Tapir mold (for instamorph or milk and vinegar plastic)

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This is a mold of a pixel tapir that I designed myself. The mold can get scaled to diffrent sizes. You can route it out on a cnc if you have a material thick enough or you can print it. you can fill it with Instamorph or simular low temperature plastics or fill it with a milk and vinegar plastic. How to use the mold? Cover the sides of the tapir mold with oil to release the tapir. Put the plastic in the mold and push down the top half on the bottom side. Make sure to have enough. For Instamorph wait a while and for milk and vinegar plastic wait a few weeks and seperate the mold halfs slowly. The legs are thin so be carefull or scale the mold up a bit. How to make the milk and vinegar plastic? Put 2,5 dl of milk in a saucepan (if you are using the original scale) and heat it up though do not let it boil. Then add 4 teaspoons of vinegar. The milk and vinegar will seperate and leave a transparent liquid and a white substance. Then pour everything in the saucepan into a strainer and take whats left and squeeze it together and there is your plastic.