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I have some ideas for some custom made soft plastics that I would like to make, but I am not sure of who I should contact in order to get those molds made so I can produce my own soft plastics. I am willing to spend however much is necessary, just need to know who I should talk to. Also, any info on actual what types of plastic are better to use than others would also be very helpful! Any advice you got, send it my way please.

Hang on, you are about to get bombarded. Best thing is to go to the search and click on suppliers. You will find mold makers there.

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I never mix it with my top coat...I either mix my glitter with a little poly acrylic..That way I can use different colors on different parts of the body ( such as green glitter over a brown back..and pearlescent on a white belly) You can do the same thing with spray on glitters..but I think applying with a brush gives you a bit more control.Using very fine glitter is a huge help. When done glittering..apply your top coat..Nathan

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Printing with 20% infill molds have held up just fine for pouring both hand poured and injected plastisol. I think silicone is a better option for larger runs with injection molds. Standard printing will not hold up to lead. DMP or Direct Metal Printing may be a better option. I don't have any experience with DMP as base models still run $50k and up. A cnc milled aluminum mold seems to be more cost effective at this point than DMP for simple lead molds. I priced having some jig molds DMP and it was several hundred bucks. Machining is still expensive but I would rather have a experienced mold maker (machinist)to possibly catch a flaw in my drawing vs a tech just printing it. Hope this all makes sense. Any more questions?