Ok I may be thinking way outside the box. I want to try Plastisol in this mold and try to paint it. The trick will be finding a paint that will work. Some guys that make their own fishing paint use Plaid acrylic paint. I am going to try this mold and the air dry paints and see what happens. I might try a test with a small mold from a bowl first as to not waste money or paint.
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Iām so excited over this stuff!!
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Wow I sure missed a lot! Thanks @Emma that is such an innovative idea! I canāt wait to see what you do and how you like it @Londa123 I have quite a few things on my plate right now and this will be added to it.
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I wonder if you can mix the paint into the plastisol.
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I believe you can. I watched a video where they were mixing pigment powder and liquid paint from lure works into the plastisol. They heat the colors mixed into the plastisol in the microwave and use and injector to inject it into the lure mold. I donāt know how acrylic paint will stand up to mixing into plastisol and heating in the microwave.
Alternative baby would be glow in the dark paint. Why did I think of that? When I see an opportunity for something new and different my mind wonāt stop.
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You can mix powder pigment or I believe oil based dyes. Iāve painted with oil paint before and sealed with a brushing of plastisol over the paint. You can also use silicone paints on it.
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That is nice to know. Thank you.
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I wonder if mica powders would work to mix with plastisol. You can buy them on amazon and I believe I have seen them on etsy also.
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Yes! I couldnāt think of the name, but those are the powders that were recommended to me. They also sell special powders and paints at bait stores online and stuff, but the powders are just branded mica powder.
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Amazon even has a transparent epoxy resin liquid dye.
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How much do you put in the heating cup?
Can it be re-heated?
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Did you try it, Evee?
I have a baby soap mold to try it too 
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I have not tried it.
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Did you try in the glass bowls for butts molding?
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No I didnāt
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Boo, gir! get to it! 
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It depends on the size of the limbs Iām filling but I usually do about one cup at a time, definitely no more than 2 cups as it will cure before you can pour it all and take forever to heat to temp. You can reheat the thin layers left on the sides of your cup but not large pieces. Even though itās a hassle to heat multiple batches Iād start with smaller amounts 1/2 cup increments until you get the hang of it and then heat more as you start to work faster with it
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Thank you! Great guidance! 
Canāt wait to try it! I already have a victim
If I like it I would take glass beads out of those dolls that I already assembled. Do you think if some residue of glass beads left in limbs it would affect Plastisol?
And I am still not exact sure what to use to place limbs when Plastisol in poured in them. Like make a
ānestā in some deep container out of poly-fill?
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I cut up pool noodles in about two inch wide sections. They go around the limbs nicely and help prop them up. I wrap the limbs in Ace bandages as itās stretchy and I can go around each limb several times. I place them in a basket and position the pool noodle pieces higher or lower on the limb depending on how i want it to be positioned and start pouring. This sounds crazy and i doubt anyone else does it this way, but it keeps the limbs from falling over.
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Definitely feel free to contact me if you have questions when you start. Residue from glass beads wonāt affect it at all, I actually make tummy inserts with glass beads encased in the middle for extra weight and they are very durable.
As far as where to place limbs itās kind of hard to explain, but I think when you try to prop them youāll see what Iām talking about. Basically I take a small shipping box with taller sides, at least as high as the limbs are tall. I fill the bottom and sides with polyfil so the limb isnāt sitting on a hard surface on the bottom, but the polyfil isnāt usually enough to hold them in place very well, so I also take hand towels and kind of stuff them around the limb wherever itās needed and then adjust them a bit as I add more limbs to the box. The first limb in the box is the hardest, when you have more limbs there isnāt as much room for them to potentially fall over or anything. The way I do it may be overkill, but Iām sure you can imagine Iāve ruined many a baby over the years with limbs falling over and not being able to repair even after sanding the Plastisol off, so better safe than sorry. I would definitely try a couple test limbs first so you can get the feel for it before pouring into a painted one.
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