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hi im new to this site and i was wondering if anyone could help i bought liquid latex for a prop im makeing and it looks like white water is this how they all are or is this no good? thanks for ur help

If it's that thinned out then yeah its a been diluted considerably. For what I do I actually thin down what I get with a little water to where it has the consistancy of cream.

It's still good but if it's like "water" how was you planning to use it?

well i bought it like that so i thought that it was bad but i was going to make a groung corpse with the latex for flesh look

I'm no expert, ( I've only used liquid latex with makeup.) but it sounds like you need a latex thickener. I think some latex comes pre thickend as well.

do u know where i can find thickner

Hadn't heard of a thickener for latex, but I like to experiment and use all kinds of additives for color and sheen to mine. I would try a bit of corn starch in a small ammount and try that. If you cook of course you know to dilute the starch in water first.

hello--the latex is supposed to be thin so it can be pored into a plaster mold wich is what its normally used for.if you going to add flesh to a corpse prop you want to dip cheese cloth or other type cloth in it and apply it to the skeleton in layers.monster makers in cleveland sell a latex thickening agent--monstermakers.com

The latex I get is normally rather thin too, but not like water. Did you stir it up good? Sometimes if it sits for a long time on the shelf, it will have a lot of solids on the bottom and they can be a bit stubborn to mix back in.

Thin is not bad anyway, you may find it soaks into your filler material better and may prove to be an advantage. Try some on the material you are using and see.

Yeah it is generally pretty liquid, but when it dries up it does dry into the rubbery consistency. Be sure to mix it though as it definitely can separate over time as was mentioned before.