How to Make RC Silicone Tires with 3D Printed Molds

Hi guys! Here is my new video where I explain how to make RC silicone tires with 3D printed molds. These tires will be used on my next car that will be released on the channel soon.

To make the tires you will need silicone and cornstarch, the mixture of the two ingredients makes the silicone more resistant, more durable and makes the tire easier to produce.

I hope this video helped you.

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[rickster]

Well done! A few thoughts, instead of vaseline use spray on mold release to preserve the tread details. And when gluing the tires to the rims, apply the glue to surface of the that the tire sits on rather than the edges. Overall though you did a great job, and the mold is very cleverly designed.

[ITmanDmain]

Super. I also used silicone, only I have a slightly different production technology

[EckhardReich]

Many thanks for this great inspiration - it will be an easy job if you know how to do

[rallekralle]

that's a really clever idea, to not use any internal mould part

[klaiddias]

Really good job bro!!! Congratulations....

[slakjawnotsayin]

This is what I was going to try, but also add a softener to it, which I can't remember what I used to use for making silicon and cornstarch molds a few years back... Maybe it was mineral spirits or mineral oil or something?? Just adding a little drop of whatever it was, would be enough to soften it and make it a nicer rubber. Hopefully I made notes for when I figured out the best combo back then, and if I can find such notes somewhere, I'll come back and comment on it. Or after I mess around with this stuff again soon and figure it out again. I need to make slot car tires, cuz my originals on my 32 scale cars are all hardened and toast... So I need something cheap and grippy, and would also be cool to blow a tire here and there having to change them in the pit. LOL

Actually, I used to use the clear silicone and add a color to it with cheap acrylic paints from Walmart, so maybe I will just try using the black silicone without the softener whatever it was, and see how they work out first.

Thank you for this video man!!!

[kevinjohnson]

pretty nice, i am making my own rims and i can find tires for them bc they are so wide

[karloss]

Great !! any video on how to CAD design the mold?..rgds

[ahmadabudayah]

thanks, but what is the material that you used?

[f]

I just print the tires directly with various flexible materials but usually i use "varioshore" foaming tpu

[jasonlange]

How do you do it if you can't fill your mold like that? And mine doesn't have any holes drilled in it to pour anything in. I can Def pack the top and bottom like that but I'll never know if I have enough inside plus making the 2 halves 1

[Brian-kskf]

This is awesome. How is the grip compared to rubber or foam tires?

[theaussienurseflipper.]

Where file for the file the mould cheers Graham

[curtisnewton]

starsh is really useless imo, the silicon itself is rubbery enough
btw, what silicon do you use ? soudal black what ? not even sure it is silicon
why the mystery about what you use ?

[curtisnewton]

you dont even explain anything about the mold itself