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Makin' Latex
KINK ENGINEERING: The life and times of a latex saleswoman...
I’m super proud of this one… Deadlock Gear-Skull overlay!
Latex on Latex - laser cut by www.laserlatex.com
We did a trial run of some designs today… that’s a LOT of skulls and gears! Sweet!
These are all available from 2” diameter to 12” diameter on our online laser cut latex store.
Introducing laserlatex.com - Custom and Ready to ship laser cut overlays for the latex design community!
Got something that you have always wanted to make but couldn’t cut with a rotarry cutter or line up on that stretchy dang latex? Now we can make you a plastic backed, ready to glue overlay and have it in the mail to you!
Brought to you from the fine folks who do www.sheetlatex.com - so we have dozens of colors and thicknesses of latex in stock at all times, ready to cut and ship.
Let us know if we can make your latex dream come true!
soverypicturesque asked:
Hi, I'm new to working with latex and I was wondering how I clean any excess glue off it? Will some kind of white spirit do? Thanks :)
Good question. I am unfamilliar with white spirit… so I can’t say yes or no on that particular product.
We use Bestine Rubber Cement and Bestine Rubber Cement Thinner for our production needs. The thinner is great for cleaning the seams in advance of applying glue, and for cleaning up extra glue once the seam is placed and rolled.
You can order that stuff from Bestine, or find a local art store to purchase your glue. This is good advice for people in North America. Glues differ in Europe/Australia/etc. We do not sell glue through www.sheetlatex.com because 1) It is very difficult to ship as a flamable material and 2) It is usually available locally. The exception to this is the small amount of glue/thinner available in our crafting starter kit product.
I always clean the extra glue away and allow for a little drying time BEFORE I powder the seam. Otherwise the talc ends up stuck in the excess glue, and you’ll have dull bits, or white residue around your seams.
Always clean along the seam instead of across it. That way you will not tend to flip your seam up while cleaning and create a weakness. (think of it like carving with the grain of wood) Flat, smooth, bubble-less, flawless seams are strong and will last.
Best of luck!
Time-lapse latex building: A project with my friends and AMAZINGLY high quality builders at Ego-Assassin Latex.
Part 1: Latex Clothing - Making a bathrobe - Kink Engineering
NOTES: Time lapse video of the HOURS of work to make a bathrobe prototype. It still needs pocket, belt loops, belt and trim (another bunch of hours of work) to be totally ready.
I made this video to showcase how MUCH WORK goes into making a high quality latex garment. Even after years of experience, the good stuff takes time and care… which is why good latex is usually also expensive. (Though not all expensive latex is good!)
Quality Points to note: Lots of care taken in cutting the latex to avoid snags that will make the garment weaker. Careful cleaning, prepping, gluing, re-cleaning, seaming, rolling, cleaning (again), and powdering of seams. Reinforcements.
Things to be done to get this to market: Trim edges, add pockets, add belt loops, add belt, clean, shine, photoshoot, edit photos, create product on web store, promote…
Things to happen AFTER getting this product to market: Make a few sales, then get ripped off by sweat shop owning latex company in China who will make a crappy copy and thus turn latex lovers into latex phobics due to poor quality… Eventually go back to a cubicle job so that I don’t have to sell the cats to pay the rent, and stop making latex/art.
Death of creative latex designers…
Unless you support the original designers of great latex gear instead of buying cheap knock offs… I’m just saying…
Interesting things to watch for in the video: Curling latex getting flatter as thinner/glue dries. Cats in/around pattern papers, Cats ON me (twice), Ice Cream eating, kisses (2), lost pen behind ear (1), Archean turning off the lights and going to bed, Latex Ninja.
During the making of this video I was listening to: The Weakerthans wonderful album Reunion Tour, Merlin Mann interview on Failure, Rocky Horror episode of Glee (man, that show has jumped the shark!), Nerdist Podcast with Bill Mahr, Fetish Dynasty Podcast with Fetish Kitsch.
Music in video: “Mr Mastodon Farm” by Cake - BUY THEIR MUSIC, they are awesome.
Ego Assassin Pay-What-You-Can latex crafting workshops!
FROM EGO ASSASSIN: Pay-What-You-Can Latex workshops!!!!
Ego Assassin has just updated our workshop schedule for the next three months, and we want to make it as easy as possible for all of you to attend. So, for the next two weeks, we will allow you to reserve a spot in any of our scheduled workshops on a Pay-What-You-Can basis!
For details, please check out the link: Pay-What-You-Can Latex Workshop Offer
Please keep your offers on the Facebook page so we can keep track of them all in one spot. Thanks!
Happy classmates and teachers