Food Grade Mold Recipe

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Comment by art deco cakes by galidink on December 22, 2013 at 6:55pm

merry christmas to you also ; x

Comment by Bonnie Willey on December 22, 2013 at 6:27pm

HO! HO! HO!

'Merry Christmas!' to all Happy Cakers!

Comment by June Kowalczyk on December 5, 2013 at 6:38am

My suggestion would be to put a small amount of mould material in the container first, push in the object, wait a min or two for silicone to set to create a anchor. Then pour remaining mixture over.

Comment by Bonnie Willey on December 4, 2013 at 9:30pm

I guess you can see, in the last picture, that I did not keep the pin totally even in the mold mix, so the metal petals the pearls are setting on are deeper on one side than the other.  So keep that in mind when doing your projects.  Try to keep everything flush, evenly covered, or not.  Thanks for visiting! 

Comment by Bonnie Willey on December 4, 2013 at 12:40am

 

I decided to try pouring the mold first, then setting the object on it to see if it would work. 

I poured ice water in a bowl. 

Melted some of the leftover mold material & poured it into a small plastic container, which I set in the ice water to help it to setup faster. 

I immediately pushed the bauble to be molded onto the top of the mixture, as far in as I wanted, then held it there for about 5 minutes so It wouldn't sink in further, then put it in the frig to finish cooling.  

20 minutes later, it came out of the frig, and out of the plastic container with ease, once I broke the suction around the edges.

I pulled the mold away from the edges of the beads, instead of trying to pull them out of the mold.  It released easily that way.  Then the gumpaste went in.

Here you have the end result.  This was using the mold material that has been re-melted for the third time.  Still feels very flexible, like the original.  Hope this helped to answer a few more questions.

Comment by June Kowalczyk on November 28, 2013 at 7:47pm

Thanks for the update Bonnie...

Comment by Bonnie Willey on November 28, 2013 at 5:53pm

Update time:

My original mold disappeared for a while, could not find it anywhere.  I was cleaning out the basement frig, and there it was, in a container, just sitting on top of some buttercream.  Then I remembered taking it to my last Wilton class to show to the girls there.  We were in a hurry to clean up, so I just dropped it in a container & popped on the lid, knowing I could clean it off as soon as I got home... never happened!  That was the night before Halloween. 

Back to more pertinent info:  The mold washed off easily.  I rinsed it off quickly with cold water, then dried it.  The texture, and flexibility, did not seem to have been affected.  Perhaps the frig is the best way to store these after all, in an airtight container(& SITTING ON BUTTERCREAM-lol). 

ON THE OTHER HAND, one of the other molds that I made came into contact with water for a while, and did begin to soften, so I cut it up, put it in my extras container, to melt & reuse next time I want to do a mold.

The others all seem to be holding up pretty well also, so far.  When I compared textures, I think I like the first one best, the one I did with the syrup included in the recipe.  The color is a hair lighter also.  I have not kept any of them in the frig, so maybe that also is affecting the way they feel, just not quite a soft & smooth, as the first one.  But remember, that one spent about a month in the frig! 

All in all, a positive report for now.  Will keep you posted if any soften, become moldy, or deteriorate in any way.  They are all being stored at room temp still, at least for now, for test purposes-haha.  Not bad for a temporary mold.      

 

Comment by Bonnie Willey on November 15, 2013 at 7:56pm

Hi all,

I found a piece of trim, done by hand, in my mom's stuff.  Since I am not crazy about the color, I decided to use it to experiment on.  As it turned out, it was not a very good choice for this project, not uniform in pattern size, too flimsy, & just not enough substance.  But I was able to get it too work.  I cut the trim piece to 6 1/2".  I used Tacky Glue to hold the trim to the waxed paper that was lining the plastic plate that I used.   I will need to use a release agent next time, because I tore the trim piece getting it out of the mold, though it could be that it was just too old-sigh.  I applied cornstarch before putting in the gumpaste , which worked out ok, but the mold was not firm enough to allow for using a pallet knife to remove the excess, so I had to use just enough paste to fill the design.  I hope to be able to try it again soon with a piece of decent lace.  Here are some pics of this project.

 

 

 

 

 

 

You now see what I meant about the color???lol

Comment by June Kowalczyk on November 9, 2013 at 8:49am

Can't imagine why it would smell Bonnie?? Glycerin doesn't really have a odour.... but coconut oil of course, smells like coconut. Perhaps the cooking/fusing creates the "stink". Heck, the fact that it's so cheap to make, I can live with the smell.

Comment by Bonnie Willey on November 8, 2013 at 11:38pm

I have to warn you, this stuff does stink!  If you come up with something to help THAT, let me know!

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