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Your cart is empty.4.6 out of 5 stars
- #27,970 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing (See Top 100 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing)
- #29 in Sculpture Modeling Compounds
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RedReplicant
Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2025
I used this plastic to make a tiny impression mold of the base of a missing tooth on my skull model. Once I had the impression mold I scanned it and printed a new tooth for the skull to the exact specification of the little socket! Great stuff. Easy to warm up with water, easy to press into the area I needed to copy, and also easy to remove. I did dust with talc beforehand just in case.
Jesse Holmes
Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2025
Thank you!
Samara Ann Messer
Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2025
The beads come vacuum-packed with a zip-top storage bag included inside. No instructions are included so you will need to refer to the instructions in the product description. I printed them off and placed them inside the storage bag with the beads for future reference. Please note, the instructions are in Celsius, not Fahrenheit. Not all of the beads melted completely but it didn't effect look of the finished items I made. They worked well in the silicone molds I had on hand and I can see the beads coming in handy for repairs. Only giving it 4 stars instead of 5 due to the lack of instructions included in the packaging.
Cassi
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2025
I got these to see if I can make some little items from mold that I will use in my resin projects. So far it works as described. There are no instructions on the item so you have to check the description. That is why it lost a star. Everything should have instructions. 80 C = 176 FThe price is good if you just want to try them out and play around.
hjow
Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2025
These thermoplastic beads are fun to play around with, but I've also used them for fixing broken items. The price of this bag is excellent! They can be re-melted and used for other projects, or they can be made into something artistic and painted or colored with other kinds of dye. If you love the idea of playing with this type of product, this is what you need to get, as you'll save a ton of money while you learn how to get the best results.
Smith
Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2025
They didn’t come with any instructions to indicate what temperature the water should be or how long to leave them soaking. However, the listing does provide information on temperature so I went by that (176F or 80C). Once I got the temp right, the beads turned translucent almost immediately. The plastic was easy to mold and if it started getting a bit too hard, I just put it back in the water for a few seconds. It’s going to take some practice to get used to the material and getting consistent thickness, etc. Now I just need a bit of talent so what I make comes out looking like what it’s supposed to be.
curtO.
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2025
Many years ago I had some moldable plastic which I enjoyed using. When I saw this I wanted to try it out and am happy. This seems to be the same quality and ease of use. I would be careful if children were to use this since it has to be heated up, but you know that if you are buying this. Overall, what you see is what you get.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2024
I have yet to try it for smaller pieces, but I tried to make a candle mold from a glass skull jar I have and that was *disastrous*. Granted, it was my first time with this product. But there weren't any real instructions other than the basics in the description. I did everything as instructed. I only added half the bag of pellets at first because I wasn't sure how much was needed for it. I felt like it was a little short, so I put the part that I had molded back into the water along with the new pellets. A lot of the new pellets basically became one with the previously translucent and molded part but the new pellets didn't melt. They stayed white and in pellet shape but became encased into the translucent part.Then I finally used all of it and I did manage to get it all around the glass skull. I cut the back to basically get it off before it fully hardened, so I could get it off...I wasn't sure how else I was going to. And then I massaged it back into a seamless piece.That would have been fine but....everything basically collapsed. There was no integrity to the mold. It became the weirdest looking skull ever! LOL. I knew if I poured candle wax into it, it would look soooo bad and would not be usable. So basically I melted it all again to put it away and smush it down. It did harden though. And probably would harden even faster if put in the fridge.The pellets are cool because they gravitate towards the other pellets in the hot water and become this massive blob, without guiding them at all. They also adhere to everything so now I have some stray silicone stuck to the lid of the skull jar. But I think once it hardens, it should come off pretty easily.I will try my hand at some smaller pieces. I don't think this is the right method for something bigger. This isn't a huge skeleton glass jar....it is the size of a sippy cup.
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