Sugar beer bottle mold using Silicone Plastique???

I bought the mold builder today and clay today to make some bottles.

Anyone have step by step pics, or even better, a video! LOL

Hello to both of you...I don't think there's a step by step tutorial yet, but there is a thread that explains how to make them. I've been wanting to make the bottles but I'm a 'chicken'...I get so frustrated when things don't come out perfect and I think this is a 'trial and error' process
Here's the thread that has a lot of info in it...you may find the answers to your questions there.
http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopic-147691-0.html
Good luck and make sure to bring your bottles after you do them

I know that www.decoratethecake.com sells sugar bottle molds for beer bottles. I don't know if it's easier though.

I used the mold builder last fall to make a mold for some sugar bottles. It worked really well. My family couldn't believe that they were made from sugar. Silicone plastique was my first choice, but I didn't have any luck with it. I wasn't fast enough and it dried to quickly. The tutorials and information on this sight are wonderful, and how I learned how to do the bottles. Thank you to everyone who posted information on this topic.

Brooke

Not sure if the stuff i bought at Michael's is the same stuff you are talking about but i bought a big tub of this silcone mix last year. I was planning to make a plaster mold of my son's hand. I thought for sure it would be a pretty easy project, but it was more frustrating than anything. It was pretty easy to mix up, but man did that stuff set up fast. First time around i was thinking i would get a loaf pan and fill it with silicone and my son would kinda lay his hand in...nope didn't work..realized as i was pouring it in that i didn't mix enough of the silcone to cover his hand but by that point it was too late to mix more because it starts to set up soooo quickly. So then, we decided, lets get a cup, fill it with the silcone and he could place his hand in it. Well, that worked somewhat, but it was a crazy rush to get his hand in position before it set. Once set, we tried to carefully pull out his hand. At first i thought, the mold took, but it's was really hard to get a good look inside the mold. So we proceeded to fill the mold with the plaster, once dry it kinda pulled away from the mold, but the only way to get it out fully was to tear it out, thus ruining the mold. After it was all said and done the plaster mold it created was alright but i definitely don't think it was worth the cost and headache. That stuff was really expensive for a one time use.
So if that is the same stuff you are planning to use, i would say try and go online and see if you can find a mold already made. It will save you headache, and will likely be more durable than the mold this mix made. If this isn't the same stuff you are talking about pls except my apologies. I just figured i would share my experience with the silcone mold mixes.

Suz

Well...the first coat of mold builder is on the bottle. It's already clear (almost dry) so maybe I'll be able to put another coat on before I go to bed. I think I already messed up a little with my brush strokes. As I was brushing my way around the bottle, I overlapped the first stroke I made, and it kinda smudged it. Oh well, live in learn. ( I hate that saying)

I must say, it was harder to get the CLAY in the shape of the bottle for it to rest it as it forms. That stuff was HARD. I almost thought about nuking some fondant I have in the fridge and using it for the resting mold. LOL

Man, I really hope this works.

When I used the mold builder I put on many, many coats. The first several layers looked like they were pulling up the layers underneath, but it came out fine. I read on one of the threads and it said to alternate the direction you put the mold builder on i.e. 1st one vertical strokes, second horizontal, third, vertical, etc. That seemed to work well for me.
Be careful when you pour the sugar in the bottle--I used a tall playtex sippie cup to hold the bottle (another tip from a thread) when I poured the hot sugar in. The mold gets really hot, and super flexible. The sippie cup provided good support for me. Good luck.

Hi Sweetcreavings, sorry you had so much trouble with your product. I'm not sure what you bought at Michaels, but I've heard someone bought "The amazing mould Putty' and she really liked it.
I think there is a variety of products to make your own molds, but a friend from CC gave me the name of an Australian company that sells Elastosil silicone rubber and she really liked it. She used it to make her bottle molds. The name of the company is Dalchem and they're in Australia. http://www.dalchem.com.au/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=109 apparently they sell all the products to make professional flexible masks. I am planning to order from them when I figure out their shipping charges...I don't want to end up paying more for the shipping than what the products is worth...
Ok, good luck and don't give up...keep trying until you make perfect

OOh..the sippy cup is a good idea.....I read something about slipping the mold through a hole in a piece of cardboard to hold the mold, too...

But....then when do you place it in the clay mold?

From what I've understood from the posts, I was thinking that you place the mold in the clay holder, and pour the sugar in the mold, rotating the clay mold as you pour until the silicone mold is completely covered....

I am the queen of the run-on sentence.

Ditto

And sorry to ask such a stupid question...wouldn't a regular cup work just like a 'sippie cup'? what's the difference?

The sippie cup worked well for me because it was tall enough to support the bottle mold, and snug enough that it wasn't collapsing. I used the sippie cup when I poured in the sugar and rotated it. It's been a while since I made one, but I think that's what I did. The sippie also provided a little insulation from the heat, but I don't see why another kind of cup wouldn't work.

Here is a pic of my bottle after about 9 coats of the Mold Builder. After each coat has dried, I've kinda looked over it for any spots that seems thin that could be a potential weak spot in the mold, and brushed a little over that spot and let it dry. Then I apply a coat all over the entire bottle again

'ThisNameInUse' I love your nick, LOL

Wow, your mold came out perfect!!!
Thank you for bringing it...and forgive me if you already answered this question: which mold builder did you use? is it the one from Michaels?
and one last question. How long did you wait between coats?
Ok, thank you!