My TOTS 78 will arrive in the mail shortly, and I know it is going to be quite large for my head, seeing how the 2018 mask fits me perfectly.
I’ve seen videos and heard recommendations of inserting foam into the top and sides of the mask to allow some room, and some people put padding just to change the shape (I’ve seen someone do it to create a Warlock stretch) but I was wondering what glue would be safe to put on latex? Would certain glues cause damage?
Any help is appreciated!
I just used double sided tape for the foam pieces in my mask, they fell out, so I need to put them back in again
Looks good. Thanks for the reply
Happy to help, I just went off this for reference
Rubber cement would work just fine as well, some mask makers use it to hair a mask instead of using liquid latex.
rubber cement is safe on latex, so is Speed sew you can get at Walmart and E6000 glue is good
Thanks for the help, guys! Now I just need to figure out where to get some foam…
I’m a new member here, but I just wanted to share my Halloween 2 costume that I recently finished. I just added padding to my TOTS H2 mask and I was pleasantly surprised by the results. The Warlock stretch really came across nicely. It seems to work best when you close the back of the mask with a bit of velcro because it tightens up the face and embellishes the Warlock stretch. I just used strategically placed chopped up bits of foam knee pads attached with extra sticky double sided tape, both purchased at Dollarama for very cheap. The bullet holes in the jumpsuit were made using a fork and several layers of watered down dark red acrylic paint mixed with a bit of acrylic gloss medium. I also touched up the paint job on the mask with acrylic paint and redid the hair.
I had a friend who managed to preserve her collection of latex Jurassic Park masks from 1992 by coating them in Elmer’s clear rubber cement. I tried talking her into just having them foam filled, but she did it anyway and amazingly it worked. This was done about 2 or 3 years ago, and as far as I know, they’re still in her collection in the condition she coated them in.
That’s a good way to preserve a mask, I never knew that. When I first heard of using rubber cement on latex I thought it would be too harsh and possibly damage the latex, but it is “rubber” cement after all lol.