Nun begins sex toy manufacture.
Jan. 3rd, 2022 08:49 am[Sex toys, but no sex or kink. I hope that isn't problematic for anybody. It's mainly technical.]
I've written a great deal about my frustration with the lack of sex toys that work for me, and the resulting hand injuries. So, after![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
gfish graciously chatted with me about sex toy fabrication options, I settled on silicone, for which I hope I need no help.
What to make the mold out of? I'm trying plaster of Paris. I've made a bilateral mold of my glass dildo, with a two inch projection attached to the point of the dildo that's just outside me when the dildo is fully inserted. The dildo is shaped more or less like a lumpy crescent, and the projection points toward the center of that crescent, i.e. it should touch my clitoris. I made the projection out of 1" square balsa wood, with one end filed down to fit one of the lumps in the crescent.
You have two choices when you set an object in plaster to make a mold of it. You can either a) hold the object immersed partway into the plaster for ten or fifteen minutes until the plaster is hard enough to support it, or b) wait until the plaster is just hard enough to support it and then mash it into the plaster. I think the correct answer is (a) even though it's a pain, because when you do (b) the displaced plaster is too solid to flow elsewhere; it just piles up next to your object where you'll have to remove if you're making a bilateral mold as I am. For the record, I did (a) on one side and (b) on the other.
When I bought the plaster, I had the foresight to pick up some sculpting tools, which were handy from removing excess plaster that wasn't quite hard from mold (b) above and also from both joints between the impressions of the dildo and the projection. That joint is going to take a lot of stress, so I want it to be strong.
The fit of the mold is far from perfect, but I have and Xacto knife for removing artifacts. I care way less about esthetics than functionality here. My silicone should arrive in the mail this week.
I've written a great deal about my frustration with the lack of sex toys that work for me, and the resulting hand injuries. So, after
gfish graciously chatted with me about sex toy fabrication options, I settled on silicone, for which I hope I need no help.What to make the mold out of? I'm trying plaster of Paris. I've made a bilateral mold of my glass dildo, with a two inch projection attached to the point of the dildo that's just outside me when the dildo is fully inserted. The dildo is shaped more or less like a lumpy crescent, and the projection points toward the center of that crescent, i.e. it should touch my clitoris. I made the projection out of 1" square balsa wood, with one end filed down to fit one of the lumps in the crescent.
You have two choices when you set an object in plaster to make a mold of it. You can either a) hold the object immersed partway into the plaster for ten or fifteen minutes until the plaster is hard enough to support it, or b) wait until the plaster is just hard enough to support it and then mash it into the plaster. I think the correct answer is (a) even though it's a pain, because when you do (b) the displaced plaster is too solid to flow elsewhere; it just piles up next to your object where you'll have to remove if you're making a bilateral mold as I am. For the record, I did (a) on one side and (b) on the other.
When I bought the plaster, I had the foresight to pick up some sculpting tools, which were handy from removing excess plaster that wasn't quite hard from mold (b) above and also from both joints between the impressions of the dildo and the projection. That joint is going to take a lot of stress, so I want it to be strong.
The fit of the mold is far from perfect, but I have and Xacto knife for removing artifacts. I care way less about esthetics than functionality here. My silicone should arrive in the mail this week.
