I always get a little giggle when a video starts with "I've never done this before"... but then I saw those little hands enter the water, so trusting of Dad. All I could think was... wow, dad is really showing them how to not be afraid to try something new. A truly invaluable life lesson, AND an amazing bonding moment. They grow up so fast, you need every moment like this you can get! Awesome video, awesome technique and awesome Dad. Win-win all around!

Over the past couple of weeks I have tried several different methods for making molds. This by far was the easiest & cleanest, and my results were dead on! So happy. Thank you for your video!!!!

Got the family involved... best part of this video! MAN, just seeing the little one get her hands in there with no fear .... and shes so careful...gave me the giggles LOL! She sure trusts her daddy! great video!! Anything a family can do together is wonderful and yet sadly rare. Please keep it going as long as you can! Best wishes!

I love videos that start with "I've never done this before".

I've been putting it off, but now I'm ready to try this method of mold making. Thanks so so much! No pointless chatter, no bad music. Just a dude, his kids, and a straightforward how-to video♡♡ thanks

One more person who loves how you let your kids help, and I mean *actually* help, not in a lesser, “kid” way that just pays lip service. You didn’t patronize them, you gave them clear, adult instructions and genuinely trusted them to do things. I have a feeling they get to do that kind of thing with you often. 11/10 parenting.

Nice little video. This is a mold making technique I've used quite a lot. I have found that if you keep the silicone to 3/8 of an inch thick-10 to 12 mm it will cure a lot faster. To keep the mold from being floppy and to give it some additional strength I pour a Plaster of Paris mother mold around the silicone before I demold. This technique uses a lot less silicone and the silicone sets up more quickly. I also use canola spray cooking oil (the only good use for the stuff) as a mold release. Nice to see your kids involved. My own Dad had no idea how much I learned from him by watching and helping out here and there. 55 years later I still think of him when I pick up certain tools or do a bit of gilding.

What a sweet helper you've got I love to see kids help with experiments ♥️ No arguing, just working together. Love it

Brilliant! I also love your kiddos being involved! My Dad would always let me and even my kids hang out in his workshop with him, always letting us help him and not only did I learn and absorb so much helpful skills from him, but it was one of the most special moments spent with my Dad. Same for my kids. Our most favorite memories involve spending quality time with him, helping build things and those memories really mean so much! Love your channel!

Awesome, teaching your children the right way. I could only imagine how it feels to be allowed to help and touch. Keep up the great work Dad.👍Nanny Rodrigues 🥰🌟

Idk what I better, the tutorial, the little hand, one following the other, or your gentle voice whilst said little hands helped. I’ll subscribe for this alone.

Hahaha! He used the kids for free labor! I LOVE it! I love to see kids involved in projects! Less time behind a screen and more time doing! Great vid!

I too have made "free" silicone molds, by using a half empty bottle of casting silicone. I made "free" resin casts by using half empty gallons of casting resin. Jokes aside, I love watching stuff like this because it's always fun to see what projects people end up making.

Definitely a Dad teaching video! How awesome you are Dad!

Three sets of precious little hands, and a baby crying in the background. What more could a person want!

Love your daughter helping. That is awesome!

I have never heard of this process before. Thank you!

I love the family's participation !!!

I think it’s great that you let the children assist in the project. I believe it to be a very good way for them to learn to be hands-on and promote creativity:-).

A great teaching moment for the lil ones! This methid is far cheaper than the way I've been making my silicone molds!

Great video thank you! I've been wanting to make moulds for a few years for my diecast car restoration and customization hobby, as buying replacements parts is ridiculously expensive, a classic supply and demand situation where the supply is very limited, the demand is skyrocketing now that there's tons of channels of people doing this now, whereas when I started 25 plus years ago, there was nobody, then the first few started popping up when the PC became more and more affordable, and more powerful. SO today there's loads of channels and very few descent resources for good replacement parts. I'm disabled so I can't afford to buy the "proper" mixes, they're incredibly expensive and some very complex as well. This is a great way to mix your own at home for very little cost. I would suggest a small investment in buying a spray release, so you spray the part, or parts you want to create moulds from before setting the mix over and that makes it very easy to remove the part/parts and makes it less likely to get holes, tears, or bubbles. When you have the moulds made you spray the inside before pouring whatever you use to create your new parts and they come out pretty easy. So for this small investment, added to whatever it costs for a tube of silicone, and everybody has dish soap you can save a LOT of cheddar brother! Great stuff, and awesome that you get the kids involved, I always love seeing that. I always tried to get my sons (three of them) involved in anything I was doing that I could get them interested in, such as playing guitar, and it just creates an even closer bond with your kids, and gives them a sort of template which they can use in anything they get involved with for the rest of their lives. Mine are all adults, my youngest son is 28, the middle son is 30, and my eldest son is 33. They all play circles around me with their guitars, so you may want to be selective in what you teach them, nobody likes being made look like an amature guitar player after 40 plus years playing, when they had about two years behind them they were much, much better than I ever was!! HOW DARE THEY!!?? ") Take care brother from Canada! Jack ~'()'~

Love seeing the kids working with there hands. Good Job kids!

what a great idea to use silicon in a tube because purpose made moulding silicones and resins are really expensive so yeah this has opened up new possibilities

Amazon Resin mold = $13 (3) Used tubes of silicon = $32.50 Getting your children involved = Priceless !!! Good job Mate! That mold will last forever in the hearts and memories ;)

Great job it’s really good to see you involve your family in your interest and have fun with them 👍👍 Once again great vid thanks for sharing 👍👍

Great Dad moments! What a family adventure!

You are giving this child lifetime of memories and So good at what you’re doing I wish I was young enough to do this thank you

Great Video mate. Informative, and great to see a father teaching his kids and interacting with them. So many kids today suffer for the lack of attention paid by either parent. Shows your charter mate. A real man. 😉

What I should have said is, what price to feel and help Dad. And Dad letting his child, priceless. Sherie Rodrigues 🙂

Used a soapy buckets are great for working cleanly with sealants. I had to water proof some HVAC duct on some control rooms. The manufacturer claimed it was weatherproof, but it failed the IP test. Pressure fans had already been installed and there was only a small access hatch. I had a bucket with soapy water I put sikaflex in and put patties around the flange them smoothed them over. One downside of soapy water is it dries your hands out, a bucket of spit would actually work better.

Thanks this worked great for me I just used some mdf to make a box, made a 'floor' of silicone, set my block on that then built up the sides.

Looks good I would love to see a video of you using your home made mould. Well done for including your kids, it's great to see young ones learning skills.

Hi, Toby. Glad you like my hint. I also put soap in the water, then I coat mould with a little bit of soap. Happy Holidays

Next time use a layer of petroleum jelly on your mold mate, It would save you a lot of trouble with the removal after the silicone had set up.

😂Brains, I just love it! Thats my Grandson and me.

Some great inspiration there dude. I've been looking to make a mold out of a similar design and kept stumbling across hugely expensive rubber mold kits. I'm much more keen on experimenting with cheaper material like this. Definitely going to give it a shot! For a few bucks, no brainer. Thanks for sharing!

I’m going to have a go at making some soap molds using this method, they are ridiculously expensive...thanks for sharing

AWESOME!! GREAT VIDEO! Lizzie

Good to you got the kids involved, teaching them this while they are young is a good thing.

Loved your interaction with your child. Lovely way to start a great video

Awesome video! I would like to see how you use the mold you made.

Hmm, try using a painters plastic edger as a trowel next time you can just keep it wet. Might work better than hands and keep gaps and air out.

I love that you enlist the kids in this project. I bet you teach them also how to do tattoos!

Good first try! A few pointers, you can use either Vaseline or non stick cooking spray to get it to release easier. Also, this type of silicone is meant to be applied as a bead. If you are making something thicker than 1/2 inch it needs more time to fully cure. If you can smell that vinegar smell than it is still drying. After 24 hours you can remove it from the mould so it can get more surface area to release moisture but something that size should be allowed to dry for another 7 to 10 days before it is fully cured.

You can repair your mold with a thin layer of fresh silicone as glue. Smooth well. I do this all the time for wax molds that tear out.

This is brilliant! I've tried using caulking before but have never done the soapy water trick. Can't wait to try it on some wood/resin knife scales.

It’s so beautiful how you are with your kids . God bless you and your family 🙏🏻❤️

Lovely idea. Thanks to your little helpers too for showing their efforts .👍🥇

What a fantastic video, love that you had your children working with you. Get them interested in a hobby now and you'll worry less when they are teenagers. What type of soap did you use and how much? Was it a purple colour? Thanks for posting. Cheers from Canada.

I'm so glad I watched the video from the start as, had I seen you pulling the stuff out of the bucket first, I'd have thought it was a tapeworm or something! Great to see children involved with their parents doing crafts, I love trying things with my grandchildren.

Great video, thanks!! You have got to be the most patient dad around, I would have gone nuts with all those little hands!

What I loved was the child and father working together great job family bonding time

"Braaaaains....!" And I laughed so hard 😂😅

How much silicone did you use for this mold? Thanks for the video, I’m going to try this myself.

Brilliant video love the home schooling :) thank you for sharing

Thank you so much for this video. I tried it last night and it worked perfectly! I was surprised how easily the mold popped off.

Teaching the children is awesome. I've made a few like this but the smell stayed on them for months. Did you notice that?

Why not just squeeze the silicone into the form? I spray the form with a little PAM cooking spray and squeeze from tube to form, then place it somewhere warm to sit. Works every time for me. No water, no fuss.

Loved it!! great time with the kids getting involved

Awesome idea! Thanks for sharing!

How can a kid do this while I can't?!? :D Mine silicone stays sticky as hell. :(

B R A I N S ! !

I love the dough comment, she obviously is very hands on and helps out in the kitchen 👍

Just found your channel. Loved the content, and also that you took the time to let the younger ones be involved. It develops a love of learning and doing in them. The world needs all of that it can get. Good on ya!

Not sure the “free” comes in. You paid for the silicone (unless a worksite had shutdown😋)

Came out really well mate I did a similar vid on my channel using the same silicone plus cornflour. You should check it out. Good job though buddy 👍🏻

I found your video really useful and interesting I shall definitely try it thank you. I loved the way you got your children involved.

Brilliant ,you just solved a question I’ve been trying figure out for ages 👍🏻😎

Holy crap! Are you running a day care center? Or a all those crotch goblins yours? If so, respect. Most parents understandably fear being outnumbered by their reproductive products.

use release spray before you put the silicone in

Thank you. I really appreciate the way you explained about silicone molding. I have looked everywhere on youtube. The fact you used your daughtet was great. I was afraid the mold would be like cement. Instead it was flexible. I do resin and am trying to do molds. So thanks again.

You have such calm, well behaved children who followed what you asking them to do really well. A pleasure to watch and listen to. And you have the patience of a saint with some of those comments... :)

Great video, but I couldn’t get over feeling like “washing up liquid” is a LOT more work than just saying “soap”.

Not exactly free someone has to pay for the silicone tubes

First time I've seen this method using the water! Will have to give it a go

Love all the lil hand helpers!!!

"Totally FREE!", guess I'll just walk into Home Depot and pick up my free caulk and dish soap...

I loved watching this video. Creating something👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼

Great family effort!! Love it!

Lovely to see you share this with your children. 👌👏

U win even if this doesn't turn out. How BEAUTIFUL that you have the kids working with you . Bravo. Reminds me of working with my dad.

I just forget to follow how to make the silicone mold I was enjoying with kids hands and will be loved the family so really to have nice family it's getting this lots of idea for help people who confuse this life so thank you my God bless you with all family really I appreciate I'm happy thank you for showing everything about silicone March have a nice time they happy

It made me happy to watch and subscribe. I wish your family well.

God bless those little sweet hands that helped you. So well behaved and team work. Great video.

Bloody brilliant....many hands make light work😉❤️✌🏻❤️

Any video with children helping and learning is a super video. Thanks

Your little helpers did a great job!

good teamwork😎, amazing!

what is this in the bucket ? drop on silicone paste but how many time to process round ? please answer me

I love it, so easy, off to make soap moods now, thank you ❤

Mate that was pretty sweet to watch. I am just starting out making knife handles (and eventually once I get time and money to build a forge I will make the blades themselves) and this will be a better option than constantly making melamine moulds for scales etc. Cheers

Well done, great video! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌟

Try using a release agent. Spray can costs about £2.50 in the UK. I use silicone for many building projects and have never seen it used like this before. Great idea. Lovely to get your daughter involved, best way for her to learn life skills and have fun with her dad at the same time.

nice idea, nice famely! God speed and support!

Very cool!! Thanks!

This is so cool!

Your kid has really skilled hands. I can tell the aptitude for making things is there. Quick question: why do you place the silicone in water first and not directly into the mould?

thanks for sharing ,perfect job i got question , what happen if you set the silicon directly to the mold??

Hello. Very useful video. What is the max temperature that silicone has? I want to make a mold for a fishing lead. Would it do?

That was interesting approach. Was the object of the soapy water to lube the mold and keep the silicone from sticking? Would Pam spray do the same thing if that was the case? Although my granddaughter would definitely enjoy your approach more.