I made my very first latex dress and it turned out pretty well, thanks to your tutorials! So thanks for that already. However, there’s some things that I’ll need to work on/improve. There’s some things I’d like to know:

1. my dress was a very simple tube dress with two side-seams, so it kinda had two opposite curves in one. (first there’s a curve from the chest to the waist, then from the waist to the hips so there’s a kind of spine-shape ) I managed quite well but had some trouble after the first curve, to get the latex to make the other curve, without rippling it halfway, or pulling it too much to get it right and ending up with too much ‘fabric’ on one side… could you show how you glue a double curved seam? (so like a stretched S shape)

2. My seams looked pretty good and they are very strong, so I was happy about that, but, looking at a latex dress I bought in a shop, the side-seams completely disappeared somehow.. You can see a line, and feel that it’s thicker, so there is a seam, but the latex somehow evened out in such a way that it became fairly invisible (especially after shining it!) is there a way to achieve this myself? That would be just perfect

3. I heard from several people around me that you can buy latex milk for other purposes as well, (mainly make-up purposes, like latex fake noses etc.) I wonder if this is the same latex milk used for glueing latex? I found it on several websites by searching on google for latex milk and I found one website who sells the stuff for a LOT less than most latex-sheeting sellers, it says there’s ammonia in it and that it turns transparent when it dries up. (it also looks a bit like the better glue for fake eyelashes) It would save me a lot of money if I could use that glue (latex sheeting sellers seem to overprice their glue.. )

Thanks in advance for your reply, and keep up the wonderful work you do, I’m loving this website

Xx Maggie

The other alternative is to cut the balloon in half, glue an identical pattern on the inside of each half as well as the edges, then roll the halves together.

However, it is difficult to see the adhesive pattern, so I was wondering if there is a marker or pen that does not reduce the strength of the seam?

Dave

Sorry I didn’t explain better…I would like to take an ordinary round balloon and give it an unusual shape when it is blown up, like a hand for example, by glueing patterns on it when defalted.

To do this, I clean and glue four lines radiating away from the nozzle – and a mirror image on the other side exactly opposite the other lines – thumb opposite thumb, etc. After they are dry, I try to turn the balloon inside out without too much pinching and pressure but I can never position the glue patterns opposite each other (now inside the balloon) before they set up and I get a mangled hand missing fingers etc.

Is there a glue that penetrates latex with heat or pressure so that I wouldn’t need to turn it inside out?

Dave

I would like to create little closed chambers inside a balloon.

I have tried turning the balloon inside out, cleaning and applying glue to the (now opposite) surfaces, then turning the balloon outside in again and rolling, however, the glue sites never line up properly.

Can you think of another way to do this?

Thanks for your thoughts.

Will rubber cement hold latex bonds for inflatable clothing? I am experimenting with this, and have been having problems with seams ripping and popping. Any advice of yours related to inflatables would be so helpful!

Thanks so much!

Katie

thanks so much for any help you might have:)
allison

About bonds:

From the technical point of view, the reason why is stronger and much better for gluing latex to overlap sheets than to butt seam like in regular clothes is because adhesive bonds are far more resistant to shear stresses than to tension stresses.

Regards
Gerez