• SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social
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        13 hours ago

        First off, I’m not an expert, I’m just a guy who poured mold-making silicone gel on the deck of my boat a couple of days ago, in order to capture the surface detail to re-create it after making repairs. The cured mold is definitely the same sort of rubbery feel as the gel wrist rest I’ve owned, just firmer. According to the ScienceDirect article, the basics are all the same: It’s a matrix of loosely-linked silicone elastomer molecules, but the final product can vary a lot depending on the amount of cross-linking, and the amount of fluid infused in the matrix. That ultra-soft product that you linked, like the mold-making stuff that I used, probably has dyes in it for user-friendliness. (To know when you’ve mixed the two parts thoroughly.) That means the product won’t be clear. Also, I think the wrist rests may have some sort of polymer (vinyl?) outer layer for durability. That would make it look a little different.

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          10 hours ago

          Well that all sounds a bit more advanced than I was prepared for. 😭 I was hoping there was just some easy mix like 2 part resin, lol.

          Thanks for your knowledge and information, you’re the expert as far as I’m concerned.

  • furtiveParalysis@jlai.lu
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    1 day ago

    It’s stabilised mucus, a mux of cow’s nose extract with preservatives. The thicker the more expensive, cheap ones are harvested by feeding chili to the poor animal.