it’s the next day and we’re back in our last video we took the silicon pokeball
last video we took the silicon pokeball
last video we took the silicon pokeball molds and melt it down candles and
molds and melt it down candles and
molds and melt it down candles and filled them up with wax I tried a couple
filled them up with wax I tried a couple
filled them up with wax I tried a couple of different methods for melting down
of different methods for melting down
of different methods for melting down the wax one method was just putting it
the wax one method was just putting it
the wax one method was just putting it in a pot and letting it slowly melt but
in a pot and letting it slowly melt but
in a pot and letting it slowly melt but I found a much faster way is just to
I found a much faster way is just to
I found a much faster way is just to stick it in the microwave for about
stick it in the microwave for about
stick it in the microwave for about three or four minutes this whole thing
three or four minutes this whole thing
three or four minutes this whole thing would go completely liquid with
would go completely liquid with
would go completely liquid with virtually no effort at all and at that
virtually no effort at all and at that
virtually no effort at all and at that point could just pour it in now I let
point could just pour it in now I let
point could just pour it in now I let these sit overnight and the interesting
these sit overnight and the interesting
these sit overnight and the interesting thing about wax is as it cools it
thing about wax is as it cools it
thing about wax is as it cools it actually shrinks so I had to come back
actually shrinks so I had to come back
actually shrinks so I had to come back multiple times throughout the evening
multiple times throughout the evening
multiple times throughout the evening and top it up with wax and hopefully we
and top it up with wax and hopefully we
and top it up with wax and hopefully we got a nice solid wax casting now I say
got a nice solid wax casting now I say
got a nice solid wax casting now I say let’s start with the red one I didn’t do
let’s start with the red one I didn’t do
let’s start with the red one I didn’t do a very good job pouring this I spilled
a very good job pouring this I spilled
a very good job pouring this I spilled all over the place I was hoping that
all over the place I was hoping that
all over the place I was hoping that this would just dry off to the point
this would just dry off to the point
this would just dry off to the point where we could just peel it up and off
where we could just peel it up and off
where we could just peel it up and off the counter and it looks like that’s
the counter and it looks like that’s
the counter and it looks like that’s going to be the case now all we need to
going to be the case now all we need to
going to be the case now all we need to do is take our little acrylic sleeve
do is take our little acrylic sleeve
do is take our little acrylic sleeve here and pop that off the mold I’m just
here and pop that off the mold I’m just
here and pop that off the mold I’m just going to push around the edges here to
going to push around the edges here to
going to push around the edges here to kind of crack that wax and then we’ll
kind of crack that wax and then we’ll
kind of crack that wax and then we’ll see if we can just peel it away I’m
see if we can just peel it away I’m
see if we can just peel it away I’m really curious to know what this looks
really curious to know what this looks
really curious to know what this looks like it’s really amazing how well that
like it’s really amazing how well that
like it’s really amazing how well that seals back together okay there we have
seals back together okay there we have
seals back together okay there we have it there’s our wax pokeball some areas
it there’s our wax pokeball some areas
it there’s our wax pokeball some areas look absolutely fantastic other areas
look absolutely fantastic other areas
look absolutely fantastic other areas look a little bit popped and bubbled it
look a little bit popped and bubbled it
look a little bit popped and bubbled it might be enough to work with though
might be enough to work with though
might be enough to work with though anyway there’s our red cast let’s see
anyway there’s our red cast let’s see
anyway there’s our red cast let’s see how the blue one turned out now with a
how the blue one turned out now with a
how the blue one turned out now with a blue one I actually poured in a little
blue one I actually poured in a little
blue one I actually poured in a little bit of extra wax on the top because I
bit of extra wax on the top because I
bit of extra wax on the top because I was hoping that as it shrunk it would
was hoping that as it shrunk it would
was hoping that as it shrunk it would suck that in but instead I think the top
suck that in but instead I think the top
suck that in but instead I think the top solidified before the bottom did if you
solidified before the bottom did if you
solidified before the bottom did if you look down here near the bottom of the
look down here near the bottom of the
look down here near the bottom of the mold you can see it’s really smooth and
mold you can see it’s really smooth and
mold you can see it’s really smooth and really clean but as we get closer to the
really clean but as we get closer to the
really clean but as we get closer to the top where the air bubbles would have got
top where the air bubbles would have got
top where the air bubbles would have got trapped it starts to get very
trapped it starts to get very
trapped it starts to get very contaminated with pockets from the air
contaminated with pockets from the air
contaminated with pockets from the air bubbles and you can clearly see how that
bubbles and you can clearly see how that
bubbles and you can clearly see how that translates into the casting as well so
translates into the casting as well so
translates into the casting as well so air bubbles are our number one enemy
air bubbles are our number one enemy
air bubbles are our number one enemy when it comes to casting the front of
when it comes to casting the front of
when it comes to casting the front of the ball came out looking really good
the ball came out looking really good
the ball came out looking really good though and the top of the ball is super
though and the top of the ball is super
though and the top of the ball is super smooth because there weren’t any bubbles
smooth because there weren’t any bubbles
smooth because there weren’t any bubbles there that would have been on the bottom
there that would have been on the bottom
there that would have been on the bottom of the mold so all the bubbles who have
of the mold so all the bubbles who have
of the mold so all the bubbles who have traveled upward and that came out
traveled upward and that came out
traveled upward and that came out looking pretty clean pretty nice I cut
looking pretty clean pretty nice I cut
looking pretty clean pretty nice I cut two more pieces of five-inch acrylic
two more pieces of five-inch acrylic
two more pieces of five-inch acrylic tubing and glued them to the space here
tubing and glued them to the space here
tubing and glued them to the space here and then I took a couple of wooden
and then I took a couple of wooden
and then I took a couple of wooden dowels and glued them to the basis of
dowels and glued them to the basis of
dowels and glued them to the basis of our pokeballs what I was hoping to do
our pokeballs what I was hoping to do
our pokeballs what I was hoping to do with these was make some kind of a mold
with these was make some kind of a mold
with these was make some kind of a mold say out of plaster and then we could
say out of plaster and then we could
say out of plaster and then we could melt the wax out which would leave a
melt the wax out which would leave a
melt the wax out which would leave a cavity
cavity
cavity that we could perhaps turn into aluminum
that we could perhaps turn into aluminum
that we could perhaps turn into aluminum now I don’t expect it’s going to be
now I don’t expect it’s going to be
now I don’t expect it’s going to be perfect but I think it will be fun so
perfect but I think it will be fun so
perfect but I think it will be fun so let’s try that next
oh my ball this came off diggit no once
oh my ball this came off diggit no once the plaster is hardened we should be
the plaster is hardened we should be
the plaster is hardened we should be able to take it out and put it in the
able to take it out and put it in the
able to take it out and put it in the oven to bake out the wax which will
oven to bake out the wax which will
oven to bake out the wax which will hopefully leave a Pokeball cavity that
hopefully leave a Pokeball cavity that
hopefully leave a Pokeball cavity that we can fill with molten aluminum but in
we can fill with molten aluminum but in
we can fill with molten aluminum but in the meantime we still have some of our
the meantime we still have some of our
the meantime we still have some of our leftover gummy chicken so what if we
leftover gummy chicken so what if we
leftover gummy chicken so what if we tried melting that down and filling up
tried melting that down and filling up
tried melting that down and filling up our molds with that as well oh yeah
our molds with that as well oh yeah
our molds with that as well oh yeah there we go good stuff that’s down
there we go good stuff that’s down
there we go good stuff that’s down pretty quickly doesn’t it
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[Music] it’s been about an hour let’s take a
it’s been about an hour let’s take a
it’s been about an hour let’s take a look at those plaster molds and see if
look at those plaster molds and see if
look at those plaster molds and see if they’re ready to come out so the wood
they’re ready to come out so the wood
they’re ready to come out so the wood dolls did actually stay down because the
dolls did actually stay down because the
dolls did actually stay down because the wax balls that floated up that’s a
wax balls that floated up that’s a
wax balls that floated up that’s a bummer
bummer
bummer [Music]
there we go I sure wouldn’t plug it’s
there we go I sure wouldn’t plug it’s your wax ball still in there very nice
your wax ball still in there very nice
your wax ball still in there very nice okay we got our plaster of Paris out of
okay we got our plaster of Paris out of
okay we got our plaster of Paris out of the molds now and they’ve got these
the molds now and they’ve got these
the molds now and they’ve got these holes here exposing the wax the idea is
holes here exposing the wax the idea is
holes here exposing the wax the idea is if we stick them in the oven upside down
if we stick them in the oven upside down
if we stick them in the oven upside down we should be able to melt the wax and
we should be able to melt the wax and
we should be able to melt the wax and collect it down here this should leave a
collect it down here this should leave a
collect it down here this should leave a cavity of a Pokeball mold inside which
cavity of a Pokeball mold inside which
cavity of a Pokeball mold inside which we may be able to fill up with aluminum
we may be able to fill up with aluminum
we may be able to fill up with aluminum who knows we’re about to find out right
who knows we’re about to find out right
who knows we’re about to find out right so just to recap what happened today we
so just to recap what happened today we
so just to recap what happened today we took wax pokéballs we solidified them
took wax pokéballs we solidified them
took wax pokéballs we solidified them in a mixture of plaster of Paris and
in a mixture of plaster of Paris and
in a mixture of plaster of Paris and sand and then we put those castings in
sand and then we put those castings in
sand and then we put those castings in the oven to melt the wax and leave a
the oven to melt the wax and leave a
the oven to melt the wax and leave a cavity that we can pour mold aluminum
cavity that we can pour mold aluminum
cavity that we can pour mold aluminum into with any luck though that’s left
into with any luck though that’s left
into with any luck though that’s left the perfect Pokeball cavity in there I
the perfect Pokeball cavity in there I
the perfect Pokeball cavity in there I mean it’s perfect as we can get it the
mean it’s perfect as we can get it the
mean it’s perfect as we can get it the idea is if we can cook out most of the
idea is if we can cook out most of the
idea is if we can cook out most of the gases from the plaster today then if we
gases from the plaster today then if we
gases from the plaster today then if we pour molten aluminum tomorrow we’ll have
pour molten aluminum tomorrow we’ll have
pour molten aluminum tomorrow we’ll have a better chance at getting a good cast
a better chance at getting a good cast
a better chance at getting a good cast and as for our gummy and chocolate
and as for our gummy and chocolate
and as for our gummy and chocolate pokeballs I’m going to leave those in
pokeballs I’m going to leave those in
pokeballs I’m going to leave those in the fridge overnight and we’ll open
the fridge overnight and we’ll open
the fridge overnight and we’ll open those up and see how they turned out
those up and see how they turned out
those up and see how they turned out tomorrow as well the other benefit to
tomorrow as well the other benefit to
tomorrow as well the other benefit to heating these things up in the oven is
heating these things up in the oven is
heating these things up in the oven is it’s going to make these molds warm so
it’s going to make these molds warm so
it’s going to make these molds warm so when we pour our aluminum casting it’s
when we pour our aluminum casting it’s
when we pour our aluminum casting it’s not going to have to warm it up so will
not going to have to warm it up so will
not going to have to warm it up so will our plaster molds work will our molten
our plaster molds work will our molten
our plaster molds work will our molten aluminum actually form a solid aluminum
aluminum actually form a solid aluminum
aluminum actually form a solid aluminum Pokeball you’re gonna have to find out
Pokeball you’re gonna have to find out
Pokeball you’re gonna have to find out in the next video so in the meantime
in the next video so in the meantime
in the next video so in the meantime thanks for joining me for this
thanks for joining me for this
thanks for joining me for this experiment I’ll be looking for you the
experiment I’ll be looking for you the
experiment I’ll be looking for you the next one doc you then
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