Home-made Sculptamold® Alternative
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Published 2019-07-19
In this video, I show the methods I use to make a home-made Sculptamold® alternative, and why I like these methods.
I hope you enjoy.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:12 About Sculptamold
00:49 Method 1 - Using Paper Shreds / Toilet Paper
03:01 Important Warning
03:29 Final Grinding of the Paper Fiber
04:01 Result - Paper Fiber
04:16 Mixing the Sculptamold Alternative
05:46 Usage Demo
07:46 Method 2 - Using sawdust
09:41 Final Smoothing
10:49 It's Set-Up
11:04 Summary
11:33 Thank You
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Thanks for watching.
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All Comments (21)
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i know your video here is now 4 years old but ive just done what you did with the toilet paper and brought a blender and yeh its come out great so a big thanks
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As I have access to plenty of saw dust, I would opt for that mixture. Maybe even color the sawdust ahead of mixing it with the plaster. Thank you.
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I use soft toilet paper. I eliminate the wet section of the process by standing about ten sheets vertically in the blender. Works good.
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I thank you, I have a crosscut shredder and lots of junk mail. I don't need a lot of this stuff so I will try a little. I think the crosscut shredder would eliminate the blender as it chops the strips in small bits.
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I use the TP method. I use a tool I made, bottle cap and wire. Take about 30 sheets, grind it up, let it dry. Nice and easy technique
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John a year late but a dollar saved. I really liked the saw dust one but something for you. I put my cheep T P in my shredder and skipped the water treatment. It wasn't easy to get through the shredder but it worked great. Just thought you might like this. Thanks again for your help, Chris
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This was magnificent. Thank you for this.
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Enjoyed your video. I use a soft toilet paper for mine. I test off 10 sheets and stand them vertically in a nutri bullet blender. I give it a short whizz and get a good fine of paper fluff. I use no water at all and thereby eliminate the squeezing out and baking process. Should work the same in your blender same as your blender
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I have a wood shop so the sawdust idea sounds perfect and I only buy the plaster material which I get at Lowes and is a lite weight material. Thanks!!
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Great tip, thank you for the demonstration.
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John, some nice ideas and mixes there, thanks for posting .
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Looks very good, and I am sure it is much more economical than ommercial sculptamold
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This is the best video on the subject!
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Thanks for sharing some great ideas!
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I was wondering how different materials mixed with plaster would work. I use toilet paper myself, but the sawdust mixture is a good idea. Got plenty of wood workers in my family so might have to collect some to experiment with.
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Thanks so much for making this video. It was an interesting comparison between the different techniques. It shows how easy it is to use the three methods. As we have all of those "raw materials" at hand, my son and I will be trying them out ourselves. We very much like the idea of using paper shredder grindings as my wife's shredder pulverizes the papers. We also have a lot of sawdust. Thanks again.
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great video, thx for the tips
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I have considered trying this someday and now I can see that it works and also different methods. I never considered using sawdust. Great video John. Thanks for sharing. Cheers Rob
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came for the paper mache and learnt about the sawdust - many thanks!
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I really like the sawdust solution; it gets a fine texture and a nice greyish yellow colour; plus, no shredding since it comes directly from my table saw dust collector.
