Vintage Glass Resin Molds!

[@thethoughtemporium]

If this is from the 60's I'd bet it's meant for "resin" in the form of like a urea-formaldyhyde resin which does shrink on curing. But even then I'm skeptical these ever would have worked as intended. Ironically, they'd be much better for molding silicone XD

[@peterbrownwastaken]

You're so right! I think saving the last few with some silicone would be a good plan!

[@stsfuzzybear4613]

Now you know why silicone is used today rather than glass. And why these molds are collector’s items. Fill them with jewel colored water, put a cork in the top and set them in a sunny window. What my Mom did with pretty glass bottles in the 50-60’s. To stand ‘em up use a blob of earthquake clay. Just learned about that stuff in and video. I’m from MA , soon moving to NH. Oh Mom used liquid food coloring. It won’t color the glass.

[@sinyok]

silicone also sticks to glass. don’t forget to spray mold release.

[@Somnifuge]

Can you still buy urea-formaldehyde resin? A Peter Brown back-in-time classic 60s project would be cool, too.

[@CaptianDerp69]

@@peterbrownwastaken ebay has some in box kits from Titian also resin but reusable called "PRESERVE FOREVER" they also refer to resin as liquid plastic (edit) after a quick google search it looks like the went out of business in 1979

[@cheptan1996]

The "it will rattle inside" instruction confirmed my suspision, whatever resin they presumed you would use was a kind that would shrink considerably as it hardens. Apparently we put 60 years of resin technology in preventing that and now you can't really use these molds.

[@SamuraiPipotchi]

I was thinking something similar. The second they didn't rattle, it was pretty clear that the resin would absorb a pretty significant amount of the impact.

[@X22GJP]

Stating the obvious.

[@blodpudding]

I remember old hobby resin. The kind you had to make sure you had ridiculous ventilation because it would burn your throat, nose, eyes, and ears without proper protection. And back then nobody used protection... hence AIDS.❤

[@ToxicMrSmith]

​@@blodpuddingTook me a half second to get that joke at the end...

[@glidershower]

​@@blodpudding lolz

[@babymarblehead]

HAHA Hey that was me, great to see you experiment with them. Glad that you have a great sense of nostalgia, too. Made my day.

[@peterbrownwastaken]

This is Brian?! Thank you VERY MUCH. I'm so sorry it didn't work out. :)

[@noeatnosleep]

​@@peterbrownwastakenit worked out great! Just not as expected.

[@babymarblehead]

@@peterbrownwastaken Nah that was fun... you could practice on unfrosted light bulbs, if you're determined to get one to work. Maybe resin light bulb pears will go viral! Otherwise they're yours, you're more than welcome to preserve them if you'd like. Nice to hear you guys laugh as I watch it again.

[@mrtjbiga1784]

"Peel the glass like you would a hard boiled egg". . I don't have enough band-aids In the house for that .

[@birdseyeview1543]

I did these and grapes with my mom in the 60's, I remember she used acrylic resin, the kind with a few drops of hardener. They almost always shrank a little when cured and the glass just falls off when you tap it.

[@DoctorKasul]

When it mentioned that "the cast should rattle inside the mold", I assumed that they expected you to use a resin that shrinks when it cures, and it would be the shrinking process that would release the cast easily from the mold. Ultimately, the problem was that you used a resin that was too good for this purpose lol If you ever plan on making one more of these, I would suggest using a high-viscosity polyester resin. That kind of resin tends to shrink around 10% of the total volume when they cure. I use them a lot and the advantage is that the castings always release from the mold by themselves. Also, loved the video, as always!

[@danielleroberson8735]

I hope he tried it again with the shrinkage resin 👀

[@marydybvig3129]

When you mix colors that use yellow, such as green, generally you need a lot more yellow than the other color to make it look right. A 50/50 yellow blue is always going to skew blue

[@TheAVJ2]

i thought the same thing too when i saw it

[@Ksweetpea]

I"m only a minute in but I would use the molds as an.... inner mold? to create a reusable casting because these are cool! Alternatively, save the box and have them matted and framed as a shop art

[@sethcarson5212]

Same thought about saving the boxes. Maybe flatten the boxes and cast them in resin to make a tray or clock or something. I saw a short not too long ago about wine bottles. Dude smashed it and glued the shards down with resin. Looked kinda cool.

[@stsfuzzybear4613]

@@sethcarson5212 : If you’re going to use the boxes in resin spray them with several coats of sealant so the inks don’t run.

[@YatriTrivedi]

I think it's worth a try with the older style resin, or perhaps with a liquid coating of mold release, the way a bartender might swirl vermouth in the martini glass before ditching it. I think it'll work - you paid the requisite blood sacrifice it looks like!

[@Katreyn_]

I would of probably just left the resin in the molds and been like "yep, just what I intended" more decor. 😆 You are much braver than I trying to break those.

[@CeeJayThe13th]

That's kinda what I was thinking. When it got to the glass breaking part my brain said, "well we won't be doing that!"

[@GiraffeFlavored]

Especially after confirming the first one didn't work! I was sad he didn't just leave the peach one alone, it looked much cooler/more interesting with the bottle and story around it anyways :(

[@DavidPlass]

@@GiraffeFlavoredsame. I figured he'd leave the peach alone.

[@tlh878]

After the pear shattered I would have kept the peach resin inside the glass as a decorative element. Especially since the colour was so nice.

[@cyrianredfoxveno]

I would recommend to do a silicone mold of the other ones so that way you can ways be able to remake them anytime you want and be able to hold onto such an incredible find.

[@undampedmule]

Really fantastic. Almost wanted to see you just keep the peach in the glass. Nice to see vintage craft molds with modern resin pours. I would never have expected the results .

[@melancholypolytheist4880]

Peaches took me so far down memory lane. I started trying to remember how to play Lump by the presidents before I even finished the video!

[@ncot_tech]

So what I learnt was bonding resin to glass makes a super hard, impact resistant material. And that people in the 60s were crazy.

[@amysprenkle9966]

Educational and entertaining! When you pulled them out of their boxes, they reminded me of a glass replica of those plastic fruit shapes that had powdered candy in them.

[@fthurman]

I'm guessing that those fruits were made similar to this. Though I've never seen the moulds themselves, I HAVE seen oodles of the resin fruits from the 60s/70s.

[@MrGhris]

I mean, they do peel like the eggs I normally peel.

[@redlady222]

😂😂😂 Truth!

[@Toonpish]

and you shed blood for the our entertainment--- Thank you for this is was fun and interesting 😀👍

[@crypticpanthergaming]

So my wife & I were watching your video as always, and when you started singing Peaches I started singing along with you, well let's say the look on my wife's face was utter shock & bewilderment as she doesn't know the Peaches song, it was amazing.

[@EnergeticAdvantage]

Preparing a stem and seeds, then casting them in a translucent apple or pear would look amazing

[@missymay279]

That peaches song was my highschool graduating class song of 2011 😂 We listened to it on a school trip to DC in 8th grade, and it stuck with us till graduation! Thanks for the flashbacks! Love your videos Peter

[@Squibbleses]

Walking on broken glass like it's Die Hard. A true christmas miracle.

[@sdspivey]

You could have filled with silicone or plaster, then make a silicone negative. Then you'd be able to make many. Also, put the glass into a bag, when breaking, that will contain the shards.

[@robinnicole4466]

That wasn't the point of this

[@lizcademy4809]

This actually brings back memories ... in the early 1970s there was a fad d-i-y toy called "klackers". This was two resin spheres, about tennis ball sized, with the ends of a single length of string cast into them. There was a special brass ring tied to the midpoint of the string. The goal was to hold the brass ring and shake it so the resin balls would move in vertical semi-circles, klacking together at the top and bottom of the swing. I did not make them, but a friend did and sold them for $2.00 a set. The ones I bought were blue. I don't know what type of molds she used, probably not glass. The glass molds could have dated to the same time period.

[@ares395]

Tennis ball sized...? That's insane. There are kids toys like that but tiny ones that you put around your finger

[@Fyreflier]

90's UK kid here and I remember those! They got banned at our school due to the injuries XD

[@jonathan__g]

Maybe it would be worth making a mold of the molds with some silicone. These are cool shapes. Even if in the end nothing you try works you could always make one with silicone afterwards.

[@Clunbeuh]

To preserve the rest of the "molds" have you thought about using silicon to make more molds with silicon for it?

[@derschwartzadder]

SiliconE. silicon is an element, silicone is a rubbery polymer.

[@Clarytee217]

Makes sense …. Epoxy is great for gluing glass. I use it for glass jewelry and to make mosaic candle holders.

[@lisamason5178]

I'm so grateful for silicone

[@madbradfreeman]

The right dremel wheel will let you (carefully) slice glass. It won't be perfect, but you could rescue one of these for reuse. Keep up the crazy good work!

[@TheOneCleanHippy]

Good to have you serenading us again. I miss that.

[@RedKincaid]

Absolutely lovely rendition of Peaches, nice to hear you sing one of my favorite songs

[@lokiwartooth1138]

6:52 I think those colors ended up perfect for the era

[@srenagade7133]

I love Mrs. Brown's comment. people in the 60's were crazy!

[@unadomandaperte]

People from the 60s may have been crazy, but they left us a beautiful legacy. ❤✌

[@mmgross144]

Probably good to use as a master mold for making silicone molds.

[@GreenChapstick86]

I would have been incredibly disappointed if you had not sung that for us. Presidents of the United States, its a 90's classic. My brother and I laughed about it the other day, it was so fresh in my memory it made me smile so big. Thank you for that!

[@jank330]

Thanks!

[@peterbrownwastaken]

Thank you!

[@BulletsInTime]

On the next episode of dye trying, I love to see you do more with makeup. Using foundation, mascara and eyeshadow, etc.

[@cry_9099]

i will proply never try resin, but i allways love watching your videos. your like the bob ross of resin to mee

[@MissSapphireBlack]

The peach song you sang unlocked a suppressed memory 😮 being 15 and completing my Silver Award for my Duke's of Edinburgh Award and having the song played loudly on repeat, at the campsite we had walked to, till about 3am. It was a big gang of people on bikes. The lack of sleep was haunting as we had another day of walking to do and we were shattered

[@DemonaruMusic]

3:15 was also the song I thought of immediately. Used to listen to that song SO MUCH as a kid.

[@Dunkable]

The Bowser Peach song!!!

[@MrJunk78]

Excuse me sir. But as someone with the last name Partridge, I assure you you know at least ONE pear related song. 😉

[@FuriosasWarRig]

His last name is brown..

[@sleeptalk2529]

its good to know that epoxy resin bonds so well with glass.

[@ritaadams8379]

I think I saw an address when you panned by the boxes. If there is a zip code, they would be newer than 1963... if that helps date them.

[@debbiejonesakagrannypanda3866]

The rest of the molds will make beautiful bottles, just add corks!

[@sgsax]

A fun experiment, regardless of the outcome. Recently went ot an antique store that had lots of fake grape bunches, made from both glass and resin. It was clearly a popular DIY decor item in the 50's & 60's. It never occurred to me that they could have also cast the grapes themselves, but maybe a similar product was used. As soon as you said "no song about peaches", I thought "The Presidents of the USA is right there." Was glad you remembered it. I'll be singing that all day in my head now. Thanks for sharing!

[@grantfielder]

Okay, here's a project idea. Take some 3D print poop, the extra 3D filament that pops out on multi-colored printers, and cast that into resin and make it cool bowl or something unique. Love your content. Keep it up!

[@myfavoriteviewer306]

I have 2 big bunches of "grapes" my grandpa made. One green, one purple, round glass molds were used for the fruits, then broken. Heavy wire was twisted and sunk into the resin before it cured, then the other ends were stuck in some driftwood type chunks of wood to hold the bunch together. Tales have been spun that there was a third bunch intended to be in the set, but one weekend my 8 year old uncle decided to give it a go. Apparently, his attempt didn't go well 😂

[@ChrissehCat]

Your wonderful rendition of "Peaches" by The Presidents of the United States of America made me hit the like button faster than ever.

[@opensourceq]

if you ever revisit this style of project i'd recommend putting the mold in a ziploc bag to catch all the bits of glass. i remember buying a whole geode from a tourist trap as a kid and it came with a little card telling you to put it inside an old sock before you smashed it to catch all the rock dust and chips

[@wimbeedoodle]

A good way to contain glass for next time (if you do a next time) is to wrap it in a few layers of an old cloth that you're okay with throwing away after, like an old t-shirt. Glass will tear through most other things you could cover it with, but cloth is pretty resilient. The added friction helps with whatever hammering tool you're using not just glancing off the curved surface. 👍 Even with the glass on, these could make for some pretty cool "light bulb" lamps. Love that you're so eager to try new things, looking forward to more! :D

[@prebuilttarget7191]

Peter I have a fun idea for a long dip it take a stir stick and when your done using it don't toss it let it cure with what color you have on it and save a lot of them and cast them in clear resin

[@invisiblesteve9523]

The peach song got my German shepherd puppy excited lol. She comes to hang out with me when I sing, but she's not used to hearing lower voices

[@stevenparker7922]

If you're going to try more, I would love to see you thermal shock the glass into breaking, especially since that would likely keep the resin in one piece

[@liammc47]

Came late to the comments section to suggest this. Put the glass in a pan and add water to the neck. Heat slowly to boiling. Plunge into iced water. I imagine that the resin would be more stable than the antique glass 😊

[@NehpetsNosliw]

Could you make silicon molds of the other ones, then use the silicon molds?

[@nocount7517]

Silicone might be a little easier to work with than silicon.

[@turdferguson8412]

Thanks.. now Peaches is going to be stuck in my head for days

[@sheenatalks8529]

Me thinking of the Bowser "Peaches" song immediately because my son is obsessed with the movie and I used to be a Jack Black fan 😂

[@FullmetalNFlame]

I came here looking for this. I was like what do you mean you don’t know any peaches songs

[@LynetteBunBun]

Peter I suspect that the resin that they used in the time of the creation of these molds were a ton softer due to newer resins being harder and may not adhere as much

[@DenisRicardo]

I guess resin technology has changed significantly since the 60s. Who knew?! Still a fun experiment and hopefully something new can be made from these experiments.

[@sk8rgirlo]

The burst of joy I got after racking my brain for a pear or peach related song, and then you starting singing the only one I thought of was amazing! It’s a shame the project didn’t work, but it seems like an unhinged idea even if it had worked, why wouldn’t people just paint the glass?

[@TheLukemcdaniel]

Would it help to score the glass with a cutter first? And maybe mold release?

[@sublimationman]

I've seen similar old molds like that, I think they were originally made for polyester resin and not epoxy. I use to cast polyester way back in the 70's and I can still smell it today!

[@sublimationman]

Oh, and polyester resin shrinks ever so slightly on cure (like 0.5%)

[@RadBonez]

Great video! I've never seen molds like that. Awesome rendition of Peaches by Presidents of the USA too 👍

[@maddieadams75]

😂 glass fusion with resin. Definitely the resin that was designed to be use in these molds are definitely not todays resin. Nice ❤

[@DavidPlass]

Thanks for the PUSA song! It was the only one I could think of too.

[@AJreborn624]

When you said you didn't know any peach songs I was shocked, but you came through in the end. Fun project as always! Although maybe we're better off leaving the past in the past...

[@corknut23]

Peaches peaches peaches....you even did a stain glass and sang the love song to princess peach. "I don't know any peach songs" LIES lol

[@Felivii]

Wow super cool, thank you for trying them out and showing us! I always enjoy when you show us even the things that dont "work out". I'd like to echo the idea of using the other shapes to create a mold. :)

[@jarheadcollector4560]

Crazy new idea, and you may have gotten this before. But what about wood shavings in resin. Something like the Murderbowl, but with wood shavings.

[@minecafe]

The one time you WANT glass to brake... lol

[@Alayses]

Sad it didn't work, would've loved to see them finished! But I guess you're right and it's the resin, as the instruction said the resin should "rattle" in the mold, so I assume they used resin that shrinks a bit when curing? Don't know if polyester resin does that. Will you try again with one of the remaining molds? Or leave them be?

[@kevinmcguire3792]

What a Smashing success.😅

[@Salabasama]

Hello Peter's Blood! It's nice to see you.

[@MagisterMalleus]

Fair play to you, sir. My dyspraxic ass was panicking the whole time you were pouring those. Compliments on your steady hands XD

[@oneshotme]

Now you know why you don't see those on the market anymore LOL I enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

[@dannysantos1266]

That was awesome! 100% not what I expected or wanted but you sincerely never disappoint. ✌🏾

[@PeekaBoo07ToYou]

I was waiting for Peaches, Peaches Peaches. Peaches Peaches and singing it thinking Bowser would be sad you didn't sing his song lol definitely not the outcome I expected from the resin! The Peach would have been a fun paperweight lol

[@vincemoser4636]

Love the Beck song, btw ....12 days of Christmas, Partridge in a Pear tree. Lol

[@LincolnWorld]

For a second I thought, "Evil, but genius prank idea. Send some unbreakable glass to a maker that will need to break it to finish their project." Then I realized that this is probably just a really bad old crafting idea, or what you mentioned about polyester resin being the original method. If you do something like this again, I'd recommend putting the glass into multiple layers of sealed thick freezer bags (ziplock style), then hit it with a hammer. Quicker to break, and way easier to clean up. Most of the time everything stays in the layers of bags.

[@AtanvarnoALDA]

This video is a stealth ad for the band Broken Peach 😁

[@waynegibbons352]

suggestion for next time when having to break glass - get a large ziplock freezer bag, stick the glass item in it, zip the bag closed, & gently break the glass with the object contained within. The ziplock bag should contain most of the glass shards.

[@andreachristenson7069]

A towel would also work, but a ziploc bag is probably best for filming.

[@kilgirlietrout]

Peaches was one of my favorite songs in high school.

[@JBLewis]

Peter is every bit as good as The Tim Traveler when it comes to song choices.

[@kimg5184]

I think making silicone molds from the glass ones would be awesome.

[@CFGossettAbbasHealingArts]

1960's glass and a 21st century epoxy resin is NOT a match made in Heaven. Great video content though. Thanks for sharing your experiment. It was a hoot!

[@almostaotaku640]

Fun fact, when I heard this man sing for the first time I replayed it many many times It’s just such a chill vibe

[@Mychron93]

Oh yusss a new asmr video for me to fall asleep to

[@rebeccahiebert3057]

I love watching you work. You have an awesome imagination and I am awed at the things you can do with resin. May you and yours have wonderful holidays and safe new years. I think i started watching you not long before you made the gummy axe handle?

[@Kreative_Rainbow]

Really pretty glass containers!! 🍑🍐 What a waste to break glass to get a resin item. I'm glad they came out with better methods. Even using the "right" resin would have been dangerous!! 😮 I see your skin did not come away unscathed...

[@allsuperlady]

Loved the singing I immediately thought of the peaches song.

[@Daithi354]

What about spraying the inside with mold release?

[@jessiepapabear4272]

You have not seen the Mario movie otherwise you would know a Peachs song by Jack Black, lol. Very cool project.

[@10223220]

Back in the late 70s my neighbor had an apple mold and it turned out amazing he made a shifter nob out of it👍

[@VagabondTE]

Glass can be surprisingly grippy with weird materials. I used to recycle hdpe plastic with Pyrex but I completely abandoned it because after just a few melts the plastic would permanently bond with the glass and shred it into extremely dangerous shards.

[@bethcaselman7952]

That was cool and also very interesting to see

[@hey.its.grace.16]

Yes!!! President of the United States! Great song!

[@Wordsnwood]

I think Annie Lennox would approve... Happy Christmas, Peter!

[@peterbrownwastaken]

Thank you. Happy Christmas Art.

[@txmac1966]

I think someone was playing a joke on you. I have used these in the past and the glass was much thinner. We're talking lightbulb thin. You might try this with Christmas ornaments they should be thin enough. When I did it, I used acrylic, and we had to be careful it didn't overheat and crack.

[@steelplatedheart]

although we've all agreed that modern resin is too good for these molds, I am very curious to know if they would have worked as intended with a shrinking resin. It certainly seems to be the case that the resin was making the glass much harder since the impact was going through it as a solid object, as opposed to a thin glass pane. Would it also shatter more cleanly so that there weren't tiny shards everywhere or no?

[@robthompson8285]

Wow, I can't believe they had resin back then 😮

[@smudgeyfluff610]

wow, that was REALLY cool to watch, even if it was a little sad if you hit uncladded resin like that, would it crack the same way? or was the glass focusing the damage somehow ?