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to make the foam body mannequin you need a mannequin hanger , they sell male and female
I swear (without cursing, that is) that I saw a post almost identical to this one with the same pics and directions, but with a link to the "they" you mentioned. . . . I clicked on it and got to a site where the hangers were under $5 - but because I'm a Pinterest junkie, I clicked on a lot of things and can't find it or the site again.
P.S. I'm pretty sure your post was the final straw that made me turn from a "lurker" to an actual registered user. . .
the first one turned out great ,are you using great stuff foam ? I used the G E foam once and had bad luck. I think you used too much hot water , and didn't leave it in the mold long enough to form to the moldDon't know what happened overnight? It was dry when I brought inside up to my game room. ..anyone know what I did wrong?
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I've found these forms at thrift stores & yard sales-$5 or under.to make the foam body mannequin you need a mannequin hanger , they sell male and female
I swear (without cursing, that is) that I saw a post almost identical to this one with the same pics and directions, but with a link to the "they" you mentioned. . . . I clicked on it and got to a site where the hangers were under $5 - but because I'm a Pinterest junkie, I clicked on a lot of things and can't find it or the site again.
P.S. I'm pretty sure your post was the final straw that made me turn from a "lurker" to an actual registered user. . .
The first pic is actually the same one in second photo, I think I used too much of something, it was great stuff but I might have used too much of something, could have been too much vase line combined with too much water, don't know but it started rising off the mold and disengaged by itself, plus I used up three cans too trying to get the back fuller, it wound up looking too blobby, I can still use it for a creepy deformed torso but I really wanted it to stay as in the first pick but no problem, I knew I wasn't going to hit a homerun on my first attempt just need to tinker with itthe first one turned out great ,are you using great stuff foam ? I used the G E foam once and had bad luck. I think you used too much hot water , and didn't leave it in the mold long enough to form to the mold
you want to put the Vaseline on as thin as you can and just a light mist of the hot water ,make sure the first coat is fully dry you can stick coat hanger or a stick in the foam to make sure it's dry, then add the second coat and make sure it's dry all the way thru before de-molding, the back should not matter ,but if you need a smooth looking back use a harbor freight hot knife and do it out side ,I have used it too make ribs on the foam mannequin ,The first pic is actually the same one in second photo, I think I used too much of something, it was great stuff but I might have used too much of something, could have been too much vase line combined with too much water, don't know but it started rising off the mold and disengaged by itself, plus I used up three cans too trying to get the back fuller, it wound up looking too blobby, I can still use it for a creepy deformed torso but I really wanted it to stay as in the first pick but no problem, I knew I wasn't going to hit a homerun on my first attempt just need to tinker with it
you don't have to use the pvc ,just maybe less vas and water and let dry longer before de-moldingThank you LOTD, in hindsight I definitely went to heavy on vaseline and probably too much water, I might have tripped up since I wasn't inserting the pvc on this one so it might have thrown me off, definitely going to give it another go.