Experimenting with Oyumaru and Milliput
I purchased Oyumaru and Milliput via Amazon. The internet is amazing. One item was shipped direct from Japan, and the other from the UK, all at no extra cost!
Oyumaru is a reusable plastic casting medium, although I don't know whether that is its original or intended purpose. I can't read kanji.
Each box contains six sticks of plastic, which are heated in boiling water until they are pliable enough to mix together as one amorphous blob. Then the soft (and very hot) blob can be carefully pressed over whatever shape you want to cast. It turns out I only needed 2 sticks for this, not the 3 I used, so the excess blob became a handle.
And here's attempt #1 at using Milliput as a casting medium! Milliput is a 2-part epoxy that can be used as an adhesive, gap filler, sculpting medium, or any number of other things. I used the white superfine variety. I would advise heeding the instructions and keeping water on hand. Also, make sure you don't leave Milliput residue anywhere if you can help it, so keep a damp rag nearby to help wash up too.
Not bad for a first attempt.
Thank for sharing your experience with oyumaru and milliput.
Can you reuse oyumaru for the second time?.
If it isn't contaminated by residue, it can be used and re-used indefinitely by simply reheating it.
Thanks for replying.
Very interesting! I knew of neither product prior to your post, and appreciate extending my potential to fix things via these products.
Out of curiosity, do you have an application in mind for using these products, or are you just learning how to use them for general purposes?
I plan to use this to make custom bases for miniatures. I have even seen videos where people have made two-piece molds for more complex projects. One potential idea for parents might be duplicating action figure and doll accessories so the originals can be kept somewhere safe, and the duplicates can be lost or broken without concern.
@jacobtothe nice good job man keep up the good work
Oooh I got some great ideas thanks to this post! Thanks!