A comical look at more uses for slush/mask/slip latex besides mask making.
Donated by S.C.R.E.A.M. member Graham who can be reached at TheGr8Kazo@aol.com

• Make texture stamps for use when you're sculpting. Find something that you like the texture of, for example an orange, and cover it with a coat of latex (not too thin, you might have to let it dry and add a second coat). When it's dry, peel way the latex and use the patterned side agains your clay for texturing.

• Cover an area of skin with latex then rip holes in it to look like torn skin. For deeper looking holes take a small torn piece of tissue paper, brush some latex on your skin and then cover it with the tissue. Brush more latex over the top carefully, and rip the center of the paper open (while still wet) to make it look like there's hole.

• This past Halloween my friend came up with a great idea last minute so I had little time to prepare. He wanted a large open wound on the side of his stomach. It had to last about 4 hours so I thought an appliance would be best because he could apply it himself. What I ended up doing was coating the area with latex then adding a layer of tissue for strength. This was covered with two coats of latex and more tissue placed all bumpy like for some texture. The sides were built up with more tissue. I didn't actually see how it turned out the next day, but once garnished with fake blood he won 2nd place in a costume contest.

• Latex can be tinted with food coloring to give you a water proof color that won't smudge once dry. Some people use this stuff for clothing (Janet Jackson at the A.M.A.s last year, that was quite an opening huh :). You need several coats for solid color.

• Latex will permenatly remove those pesky hairs that you have. No need to waste money on removers...

• You can use latex as a base for mustaches (three layers).

• Base for wax scars. (three layers and a top coat).

• Take some spirit gum and spread it around an area that you want textured. Poke it until it's tacky. Now apply the texture agent (this could be cotton, yarn, crushed cereal, oat, barly, small rocks, or toenail clipings) on top. Cover this with a coat of latex so that it can take make-up. Using the gum makes for easy removal but you could just mix the texture agent with the latex and apply.

• Make cool "Mission Impossible" rubber lips to avoid a poison kiss.

• Put a light coat on the toilet seat. Let it dry and watch the fun...

• Use it to hold back ears for wigs. Put a spot on the ear and another on the head, let it dry, then touch the two together. This works for small light objects too, I got a coke can to stick in this way.

• Replace suntan lotion with latex :)

• You can attach items to your skin with spirit gum and then surround them with tissue covered with latex to give a built up effect. This works good for rubber snakes so I've been told.

• I have not gotten this to work but you should try it anyway. The problem is with the skin stretching over the adam's apple. Paint some latex about an inch wide all across your neck. After this dries pull either side to meet the other, they should stick making a trench. I think the trick here is to not let all of it meet, mostly the edges and not the middle. Add blood and you got a quick slit throat.

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