3D Printing Silicone Squishy Toys

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Let's see if we can make our own squishy toys by using 3D Printed Molds + some different Silicone options
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@UnvarnishedTarnished Год назад

I know these are "meant" for FDM - but for anyone out there attempting to print in resin - make note that most resins have sulfur which can introduce cure inhibition with platinum based silicones. Either use a tin-cure silicone with no worries OR coat your resin print in some sort of varnish. There are also certain resins available in which you don't need to take extra care with but do need to follow the manufacturer's guide for curing correctly in order to prevent this issue when used with platinum silicone.

@UncleJessy Год назад

It just so happens... that I have another project testing out Siraya Tech's new silicone that is made for molding resin 3d prints. But your info is 1000% helpful! Thanks!

@geuis Год назад

Glad you knew the details on this. I vaguely remembered certain silicones not curing well when used with platinum molds, or vice versa. Thanks for laying out the details.

@UnvarnishedTarnished Год назад

@@UncleJessy Looking forward to that, great video as always dude 🤘

@UnvarnishedTarnished Год назад

@@geuis No worries, glad I could help!

@wingblaze21 Год назад

Zach is very correct and the dice makers know this since they tend to resin print their master dice, then make silicone molds. There are a few options. The first one is to let your resin print really really cure up (2+ weeks or more, haven't tried it personally). Another option is to use a product like Mann Inhibit X (which seems to be the same folks as Smooth On and Reynolds Advanced Materials). This makes a barrier that completely removes the problem (have tried it personally). But it's also fairly expensive, though a can of this stuff lasts a long time. The last option is some kind of varnish or lacquer to act as a barrier (not sure on products, haven't tried it).

@YorkyPoo_UAV Год назад

This would be great to create a "Flash Light" mold

@BabyJesus66 Год назад

*flesh

@UncleJessy Год назад

@@BabyJesus66 🤣😂 I was about to Google flash light mold 🤣😂

@addmix Год назад

Materbater?

@trashlambo Год назад

@@addmix KnobblerGobbler

@alexkiddo5984 Год назад

Stealth 100

@offearth3d Год назад

Also, I’d suggest against “eyeball” mixing. That’s probably why some of them are tacky. And your Uncle Jessy logo can be cleaned with Naptha. That’s the solvent you use to clean up silicone. 😊

@leonardosquillace8871 Год назад

Yes, definitely! You should follow the instructions on the label, otherwise the silicone won't cure properly, like ever.

@UncleJessy Год назад

Much much appreciated! Will be cleaning that up today!

@BadPandaWoodworks Год назад

I was overly irritated at that... "I'm not gonna do this right... Then I'm gonna complain about how it didn't work right..." Really did those two companies a disservice there.

@UncleJessy Год назад

@@BadPandaWoodworks fyi I mention towards the end and show off a properly measured mold and after 24hrs it’s still not cured. It took close to 3 days now for that mold that was measured properly to cure. All the others were good

@BadPandaWoodworks Год назад

@@UncleJessy I watched the entire video.. I know you went back and glossed over how you were going to do it the right way... But why not do it right the first time? I get the need for sensationalism on RU-vid... You want the views... But I don't get the "I'm gonna do this the wrong way first, talk about how bad it is, then go back at the end and gloss over doing it right" thing you did here. I appreciate what you're doing here, but this one leaves a bit to be desired.

@natewaltz2 11 месяцев назад

my mom: son why do you have all that beige colored silicone? me: the less you know the better mom.

@MrSuperTurtles Год назад

Remember silicone sticks to silicone so when pouring silicone into a silicone mold you'll want to apply a layer of mold release before hand

@krystiankrysti1396 Год назад

its better to get other material thats rubbery but isnt silicone, also with rigid figures you use rubbery mold, with rubbery figures you use rigid molds

@SkonkBot Год назад

Mixing the correct ratio of the 2 parts is pretty important and you didn't look to be actually measuring any of these accurately. Likely the reason why some of them didnt fully cure.

@UncleJessy Год назад

Towards the end I did properly mix via a scale and after 48 hrs it’s still messy. Lots of reviews on Amazon saying similar with that brand unfortunately

@TaywuhsaurusRex Год назад

Uncured silicone (and epoxy resin!) actually can clean out of molds pretty well with simple Clorox wipes, no need to toss those molds. I also recommend trying out Dragon Skin 10 for silicone. It's less fussy, you can eyeball it reliably, and it's remarkably stretchy in addition to being soft. I like using the 20 version for dice molds.

@dev-debug Год назад

Also costs considerably more but yeah smooth-on has really good casting supplies. I've cast stuff using their urathane products

@TaywuhsaurusRex Год назад

@John Smith it does, yeah, but sometimes its worth the upsell for the lack of headaches

@dev-debug Год назад

@@TaywuhsaurusRex For sure ! Their silicone for making reusable molds is top notch as well.

@hightde13 Год назад

If I recall correctly Cura has a mold box function. Would be interesting to see them compared.

@callsignapollo_ Год назад

Less of a mold box and more of a glove mold approach. The usefulness is questionable if you want to reuse a printed mold like this since its still printed in one piece

@42436freak Год назад

FYI Smooth-On is a top tier producer of silicones for mold pours. They have good pricing and love helping out the crafting community. They have tons of Hollywood customers and a great reputation in the special effects industry.

@Zeldur Год назад

He mentions smooth-on towards the end and mentioned he didn't want to pay $50 for silicone when he knew he wouldn't use the whole thing. But yes, I love smooth-on as well

@42436freak Год назад

@@Zeldur Fun fact they are based out of Easton PA right near where I grew up!

@thelemonwho Год назад

Pretty sure The Crafsman would have some answers and advice for ya on a lot of this. He did a series experimenting with similar ideas. That would be a great collaboration 😀

@v5Clone Год назад

Dude. This is so spot on to the project ive been working on. Mindblowing that we both had the same idea with the elmers

@letsdo3d Год назад

Hey, Thankyou for the awesome video, I've been trying to make molds for a while now and had no idea about the iron setting. do you use the default cure settings for this? I'm also using the Neptune 3 pro.

@barbarafidler910 Год назад

how did you make the mold with cnc printer? what filament type did you use for a rubber effect?

@ForceSabersUK Год назад

Hi Uncle Jesse can you please help me i need your help. I'm trying to print quite tall cylinder shapes on my elegoo saturn and the prints are saying 6hrs but the print is taking 22hrs?? i can't find anyhting on how to setup chitubox for faster printing and i know the Bottom lift speed and lifting speed have a big part to play but i'm to afraid to change these. can you please do a video showing in depth what we can do with these setting for chitubox V1.9.4. thank you so much

@madp3d Год назад

I have never worked with the products you've shown but typical caulking silicone cleans up really well with methyl hydrate. Thanks Jessy.

@UncleJessy Год назад

Thanks!

@MrNickpeck36 Год назад

I have been looking into doing this for the dice set my daughter created. Think I'll finally get around to do it after watching this! Thanks for the great video as always UJ!

@UncleJessy Год назад

Oh wow!!! Okay now that sounds like it could be really fun. Some squishy dice!

@pynoypride87 Год назад

This is cool! I’ve been following and watching you for a couple years now. It’s crazy because I bought silicone stuff end of last year to play with this, but I got a resin printer and still learning that lol

@Zeldur Год назад

I love the idea of printing a mold then casting it in various methods. One thing I want to try out is creating my own head for making hats. My idea atm is scan my head, create a 3D printed mold of it, either put a crap ton of mold release or just use plastic, then putting great stuff (expanding foam) on the inside. I've heard if you sprits it with water, there will be less bubbles. This could also be a cool test in your studio to display all of the helmets. As for the silicone, as someone else mentioned, silicone is piiicky when it comes to measuring. Eyeballing can be very difficult to get right. Some are volume based and some are weight based. Others are also 1:1, 1:2, or 1:3 ratios. At the hardware store, you can get measuring buckets but they're really large for what you're doing. I got a little 100ml cup on amazon to measure resin

@chaymberr_crafts Год назад

That´s the method i used to make Silicone Vibration Dampers and Socks for my heatblock. Great Video! Love seeing these type of Content!

@Christopher_Gibbons Год назад

3d printed plastics often cause problems with platinum cure silicone. Giving it a dunk in some inhibit-x should help. I usually coat my prints in wax when I want to take a mold of them.

@dim1723 7 месяцев назад

Thanks so much never knew Elmer's made Squishies! Going to have to try this on my 3d printer!

@thematlandry Год назад

How can you make this comparison if you didn't even attempt to follow instructions and weigh out each part before mixing?

@studiovulcan4411 Год назад

Building a pressure chamber from a paint tank is awesome for getting rid of bubbles and it's not too expensive. There's a guy on here wearing a backwards hat that has as tutorial on how to convert it, it's easy and I use mine all the time.

@Veledan Год назад

Fun video! I love your content. Also, might I add - your hair is looking on point my man!

@jasonmunoz5574 Год назад

How can we find out when they’ll restock the Elegoo Neptune 3 Max ?

@kalenhouse 7 месяцев назад

Where did you get the files to print? Awesome video! Want to make these for my daughter for Xmas stocking stuffers

@kenprintsthis Год назад

Happy printing! 👍🏾

@SpaceTheAge Год назад

Seems like a great way to make custom versions of those silicone wristbands.

@julianruan1093 Год назад

Dude this is so dope

@bdee1084 11 месяцев назад

Are the surfaces snooty or do you have to sand them

@alexortiz4786 2 месяца назад

What silicone are you using ? Because when I use the silicone I got from let’s resins. The silicone doesn’t cure around my mold.

@Bagingi985 Год назад

You just have to get the dragon skin silicon, just be careful when looking it up

@haoproto 10 месяцев назад

Very professional technology~

@mattstanislen3165 Год назад

dawg that mix job had me crying :P

@RichardCMongler Год назад

I use ecoflex 00-10 a lot and it cures a little bit tacky, if you don't need that property and don't mind the appearance being dulled+matte you can slap some corn starch on it.

@Scott_C Год назад

Can you use silicone from the tube at the home store?

@charlesfowler3464 Год назад

I can't get the Neptune 3 plus or the Max. Always sold out

@stinky59 Год назад

heeey i did this same thing recently for a digital fabrication class at college! i made a little cat in zbrush and then turned it into a mold with fusion 360. i used xtc 3d coating on the mold to cover up the layer lines and smooth out the final product a bit, but mine still picked up a few layer lines and had some flashing as well lol. i actually was inspired by the elmer’s squishies too, i love those what a fun way to get kids interested in mold making and casting tbh. i used cheap platinum silicone from amazon, the one i used had a pink part a and blue part b so it ended up looking like a nice light blueish color. btw if anyone is interested in this project i think SLA resin can inhibit the cure of platinum silicone, at least it can according to the instruction packet of the silicone kit i bought. thats why i did it with FDM and used the xtc 3d to make the finished mold a little smoother looking :)

@cgjeff Год назад

The little "trench" is just considered a mold key. Can take on pretty much any shape, just to make sure the molds are going together perfectly lined up.

@robertomontano5700 Год назад

I wonder if you could do the same to make a mold for candles? Can't be that different right?

@brandonrobinson1603 Год назад

This was epic and makes me want a 3D printer. Didn't think about mold making from a 3D printer

@PHLAK69 Год назад

100% high solids silicone needs moisture to cure so I can see sealed up containers being an issue for cure times

@RoseKindred Год назад

Those little lizards remind me of the characters, Bub and Bob, from Bubble Bobble. Now just need to tint the mixture green and blue!

@mr_sheen_asg Год назад

Doesn't soft silicone always feel a bit sticky?

@zaccaldwell Год назад

Cool shirt! My favorite concert was in Rochester.

@DaniMakes Год назад

that stickiness is likely a result of improper mixing or adding too much colorant. it will never dry out. Also, contaminates in the mold can cause no curing.

@user-mz6qu3hz6m Год назад

You can fill porous molds with molten paraffin. Just slosh it around and wipe out the excess and let it cool. Presumably would work the same for hiding layer lines!

@kingztalk Год назад

If you ever seen the 3-D bust of the head, that moves like a slinky this is how they made it😮3D printing is🤯

@lastlight05 Год назад

I think it's pronounced "inspire". It has that "pyr" like Spyro. Pretty cool though. Please stop finding new patreons for me to join LOL

@mockier Год назад

When mixing silicon most are mixed by weight, get some digital scales. Eyeballing it isn't the way to go. Make sure to also read the materials sheet, and pay attention to temperature range required for it to cure. A combination of incorrect measurements and temp could be why that silicon was not curing correctly. If you decide to do a followup it would probably be worth covering some different types of silicon. Eg food safe, tear resistance, and heat resistant types.

@parafitality2730 Год назад

But for any object - i can just pop a box in tinker cad, set the obj I want for the mold as hollow, put it in the box, merge them and cut the box in 2. Takes like 2 minutes so why would I go buy a mold???

@manafount2600 Год назад

I really enjoy these types of videos that feature fun little projects that don't require much prep work but are different enough to still be interesting. I don't know if it's ADHD or just adult responsibilities, but larger projects leave me with decision paralysis and end up sitting unfinished or unstarted for months. (I'm not at all surprised by the NIUB results. My first thought on seeing the stereotypical "alphabet soup" Amazon company name on an off-brand silicone mix was "this isn't going to end well...")

@thomasd9827 Год назад

got the 'Kriby' from Inspyr; however, where'd you get the squid from? My kid would love that too.

@blueflame4093 Год назад

I kinda want to see the kriby scaled up to 200% I just think that it will be awesome to see a huge squishy kriby

@GeothermalDuck Год назад

Looks like Uncle Jesse needs a master class by Robert Tolone. Eyeballing wasn't a great idea 😂

@TheFeist77 Год назад

can you use these to make gummies?

@craig-creates Год назад

Great idea Jesse

@andrewpeyrot4023 Год назад

Would be interested in the caulk, cornstarch, mineral spirits method. Read about it while researching different low cost silicone materials.

@deepsam7678 7 месяцев назад

*HELP* i want to make brass rings and i have designed rings but where i live there's no resin printing only PLA and stuff. So should i print moulds then make silicon mould out of it then cast brass in it or not I'm very confused please help sir T-T

@Marcel2278 Год назад

Oh you mentioned smoothon silicone was 50 dollars, you can get cheaper versions. Dragon skin is a particularly tough platinum based silicone used for props, it's meant to take a beating and it's one of the more expensive options. They have cheaper silicones for around 20ish-30 something dollars and I think that works out cheaper than the Elmers silicon because with the full Elmers refill pack you could only get like 5 casts, with the smoothon silicon you'd have enough to do nearly 100.

@WonHaungLo Год назад

What about using a .08 or 1.0 layer to see if it will be less noticeable

@MakerBees333 Год назад

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@geekdomo Год назад

@6:30 - Love the shirt Jessy!

@Atmoseeker Год назад

So squishy! A fun project to do with my kids (especially that Kirby)

@darkquail2003 Год назад

you're supposed to use a funnel in the hole XD these came out great though. I've used silicone caulking (like for bathrooms) for this with great success in the past. It's very cheap.

@ForceSabersUK Год назад

PLEASE HELP ME UNCLE JESSY!! I love your channel and it's been a huge help to me. Can you please please help me with faster resin printimes on chitubox V1.9.4. i've seen your previous video from a few years ago but Chitubox now has additional speed boxes for the righthand colums. I have no idea how to set this up and when i last tried it sounded like i was going to break the glass plate. please can you help with a new fast resin print setting video for elegoo saturn & mars.

@allenl9214 Год назад

How Hitry 3d printer coming along?

@mechamotollc 6 месяцев назад

The "squishy" factor of the different silicone mixes is determined by the shore hardness rating of them. The lower the number, 1-100, the squishier it will be when cured. It can be hard sometimes to find the shore hardness when shopping for a silicone mix. The red mold mix has a higher shore hardness than the Elmer's mix.

@jrte5453 Год назад

After ur mold 3d print video. I went and cut my custom charmeleon 3d pop model and 3d printed them in a way i can pour silicone and make 2 part molds out of them. So far seems to be working

@krystiankrysti1396 Год назад

you add naphta to make silicone more stretchy and you add potato flour to make it harder, theres a point where its gonna just snap if you add to much filler like flour ,you can add really any powder you want to silicone and also oil paint or acrylics will change color of silicone, dont mix silicone with other dough type materials, silicone will bond with silicone only and mechanically will bond with with some fine powders, you can use regular silicone in tubes and submerge in water with soap which will get rid of the smell and let it cure faster

@drxym Год назад

I wish there was a simple tool that could take a model, offer several ways to generate a mould from it - 2, 3 or 4 part, registration marks, parting lines, sprues etc. and then generate the mould parts.

@RealMrStoofus Год назад

tbh, for platinum cure silicone, I'd stick with either smooth-on's dragon skin or platsil gel 10, most of the random silicones on amazon are pretty dodgy. It's more expensive for sure, but worth the better outcome imho.

@DaniMakes Год назад

yeah, and some are certified safe for skin and food contact.

@dev-debug Год назад

Gee I was curious what kind of contraption you put on your printer to 3d print silicone toys :/ I think you should get a mixing syringe, rig it onto your printer and run it at snail speed :) I've seen one channel do it with resin out of an FDM, be a trail blazer lol

@GregAtlas Год назад

Surprised you didn't use the new Siriya Tech silicone.

@TheNeverEndingHowl Год назад

Do the Elmer's Squishies dry out over time?

@purplelee31 Год назад

Thank you so much for making this video. I've been looking into using silicon to make my own rings and figures from my prints.

@UncleJessy Год назад

Oh some silicone rings could be fun

@purplelee31 Год назад

@Uncle Jessy I think so. There isn't many unique ones out there. I want to make something else. That's my goal

@horseduck3dprinting846 Год назад

Weird I just started dabbling with making a hard shell to print a hard mold, I got hung up in the idea because I got stuck on the idea of my mold being silicone, I have the file made into the shell, it's a zombie chibi, but haven't sliced it yet cause I'm out of alumilite

@3DPrintSOS Год назад

Damn it Jessy! I have SOOOO many projects going on and yet here I am researching molds and silicone. LOL Why u do dis? LOL

@chestikof8665 Год назад

a thin coating of Vaseline would help with the release, especially on your silicone logo mould.

@abovewongart Год назад

Wow!!!! My mind is 🤯🤯🤯

@amiga2091 Год назад

I swear by them! OOMOO 30 Silicone Mold Making

@yebkamin Год назад

have you tried putting the Elmer's in a vacuum chamber?

@IggyJackson Год назад

I Like To Make Stuff did a video a while back about making silicone mats and a has a video about how to choose them

@OddJobEntertainment Год назад

Haven't tried any of these myself. But I do know that 2 part mixes are very sensitive to proper mixing. The niub failings might go away if properly measured.

@UncleJessy Год назад

Yeah later in the video I properly measured and tested and it’s been 48+ hours and still not cured. I saw an amazon review saying it helps if you mix for 4-8 mins before pouring

@lancewood9817 Год назад

@@UncleJessy Platinum silicone is very sensitive. You could have some cure inhibition going on. You have to make sure to clean out your mixing cups, and absolutely no sulfur around it as well.

@SomaCruz29 Год назад

If you guys want to see someone awesome with mold making in resin and medical grade silicone, look up Howard Senft on RU-vid. Stallone himself commissioned him to make the Rocky. Howard also makes some other characters in his vids.

@dakotavogel6907 Год назад

You could also melt Crayons and make little crayon figures I've molded and made crayon legos

@Jkauppa Год назад

hey, how about gaseous melt nozzle instead of just liquid melt nozzle, yes it will jet the plastic as gas, ink-jet 3d printing

@the4thj Год назад

When we/I have done fiber glassing if things were a little tacky we would put them in the sun for a few hours. Don't know if it would work on that stuff it's just a thought.

@bdee1084 11 месяцев назад

So if I want to print silicone I have to print the plastic mold to fill with silicone

@abagoftoes4108 10 месяцев назад

yes. you cannot (at least not today) 3d print with silicone filament.

@JayG63 Год назад

I'm thinking that the reason the silicone didn't cure in your silicone logo mold is because one was tin cure and the other was platinum. The two won't work together.

@artman3 Год назад

I can see why Elmer's squishy was the squishiest, it was made to be a squishy The others weren't made to be squishy, and the red one for sure was made to be a mold and not molded into something But pretty interesting, I might use the red one for some bigger action figures when I make some, thanks for the video

@facenameple4604 Год назад

Molding silicone in a silicone mold is going to go badly, yes.

@FineClonier Год назад

These cure exothermically. So smaller parts don’t generate enough heat and can’t cure. Mixing can also go wrong as it is like mixing acrylics and oils (platinum vs tin). Normally you make your mold boxes out of the silicon and pour urethane plastic.

@johnmobley9369 Год назад

The thumbnail had me thinking this was a different type of toy..?!? A real “hey! Don’t put your-“

@CuttinInIdaho Год назад

Uncle Jesse turns into Robert Tolone on this episode...Pour high, friend.

@thungarisnaughty Год назад

Try making soft plastic lure molds

@Jokershadow696 Год назад

Use baby powder as mold release. There are different shore for harder or softer silicone. But most importantly is that platinum silicone is very picky to materials it touches to for curing, like resin printed molds is big no for platinum silicone, there is very small list of materials that are ok with platinum silicone. Use rtv silicone instead, unless you need the toy to last long. Also keep in mind all stuff is toxic, so breathing isn't great nearby especially with kids, same as 3d resin.

@colincampbell3679 Год назад

Maybe try letting the more harder to set ones put them inside a food plastic storage bag with them laying back down on the self with plenty of extra air in the bags s they look like blown up balloons so the top and sides of the bags don't touch the top r sides of the molds! leave them to set in a fridge for say 2 days then after taking them out the fridge remove from the bags carefully and leave to warm up in the sunlight fr a Hour they should have set better? Silicone rubber is a picky thing to set right if it is the modeling type.

@TheLittleMike Год назад

A year ago I expanded on my 3D printing hobby and started looking into dice making (like for D&D) so I learned a lot about silicone mold making and important tips like @zachpennington1746 mentions about tin cure vs platinum cure silicone. Anyway... Smooth-On makes a product called XTC-3D that is a type of resin that you brush on to remove layer lines. It works pretty well. Also you can go the cheap Harbor Freight way (about $100) and get a pressure pot to make sure the silicone molds don't have bubbles when the silicone cures. If you have questions, let me know. I'd be happy to share what I've learned! Oh, and another tip - cut registration keys into your silicone molds. It makes it far far easier to demold! :D

@SiliconRiot Год назад

Also you can squish a little bit of clay between the mold half and smooth it into the mold to have no flashing

@UncleJessy Год назад

Ohhh will definitely be trying that thanks

@SiliconRiot Год назад

@@UncleJessy Just keep it to a very thin gasket of clay, squeeze the two halves together and use your thumb or a dental tool to smooth out the seam and voila