Pearl Molds

Ballymena Posted 7 Apr 2010 , 8:18am

Anybody made their own pearl molds?

MYOM-Dominic Posted 7 Apr 2010 , 9:13pm

Hi Ballymena ,

One of my customers showed me this trick. Take a petal/leaf former and fill it with Silicone Plastique making the top surface nice and level. Then press a string of pearls into the Silicone Plastique about two thirds of the way in. The pearls should be touching each other with no gaps in between them. Allow the Silicone Plastique to cure and remove the string of pearls. Presto - your own pearl mold. Why stop at pearls - you can use this method with any type of bead of which many are very detailed and would look great on a cake.

Hope This Helps,

Dominic

Angelfire3 Posted 1 Jun 2010 , 4:32pm

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Oh WOW!~ Thank you for that great idea. I've been wanting to make pearls for a while, since I can't seem to find them in my local cake decorating store. I will definitely do it~ Gosh, I love CC

carmijok Posted 1 Jun 2010 , 5:58pm

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Originally Posted by MYOM-Dominic

Hi Ballymena ,

One of my customers showed me this trick. Take a petal/leaf former and fill it with Silicone Plastique making the top surface nice and level. Then press a string of pearls into the Silicone Plastique about two thirds of the way in. The pearls should be touching each other with no gaps in between them. Allow the Silicone Plastique to cure and remove the string of pearls. Presto - your own pearl mold. Why stop at pearls - you can use this method with any type of bead of which many are very detailed and would look great on a cake.

Hope This Helps,

Dominic

What type of petal/leaf former are you talking about?

Angelfire3 Posted 1 Jun 2010 , 6:20pm

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Originally Posted by carmijok

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Originally Posted by MYOM-Dominic

Hi Ballymena ,

One of my customers showed me this trick. Take a petal/leaf former and fill it with Silicone Plastique making the top surface nice and level. Then press a string of pearls into the Silicone Plastique about two thirds of the way in. The pearls should be touching each other with no gaps in between them. Allow the Silicone Plastique to cure and remove the string of pearls. Presto - your own pearl mold. Why stop at pearls - you can use this method with any type of bead of which many are very detailed and would look great on a cake.

Hope This Helps,

Dominic

What type of petal/leaf former are you talking about?

This one:
http://www.wilton.com/store/site/product.cfm?sku=417-9500

http://www.wilton.com/store/images/site_images/417-9500_m.jpg