Molding Shaving Cream

[PHArchivist]

Slightly off the beaten path, yes...


But I need to mold a dollop of shaving cream.

Tried freezing one to then do an alginate mold, but over night, it has not frozen...


So...

Short of sculpting, any ideas?

 

[xeno]

How about 3D scanning ?

 

[PHArchivist]

How about 3D scanning ?

I'm too simple and old school for that...

But thank you!

 

[xeno]

I know bakers use stiff baking grease to emulate whipped cream on cakes for display, maybe something like that ?

Or just use one of these, and don't forget to print in white

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[JPH]

Slightly off the beaten path, yes...


But I need to mold a dollop of shaving cream.

Tried freezing one to then do an alginate mold, but over night, it has not frozen...


So...

Short of sculpting, any ideas?

Use foam.

I made some Wolverine mask out of foam.

The lighter it is,the more floppy

Buy some white pigment

Purchase FOAM-iT!

Two-component water blown rigid liquid foams that are versatile and easy to use.

www.reynoldsam.com

 

[Darth Lars]

If you're moulding it, then I'd think you could squirt a few dollops of some kind of expanding construction foam that sets hard. Select the best ones to clear-coat before moulding.

Otherwise my first thought was: meringue.

 

[lmgill]

You may be able to simulate the texture and foam like quality of shaving cream with foam latex.

 

[joberg]

If you're moulding it, then I'd think you could squirt a few dollops of some kind of expanding construction foam that sets hard. Select the best ones to clear-coat before moulding.

Otherwise my first thought was: meringue.

I thought meringue also...easy to do/cook. Saying that, I made a paper weight project a few years ago; the subject was a melting ice cream cone.
I used plasticine covered in white resin. You could use that trick, because it really works well. I could post a pic later today.

 

[PHArchivist]

If you're moulding it, then I'd think you could squirt a few dollops of some kind of expanding construction foam that sets hard. Select the best ones to clear-coat before moulding.

Otherwise my first thought was: meringue.

Good idea on the construction foam...

 

[PHArchivist]

Found a workable solution - SOUR cream freezes up nicely; good enough to take an alginate mold.

Whipped cream likely would too, I suppose...

 

[PHArchivist]

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(if you haven't already figured it out)