hmmm...I haven't tried it on foil so I don't know. And I would avoid using any grease as I would think that that would prevent spirit gum from working well when trying to use the appliance. But don't quote me on that. I really don't know for sure.
I did once see a vid where a woman would lay liquid latex on air dried clay and when peeling it off, when it got hard to remove, she'd dunk the clay in water (the water would soften the clay) and the dried latex pulled off better.
But if you do something like this, you have to build up the appliance with several, several, several layers of liquid latex. If you don't, the resulting appliance will be thin and stretch and curl up as you try to pull it off the clay.
She also did the final latex coat by mixing the liquid latex with a base color of latex paint that you want the final piece to be. Please note that when you mix your color with the latex, it will appear much lighter in color while wet than when dried (assuming that you use clear latex) because liquid latex is white while wet but clear when dry. The latex will dry the color of the paint that you added to it.
She didn't mention this but from my own experience I'd suggest dusting the top of your final coat of latex with powder when it dries and before you attempt to remove it from the clay model to prevent the latex from sticking to itself. Also dust the underside of it once removed and for storage.
I didn't use pure liquid latex when I tested this over the weekend. I used Wookies (sp?) Liquid Skin, basically it appeared to be just a flesh toned, "thicker" liquid latex. After I was done messing with it and taking pictures, I peeled the whole thing off in one piece and it looked like exactly like what you can buy in the stores! If I had made the edges a little longer, i'm sure I could have saved it and put it back on using spirt gum! Just a thing to keep in mind if you want to make it before hand. I built up the latex about 3 layers thick, it was really pretty robust after I had peeled it off.
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NOOOOOOO! I only use the carpet adhesive for corpsing props. That stuff really does NOT want to come off your skin. Use only real/regular liquid latex for skin appliances and always test first for allergies.
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Awesome. Now go to Wal-mart, and get some "Power Bait" worms and/or grubs, and add them to the wound. They are found with the fishing gear, and are (I think) the most realistic looking. And they don't have hooks in them.
Can someone please tell me where I can get some of this latex at? LOL I am new to this website and all of these look so awsome I would love to do this this year!
Hi, you can get some liquid latex at the Spirit Halloween Store, and Party City. If you go on the Spirit stores web site, they have a place where you can find a store close to you. I used the stuff from Party City a couple of years ago, and the results weren't too bad considering it was my first time.
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