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Topic: Best material - rigid enough to form - reusable |
sreph45
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Forum: Mold Making Tips Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 5:53 pm Subject: Best material - rigid enough to form - reusable |
How thick would 2-3 layers of 110lb card stock be? If you're getting good pulls I think it'll easily pick-up that detail. If not, just add a few more layers of card stock.
4 sheets are almost 1/16& ... |
Topic: Best material - rigid enough to form - reusable |
sreph45
Replies: 7
Views: 6645
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Forum: Mold Making Tips Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 4:14 pm Subject: Best material - rigid enough to form - reusable |
I don't know that much about the different plastics, for what I'm doing, it has to be food safe... I'm hoping the HDPE picks up subtle details OK.
I just thought of something... I could use one of ... |
Topic: Best material - rigid enough to form - reusable |
sreph45
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Forum: Mold Making Tips Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 11:41 am Subject: Re: Best material - rigid enough to form - reusable |
Interesting idea. What type of vacuum system & plastic are you using? Also, how much detail is involved in the mold?
I'll be using a homemade system, almost like this one from tk560
http://www ... |
Topic: Candy molds |
sreph45
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Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 9:26 pm Subject: Re: HDPE Sheets |
The best prices I found and great service is USPlastic in Ohio. You can check out their prices and shipping here:
http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?itemid=23869&catid=705
I have checke ... |
Topic: Best material - rigid enough to form - reusable |
sreph45
Replies: 7
Views: 6645
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Forum: Mold Making Tips Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 8:54 pm Subject: Best material - rigid enough to form - reusable |
looking for inexpensive material that can be shaped, then vacuum formed without the shape changing, and can then be reused... or so inexpensive that it doesn't matter if it's wasted... can clay be fro ... |
Topic: Candy molds |
sreph45
Replies: 10
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Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 8:36 pm Subject: Re: Plastic for Candy Molds |
The plastic I use for Candy & Soap Molds is HDPE, it is the same plastic that you find in gallon milk jugs. It is FDA approved for food and I usually use .30 thickness and works great.
Hope this ... |
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