Thread: Liquid Latex question... All the same?

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Okay, so my son wants to be a zombie for Halloween. It's been a while since I've worked with liquid latex. The local costume/trick shop wanted $12 for a 4oz bottle. Before I went out and bought it, my wife suggested calling Hobby Lobby. I did, and they have a product called "Mould Builder" for $12 - 16oz bottle (plus I have a 40% off coupon!). Its ingredients are listed as 100% liquid latex (with ammonia and water).

Before I put this on my son and melt his skin to the bone (boy, I'd feel bad about that and pay for it for years to come), is this the same stuff as what they sell for make-up effects? I would think 100% latex would say it all. By the way, he doesn't have an allergy to latex at all.

Please help.

I have some of the Cinema Secrets Flesh Latex from The Party Shop and the ingredients are Latex, Water, Ammonia, & Colorant ( for the flesh color)

I get the stuff on my arms so much I shaved off the hair this year... less painful to remove that way. I use TONS of the stuff, and used many different makers of it in finding deals from various vendors. It's all the same except some is a little thicker than others. Ammonia is added to slow the drying time... otherwise you couldn't work with the stuff. But the ammount of ammonia is no more than smelling salts so it would depend on your tollerance. It evaporates away very quickly when drying then is gone, so I would say yes you can use it on his skin and dry it fast with a hairdryer. Though you may chose to test a small ammount on the underside soft spot or the forarm looking for a reaction.