bust point measurement you marked on the bust line onto the waist and hip lines. You'll be able to draw a line straight down through those points. Then, on the waist line mark 0.75 inches from both sides of the dart line you just drew. Connect these in a diamond shape to the top and bottom points of the dart. Did this help? 😁👍

That is so freaking cool. Just be sure to dehydrate or press them first to get all of the moisture out or they'll decompose inside the resin. If you have any of those "do not eat" dehydration packs from products the silica inside works wonders. If not, you could put them between two tissues in a heavy book for a few weeks or risk the microwave pressing option. 😁👍

Anytime! I hope you get some good use out of it. 😁

Great question! This tutorial only covers making the mold of half of a 3D object, but if you want to make a 2-part mold, (a mold for an entire object, with limitations,) you could do the same thing, then cover the entire mold completely in candle wax and cast the other side while the object is still in the mold. If you do this make sure to have 2 small tubes, maybe straws, somewhere in the mold from the object to the outside air. One for air, one for the casting material. You can disregard that if you're casting with clay though.

Unfortunately you're limited by the length of the fibers in the yarn, which is only a few inches.

Sorry I missed this! The wigs are super durable and last longer than most traditional wigs. I still have mine, in fact. Unfortunately I can't take a picture of the back because it's in storage at the moment, but Party Poison has slightly shorter hair in the back and longer layers in the front. Here's a picture from the comic book, and a picture irl so you can see what I'm talking about:

This absolutely rules. Did you agitate the solution while it was electroplating?

Thank you. 😆

That would be awesome! Let me know if you do. 😁

You sew two wefts very close together where you want the part and alternate tiny sections of hair so it's covered. Or you don't have a part at all and you just sew them close together. 😁 Hairspray can help.

Thank you! They were delicious!

Glad I could help! 😁

Ooh, This method is purrr-fect for Cat Noir-s messy hair! Picking up a foam head at the craft store when you get your yarn will definitely work best because most craft stores stock them, but if not you could try to find something round to use just make sure it's close to the size of your head. Good luck! 😁 (also, if you're looking to make his stick a little piece of PVC pipe would be perfect, and very cheap. 😉

Great catch! That's part of an early method I was testing and I forgot to delete it. I had used it to form a needle and pull fibers through pores in the wig cap but it didn’t secure them the way I was envisioning.

Your best bet is to get it online, but make sure you get the silky smooth kind. Kanekalon is heat resistant though so you can use heat tools if they're on a low setting. If you want to sew your wefts you'll need tulle and a sewing machine. If you want to make no sew ones you can use weft glue or eyelash glue in a pinch.

I'm so glad you found this useful!

It bonds to the surface so nothing else can and since it's a fine power it's able to cover the whole thing. Corn starch is best because it doesn't have much flavor and doesn't come with the risks that eating raw flour does. 👍

Hello! I'm glad you liked my Instructable! The answer to your question is complicated and requires some explanation. First of all, yes, I think mucilage should absorb into the starch well. But you may not get the results you're hoping for. The thing about all amylopectin is that it decreases your insulin response to sugars. This means that there will be a higher concentration of consumed sugars in your bloodstream, effectively making sugar have more of an impact on your body. This is fine in balanced diets but plant mucilages are polysacharides, which means they are made of large sugar molecules and acids, and therefore increase the amount of overall sugar. Note that this does not mean that mucilage is unhealthy or sugary. The polysacharides in mucilage are much more complex than the sim…

Hello! I'm glad you liked my Instructable! The answer to your question is complicated and requires some explanation. First of all, yes, I think mucilage should absorb into the starch well. But you may not get the results you're hoping for. The thing about all amylopectin is that it decreases your insulin response to sugars. This means that there will be a higher concentration of consumed sugars in your bloodstream, effectively making sugar have more of an impact on your body. This is fine in balanced diets but plant mucilages are polysacharides, which means they are made of large sugar molecules and acids, and therefore increase the amount of overall sugar. Note that this does not mean that mucilage is unhealthy or sugary. The polysacharides in mucilage are much more complex than the simple sugars found in processed foods and therefore take longer for your body to break down which lessens the impact and is a great way to eat the necessary sugars for your diet. But if you want a healthier version of the mochi my advice would be to try a fermented beverage where the sugars will have been consumed, like kombucha. A plant puree may work as well because while it will still contain sugars it will also contain nutrients and flavors from the plant tissue. You may have to experiment with ratios to replace the lost volume from eliminating the added sugar but please keep me updated on your progress!

I apologize. I am dead wrong. 🤣

Unfortunately I don't have any way to make this longer. The maximum length is based on the average length of the fibers in acrylic yarn. However, there is a material called Kanekalon that is also heat resistant and inexpensive. It's usually used in braiding shops but you can find it online and straighten it similarly to the acrylic fibers. If you DM me I would be happy to give you some pointers on what you need and how to use it. If you have time to wait I will be uploading an Instructable. 😁

Thanks for enjoying it! You may also want to look into kanekalon as a wig material if you're interested in longer ones. I just started doing that and it is much more natural looking. I'd be happy to give you tips if you want to DM me. 😁

Thank you but "macaron" is an American cookie made with coconut shreds. Macron is both the cookie and the questionable, questionable French president. 😉👍

Too true! You need metal, glass, or pyrex. Thanks for commenting. 😁👍

Heck yeah, man! Sugru is the best right?

Ooh, you totally could re melt together! Since it's so flexible I don't think there would be too much of a problem with warping, great idea! If you wanted to make a two part mold you could just build the walls higher, give it another coat of wax and go to town with some more glue if the first method doesn't work. 👍

Sorry for the late reply. I didn't see this. 😬 I'm fairly sure that any cold cast material that isn't hot when you mold it would work. For something with a lot of thin or delicate pieces I would reccomend something strong. I used a UV cure resin from Amazon but if you dont want to order online you could geta two part epoxy resin from Castin' Craft (stocked at most craft stores,) which is pretty strong. Epoxy does heat up as it cures but smaller pieces don't get hot enough to warp the mold.

Great tip! I should warn you that I didn't have very good luck with vaseline on porous surfaces, but it's always worked super well on smoother casts. 😁👍

Thanks! I'm honestly just super happy I was a finalist. 😂

Thanks!

Thanks! It should work as long as it doesn't exceed 400 degrees. 😁👍

Thanks, Todd! 👍

Right? I can't believe it took me this long. 😂 Honestly, I just used the heat from the candle flame to distribute the wax. But a hair dryer seems much safer.

Thanks!

Great idea! Be careful of flying flecks of hot wax though. 😉👍

I don't think so. Lead melts about 200 degrees hotter than the glue so the whole thing would probably just catch fire. If you're looking for an inexpensive way to cast lead than you should try the method above but with Plaster of Paris instead of hot glue. It will take a bit longer and it won't be flexible but it's way less likely to burst into flames. 👍