No dumb questions. Liquid plastic is resin absolutely. And on the mold question the only reason to store in a sealed container is dust and it could just be wiped off. I store mine on a shelf in the garage with no container. And had no problems.

I use smooth cast 325 from Reynolds. The whole smooth cast line is great.

It comes in different cure times from extremely fast (minutes) to hours curetime. I understand budget and convenience, people will get resin from Michaels or hobby lobby but it's not great product.

@@flanagancreations1673 yeah. It doesn’t pay to get cheap. End up wasting a lot. Ty!

I like using bigger pieces personally. But really up to you. Bigger pieces I can plan where they are inside the mold.

I use to. Been venturing back into creating so may start again.

Not sure on this. Where did you get them?

Mostly amazon. They are pink if that makes a difference. ;) 😊

@@jenniferchristenson4200 do you have Instagram?

Really happy you enjoy them. I may make more videos but not sure on subject matter. Do you think more resin tutorials would be useful?

@@flanagancreations1673 I like your sculpting style and seeing how you cast them would be icing on the cake. Loved the clear casts with bones inside that you did.

This was a super sculpey (polymer clay) sculpt.

Totally doable. 3D print resin has to be molded with tin cure silicone because of cure inhibition.

This was a great comment. Had this problem before too if there's any kind of dust on the silicone. So I always make sure they're clean now

Any thing sulfur free works.

Glad you liked it, been so busy but may do some more videos in the future.

It was digital designed by a fellow artist and 3d printed by me. Then I molded it

Hope it was helpful

Yeap. Plastic cup, cardboard base works perfect

It shouldn't ruin the item. If you're worried you can use double sided tape or anything else you like. The goal is to not have the original sculpture float or move at all, so securing it is essential. The jagged cut is so that the mold fits together in only a single orientation. If it's smooth you might have slipping occur during curing which would ruin your model. Think like a puzzle with only two pieces, you want them to fit as snug as possible.

Glad it was helpful. I plan on making more videos soon.

@@flanagancreations1673 omg yes! please do! dang it's been a while since you last uploaded :o. i'd love for you to post some of your projects, some what not to do's, cool tricks and stuff in general! excited to see your future videos! :D

The reason i do it is that i use a 15 minute cure resin. So to add A and B plus pigment all at once its hard to get the color evenly mixed.

I get about 25 maybe 30 if i take my time demolding each time

He appears to be using Smooth-On products. Check out Reynolds Advanced Materials. Salute