hey guys welcome back thanks for joining
us today on the king of random in the
past we’ve had a few videos using
silicone rubber to make a mold of an
object we already had and then cast it
in a new kind of material this is a
great way to make a copy of something
that you already have we had a comment
request from hon – oh nice tres as
saying you should take a vinyl record
and cast it in silicone then poured
epoxy or resin in the mold to see if it
sounds the same well hon donee stress as
we think this is a great idea so we have
a vinyl record and a record player we’re
going to try making a silicone mold of
the record and then cast it and resin to
see if we can get a playable copy first
we have to test that our vinyl records
will play this is a record of some
Mozart music
[Music]
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
it can be fun messing with the settings
on a record player alright we now know
our record play as well so it’s time to
start prepping it to be molded so we can
cast a copy of it I have some oil-based
clay and I’m gonna be using that to make
a border wall that goes around our
record that will hold it in when we pour
it onto the record so it doesn’t flood
the whole table there’s a slight chance
that the vinyl record will try to float
on the silicone so I’m also going to use
a little bit of clay on for points
around the edges of the record to try
and hold it down to the table these
little bits of clay will show up in our
casting which is too bad but I don’t
know another way to make sure that our
record doesn’t go anywhere they should
easily trim off and they shouldn’t
affect the playing of the music at all
with the record secured in place I’m now
going to take some more clay and make a
wall that runs all the way around it
[Music]
now let’s mix up some silicone to pour
onto our record because we don’t want
this to go too quickly and we want to
make sure it gets into all the tiny
grooves of the record I am using the
green catalyst which is much slower now
we want to make sure that we get all of
the air bubbles out of this silicone so
let’s throw in the vacuum chamber and
start sucking
[Applause]
Silicon should now be almost entirely
bubble free I’m just gonna clean off the
record really quick and then we’ll start
pouring it on probably more official
ways you’re supposed to clean records
and someone out there is furious with me
for using a paper towel all right I
think that’s pretty good let’s add our
silicone I’m starting by pouring the
silicone right into the middle to let
the rubber just sort of flow over the
record that’s usually a good method to
get it to get into all of the tiny
little cracks and grooves and courage it
a little bit here at this point our
record is completely covered and our
silicone is still going to keep flowing
a little bit and reach the very edges
and settle itself down into a nice flat
surface
this type of silicone and catalyst
should take at least 12 hours to cure so
we’ll come back tomorrow and see how our
mold has turned out our first layer of
silicone is cured and dry and we could
take it off now but I want to be able to
reinforce it just a little bit so I am
going to add another layer of silicone
over the top of it to make it a little
thicker and hopefully a little smoother
this layer of silicone isn’t going to be
in contact with the record at all so it
doesn’t matter if it says bubble free
and perfect as the last one
so I’m not gonna use the vacuum chamber
on it I’m gonna use the red
faster-acting catalyst this layer of
silicone should only take about 45
minutes to cure so once it’s ready we’ll
de mold the record
start by peeling all of the clay off and
get it out of the way this is an oil
base to play it doesn’t dry out so this
is still good to just save and use for
another project
that’s coming off and really nicely
beautiful so if you get in really close
you can see the ridges from the record
all the way around all of the tiny
little grooves are visible in the
silicon with this trim off the extra on
the middle here with our records
successfully molded I have two different
types of resin I’m going to try using to
cast this record the two types of resin
amusing looked pretty similar but this
type takes about 15 to 20 minutes to
cure and harden and this type takes up
to 24 hours so I’m going to try both of
them and see if we get any sort of good
playable result from either one I’m
going to start with the fast-acting
resin this mixes together in a
one-to-one ratio so equal parts of both
but first I’m gonna lay down some
protective cover because there’s a good
chance some of the resident will spill
off of the record mold and onto the
table we also want to make sure that our
mold is clear of any dust or dirt
now before I start mixing and pouring my
resin I am gonna take a little bit of
the oil-based clay and try and add some
barriers where I have these marks in the
silicone this is just in an effort to
make sure that the resin doesn’t run
down through those gaps and onto the
foil too much because I do need it to
build up on the record a little bit and
the clay isn’t really going to stick to
the silicone much but hopefully it will
stay on there enough to make a
difference now I’m going to pour the
first half into the second half and mix
it up this resin does start to cure
pretty quickly so I’m gonna have to be
fairly quick in my mixing all right I
think that’s pretty well mixed now I’m
gonna pour it onto the mold my resin is
already starting to thicken up a little
bit not pouring out of the cup as easily
as it was when I started yeah rigid me
it was like a warm syrup oh there we go
it it’s barely even liquid anymore
now the resin in the cup had more mass
of the resin all stuck together as a
result its own heat would speed up the
catalyzation process turning it rigid
the resin on the record mold is a lot
more spread out so it’s not holding a
heat as well so it’s not catalyzing
quite as quick you can see that while
this is basically solid at this point
it’s still flexible but it’s not sticky
anymore these little drips over here
they’re still quite gummy and even a
little bit liquid so let’s give this
resin 15 to 20 minutes to cure before we
take it out of the mold clean up the
edges and fix the hole in the center
before we see if it will play on our
record player all right our resin is now
mostly cured it’s definitely cured
enough that I feel comfortable pulling
it out of the mold let’s see how it
turned out
now while the resin is still a little
bit soft I’m gonna try and use a razor
blade and trim off these excess spillage
areas interesting parts visible where
there were a lot of bubbles near the
surface that’s one of the downsides of
this type of resin it does tend to get a
lot of bubbles and because it catalyzes
so quickly there isn’t time to put it in
a vacuum chamber all right I’m going to
try putting our original record down on
to the player and then put our cast
record on top of at the original record
should hold it rigid enough that it
stays flat it’s playing play oh it’s
worse audio quality definitely listen to
all those crackles and pops scratchy
stereo noises getting in there
interference definitely but it’s playing
on our molded and past record oh there
that’s so cool
oh the audio quality is so much worse
it’s making scratching sounds every
second but that’s so cool I think it’s
also quieter interestingly enough I’m
gonna try to play the same spot on both
the copy and the original it’s gonna be
a little tricky but we’ll try there in
the blank spot
[Music]
well it does play it’s a playing record
Oh buddy oh my gosh so I didn’t really
have a lot of high hopes that this resin
would work very well it casts very
quickly it gets fairly warm and I didn’t
think it would pick up quite enough
detail to really be able to make out
that it was music I thought maybe we
would get some scratching noises from it
but the fact that we can definitely tell
what music is being played is amazing we
have achieved a level of success with
our first casting now we’re going to try
our slower resin which is actually going
to get put in the vacuum chamber to
remove all of the bubbles and then it
takes as much as 24 hours to cure we
start out the same way by mixing up even
portions of our side a and side B resin
I’ve also got a new color that I’m going
to try adding to this resin
all right I’d say that’s now evenly
mixed you can see how many bubbles
mixing it introduced into that resin
it’s just completely full of bubbles at
this point that’s why we’re gonna throw
in the vacuum chamber and suck them all
out
I’m not sure this one will get high
enough that I have to drop it or not
it’s not super consistent with this
resin you can see some of the bubbles
starting to get pulled out Oh excellent
didn’t have to drop the pressure at all
now it’s just sucking air out of the
resin looks like boiling candy actually
looks a lot like when we made the candy
for the thumb suckers looks pretty much
just like the boiling sugar there are
still a few bubbles rising up but I
think at this point that’s just the
alcohol from the ink dye that I used
boiling in the low pressure and it
slowly let some air back in see what
happens to all those bubbles I bet they
just disappeared
try and get to the very edge on all the
parts of the record this time so we
don’t have that little gap that we had
on our first casting Ryan I think that’s
going all the way to the edges
everywhere it is spilling out in a
couple of spots but that shouldn’t be a
big problem does look like right here
it’s probably a little bit thin you can
maybe see that the green of the silicone
is showing through a little bit more
right there but it is still covered and
I think it will still turn out just fine
and now our second type of resident is
cured I did have something odd happen I
pointed out where there was a thin spot
in the resin while it was curing a hole
did form in that thin spot on the mold I
mixed up a small second batch of the
clear resin and I poured that on as a
sort of patch where it had gone so thin
that you could actually see the silicone
right through it and then I reinforced a
couple other small spots that looked
like they were pretty thin as well but
at this point everything is cured and
it’s ready to be molded looks like it’s
coming off the actual record just fine
which is what we were hoping for
right here you can see the patch where I
filled in the gap and I didn’t use any
yellow dye in this spot so that’s why we
have sort of a clear spot in the middle
and then you can see the a little bit of
the texture around the edges where it
was red it doesn’t like to spread super
nice and thin but I don’t think that
should affect a plane because that’s
just on the back side on the front it’s
just perfectly smooth looks like
uninterrupted record just like you would
want to see it
our they are record down it is I think
maybe not a hundred percent cured it
feels like it might be a little flimsy
but it’s not much different from an
actual vinyl record so we’ll try it
without putting the actual vinyl record
underneath it for support see how it
goes not bad
it’s playing pretty well there’s a
little bit of static in the background
but there’s not nearly as much of the
popping and crackling that happened with
our first test I think we definitely got
a much better result with this second
resin I’m gonna move it and see what
happens if it goes right over the thin
spot doesn’t really seem to be affecting
it any I don’t think it sounds about
normal
[Music]
maybe there is a little warble as it
hits it just as a test I’m gonna try
putting normal record underneath our
casting just to make sure it stays up
nice and flat and it’s held in place
there you go that is working pretty darn
well I’d say like I said there’s a
little bit of static noise more than the
original there you have it you can make
a mold of a record and cast it in resin
and make something that plays which is
incredible to me especially that this
first one worked I didn’t think this
first resin would be high enough quality
that it would get the details to really
pick up the sound but it did you can
absolutely tell what music is playing on
both records our second slow key our
resin did give us a better result but
the first one’s not terrible special
thank you to youtuber hon Doan a stress
as for your suggestion that we try this
check the youtube inbox we’re sending
you 25 bucks remember that if you have
any cool ideas you want to see us try
let us know down in the comments if we
use your idea for a video we’ll send you
$25 I’m really happy I got to try this
experiment with you guys thanks for
joining us with this project and we’ll
see you in the next one talk to you then
this is probably the least efficient and
most expensive form of music piracy ever
invented
grew on the foil the resin spilled over
it and it just lifts it right up I got a
gold record hey guys it’s grant here I
just want to pop in and say hello you
guys are wonderful Nate and I are
incredibly grateful for the way you keep
supporting us so that’s pretty much it
just want to give you a quick thank you
I’ll see you in the next video
us today on the king of random in the
past we’ve had a few videos using
silicone rubber to make a mold of an
object we already had and then cast it
in a new kind of material this is a
great way to make a copy of something
that you already have we had a comment
request from hon – oh nice tres as
saying you should take a vinyl record
and cast it in silicone then poured
epoxy or resin in the mold to see if it
sounds the same well hon donee stress as
we think this is a great idea so we have
a vinyl record and a record player we’re
going to try making a silicone mold of
the record and then cast it and resin to
see if we can get a playable copy first
we have to test that our vinyl records
will play this is a record of some
Mozart music
[Music]
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
it can be fun messing with the settings
on a record player alright we now know
our record play as well so it’s time to
start prepping it to be molded so we can
cast a copy of it I have some oil-based
clay and I’m gonna be using that to make
a border wall that goes around our
record that will hold it in when we pour
it onto the record so it doesn’t flood
the whole table there’s a slight chance
that the vinyl record will try to float
on the silicone so I’m also going to use
a little bit of clay on for points
around the edges of the record to try
and hold it down to the table these
little bits of clay will show up in our
casting which is too bad but I don’t
know another way to make sure that our
record doesn’t go anywhere they should
easily trim off and they shouldn’t
affect the playing of the music at all
with the record secured in place I’m now
going to take some more clay and make a
wall that runs all the way around it
[Music]
now let’s mix up some silicone to pour
onto our record because we don’t want
this to go too quickly and we want to
make sure it gets into all the tiny
grooves of the record I am using the
green catalyst which is much slower now
we want to make sure that we get all of
the air bubbles out of this silicone so
let’s throw in the vacuum chamber and
start sucking
[Applause]
Silicon should now be almost entirely
bubble free I’m just gonna clean off the
record really quick and then we’ll start
pouring it on probably more official
ways you’re supposed to clean records
and someone out there is furious with me
for using a paper towel all right I
think that’s pretty good let’s add our
silicone I’m starting by pouring the
silicone right into the middle to let
the rubber just sort of flow over the
record that’s usually a good method to
get it to get into all of the tiny
little cracks and grooves and courage it
a little bit here at this point our
record is completely covered and our
silicone is still going to keep flowing
a little bit and reach the very edges
and settle itself down into a nice flat
surface
this type of silicone and catalyst
should take at least 12 hours to cure so
we’ll come back tomorrow and see how our
mold has turned out our first layer of
silicone is cured and dry and we could
take it off now but I want to be able to
reinforce it just a little bit so I am
going to add another layer of silicone
over the top of it to make it a little
thicker and hopefully a little smoother
this layer of silicone isn’t going to be
in contact with the record at all so it
doesn’t matter if it says bubble free
and perfect as the last one
so I’m not gonna use the vacuum chamber
on it I’m gonna use the red
faster-acting catalyst this layer of
silicone should only take about 45
minutes to cure so once it’s ready we’ll
de mold the record
start by peeling all of the clay off and
get it out of the way this is an oil
base to play it doesn’t dry out so this
is still good to just save and use for
another project
that’s coming off and really nicely
beautiful so if you get in really close
you can see the ridges from the record
all the way around all of the tiny
little grooves are visible in the
silicon with this trim off the extra on
the middle here with our records
successfully molded I have two different
types of resin I’m going to try using to
cast this record the two types of resin
amusing looked pretty similar but this
type takes about 15 to 20 minutes to
cure and harden and this type takes up
to 24 hours so I’m going to try both of
them and see if we get any sort of good
playable result from either one I’m
going to start with the fast-acting
resin this mixes together in a
one-to-one ratio so equal parts of both
but first I’m gonna lay down some
protective cover because there’s a good
chance some of the resident will spill
off of the record mold and onto the
table we also want to make sure that our
mold is clear of any dust or dirt
now before I start mixing and pouring my
resin I am gonna take a little bit of
the oil-based clay and try and add some
barriers where I have these marks in the
silicone this is just in an effort to
make sure that the resin doesn’t run
down through those gaps and onto the
foil too much because I do need it to
build up on the record a little bit and
the clay isn’t really going to stick to
the silicone much but hopefully it will
stay on there enough to make a
difference now I’m going to pour the
first half into the second half and mix
it up this resin does start to cure
pretty quickly so I’m gonna have to be
fairly quick in my mixing all right I
think that’s pretty well mixed now I’m
gonna pour it onto the mold my resin is
already starting to thicken up a little
bit not pouring out of the cup as easily
as it was when I started yeah rigid me
it was like a warm syrup oh there we go
it it’s barely even liquid anymore
now the resin in the cup had more mass
of the resin all stuck together as a
result its own heat would speed up the
catalyzation process turning it rigid
the resin on the record mold is a lot
more spread out so it’s not holding a
heat as well so it’s not catalyzing
quite as quick you can see that while
this is basically solid at this point
it’s still flexible but it’s not sticky
anymore these little drips over here
they’re still quite gummy and even a
little bit liquid so let’s give this
resin 15 to 20 minutes to cure before we
take it out of the mold clean up the
edges and fix the hole in the center
before we see if it will play on our
record player all right our resin is now
mostly cured it’s definitely cured
enough that I feel comfortable pulling
it out of the mold let’s see how it
turned out
now while the resin is still a little
bit soft I’m gonna try and use a razor
blade and trim off these excess spillage
areas interesting parts visible where
there were a lot of bubbles near the
surface that’s one of the downsides of
this type of resin it does tend to get a
lot of bubbles and because it catalyzes
so quickly there isn’t time to put it in
a vacuum chamber all right I’m going to
try putting our original record down on
to the player and then put our cast
record on top of at the original record
should hold it rigid enough that it
stays flat it’s playing play oh it’s
worse audio quality definitely listen to
all those crackles and pops scratchy
stereo noises getting in there
interference definitely but it’s playing
on our molded and past record oh there
that’s so cool
oh the audio quality is so much worse
it’s making scratching sounds every
second but that’s so cool I think it’s
also quieter interestingly enough I’m
gonna try to play the same spot on both
the copy and the original it’s gonna be
a little tricky but we’ll try there in
the blank spot
[Music]
well it does play it’s a playing record
Oh buddy oh my gosh so I didn’t really
have a lot of high hopes that this resin
would work very well it casts very
quickly it gets fairly warm and I didn’t
think it would pick up quite enough
detail to really be able to make out
that it was music I thought maybe we
would get some scratching noises from it
but the fact that we can definitely tell
what music is being played is amazing we
have achieved a level of success with
our first casting now we’re going to try
our slower resin which is actually going
to get put in the vacuum chamber to
remove all of the bubbles and then it
takes as much as 24 hours to cure we
start out the same way by mixing up even
portions of our side a and side B resin
I’ve also got a new color that I’m going
to try adding to this resin
all right I’d say that’s now evenly
mixed you can see how many bubbles
mixing it introduced into that resin
it’s just completely full of bubbles at
this point that’s why we’re gonna throw
in the vacuum chamber and suck them all
out
I’m not sure this one will get high
enough that I have to drop it or not
it’s not super consistent with this
resin you can see some of the bubbles
starting to get pulled out Oh excellent
didn’t have to drop the pressure at all
now it’s just sucking air out of the
resin looks like boiling candy actually
looks a lot like when we made the candy
for the thumb suckers looks pretty much
just like the boiling sugar there are
still a few bubbles rising up but I
think at this point that’s just the
alcohol from the ink dye that I used
boiling in the low pressure and it
slowly let some air back in see what
happens to all those bubbles I bet they
just disappeared
try and get to the very edge on all the
parts of the record this time so we
don’t have that little gap that we had
on our first casting Ryan I think that’s
going all the way to the edges
everywhere it is spilling out in a
couple of spots but that shouldn’t be a
big problem does look like right here
it’s probably a little bit thin you can
maybe see that the green of the silicone
is showing through a little bit more
right there but it is still covered and
I think it will still turn out just fine
and now our second type of resident is
cured I did have something odd happen I
pointed out where there was a thin spot
in the resin while it was curing a hole
did form in that thin spot on the mold I
mixed up a small second batch of the
clear resin and I poured that on as a
sort of patch where it had gone so thin
that you could actually see the silicone
right through it and then I reinforced a
couple other small spots that looked
like they were pretty thin as well but
at this point everything is cured and
it’s ready to be molded looks like it’s
coming off the actual record just fine
which is what we were hoping for
right here you can see the patch where I
filled in the gap and I didn’t use any
yellow dye in this spot so that’s why we
have sort of a clear spot in the middle
and then you can see the a little bit of
the texture around the edges where it
was red it doesn’t like to spread super
nice and thin but I don’t think that
should affect a plane because that’s
just on the back side on the front it’s
just perfectly smooth looks like
uninterrupted record just like you would
want to see it
our they are record down it is I think
maybe not a hundred percent cured it
feels like it might be a little flimsy
but it’s not much different from an
actual vinyl record so we’ll try it
without putting the actual vinyl record
underneath it for support see how it
goes not bad
it’s playing pretty well there’s a
little bit of static in the background
but there’s not nearly as much of the
popping and crackling that happened with
our first test I think we definitely got
a much better result with this second
resin I’m gonna move it and see what
happens if it goes right over the thin
spot doesn’t really seem to be affecting
it any I don’t think it sounds about
normal
[Music]
maybe there is a little warble as it
hits it just as a test I’m gonna try
putting normal record underneath our
casting just to make sure it stays up
nice and flat and it’s held in place
there you go that is working pretty darn
well I’d say like I said there’s a
little bit of static noise more than the
original there you have it you can make
a mold of a record and cast it in resin
and make something that plays which is
incredible to me especially that this
first one worked I didn’t think this
first resin would be high enough quality
that it would get the details to really
pick up the sound but it did you can
absolutely tell what music is playing on
both records our second slow key our
resin did give us a better result but
the first one’s not terrible special
thank you to youtuber hon Doan a stress
as for your suggestion that we try this
check the youtube inbox we’re sending
you 25 bucks remember that if you have
any cool ideas you want to see us try
let us know down in the comments if we
use your idea for a video we’ll send you
$25 I’m really happy I got to try this
experiment with you guys thanks for
joining us with this project and we’ll
see you in the next one talk to you then
this is probably the least efficient and
most expensive form of music piracy ever
invented
grew on the foil the resin spilled over
it and it just lifts it right up I got a
gold record hey guys it’s grant here I
just want to pop in and say hello you
guys are wonderful Nate and I are
incredibly grateful for the way you keep
supporting us so that’s pretty much it
just want to give you a quick thank you
I’ll see you in the next video
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