Bought these same molds recently. Here's how I get rid of the air bubbles at the base: after I fill the mold, place the backing on and let the extra resin spill over, I use a weight (I use a silicone popsicle stick, you can use anything else you see fit) to press down on the backing. This helps push the resin inside upwards and fill in the holes. Then I cure for 30 - 60 seconds, take the weight off, and if I still have big bubbles in the corners, I simply fill them in with more resin and continue curing. Works every time! No more air bubbles at the base of my keycaps :)

I clipped all the corners to allow air to escape more. I think used keys and put them into the molds aligning them off of that. I then drilled 4 holes to insert 4 wooden sticks to align it 100% of the time everytime. I also use a dental vibrator before i use in vacuum.

Great review! I was considering purchasing a set but am reconsidering now. I've nvr worked with resin before so good to know it may be a bit more involved as far as tools than I expected before I get into it. Going to search your videos now to see if you have any mold making instructional vids to maybe make my own.

So glad I saw this was about to buy some

I've been thinking about buying these molds after watching a youtuber called "Mani Land" using them. She's made several sets and they looked fine. But now I'm seriously reconsidering. I don't look for frustration when it comes to my hobbies.

I think you should continue your Cly Tries series and show you making some sweet key caps or maybe you should try to buy a busted old console and try to fix and play on it something like that i feel like would really be sweet to see on your channel

Yay more resin videos they are cool

Another great review.

Hit it with light heat to remove the air bubbles.

You could use a heat gun next time to help with the air bubbles. Also if you let your resin sit for a few minutes after mixing, just to help let any air bubbles might be there pop. Just a thought

Can you recommend some good molds?

I've used these to but most of them are uncentered and they trap air bubbles no matter what i do

I bought a set of these molds from Amazon, and have started making a keyboard. I figured out how to make the connectors perfect with no bubbles(blowdry them, use a toothpick to drip resin in, then a lighter on top). A problems I'm having is that the keys are different sizes? So I made an entire row, but there is only 1 mold that makes the low profile keycaps. The others are taller. So that means I can only make 3 keys at a time, and it takes 3 days to dry. Why are the molds different sizes?? I'm worried that the caps lock or enter keys will be tall, so I'm going to have to check to either make all tall keys or short keys. I tried sanding them shorter, but so far that isn't working for me very well. Also, I made a space bar, but it's too heavy! You can change out the springs I guess, but that seems like a pain, and I don't want to break my keyboard. I'm thinking about making my own custom mold, but I've never done that before and I'm kinda lazy. So yeah, the keys are pretty and fun to make, but the molds aren't truly molds to make functioning keycaps with right away. Ugh.

pretty sure you didn't use enough resin to fill the gap

i wonder what silicone keycaps would feel like... would they feel odd? would they absorb vibrations?

have you come across any key cap molds that work for you yet? i came across your video after i found these molds and made a set of key caps only to discover the mold sucks.

two toothpicks could key those tops in tbh

oh boy dont fall too deep into the rabbit hole

A better way to “key” these would be to always keep a real keycap in one of the bases so the rest will always align to center.

also make a second channel for gaming videos i use to watch your old minecraft ones like 4+ years ago

people that use these molds overfill it

Ahhh this is killing me. You’re using the mold in a wrong way. You need to remove the small part off the mold (use a knife or something) first so the air can go out instead of stuck there and become a huge air bubble.

Amazon says it's 100 dollars in shredded currency

altheamou? what?! xD, you mean outemu?

Imagine this sold at 5below 🤣

I should’ve read reviews first I’m bummed jow

You talk TOO MUCH.