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how do i get or make FAKE "MILK"
i need about 5 gallons of "milk" for a shoot i'm doing in a week. what can i use/mix/buy to get thick and very white looking milk? no puns please. lol edit: usually milk is too transparent/clear i DO NOT want it to be transparent, which means i dont want to water it down or use too many gallons of actual milk if theres a cheaper way to do it. Jun 05 08 12:54 am Link uh...milk, maybe 5 gallons of it. Jun 05 08 12:55 am Link Vito wrote: milk is kind of transparent/clear actually. Jun 05 08 12:59 am Link yogurt Jun 05 08 12:59 am Link try the following... water gelatin powdered milk I did this for a shoot of my own. mix water and gelatin first... then add powdered milk edit: I just saw that your looking for something opaque... I would try mixing in a package of pudding mix Jun 05 08 01:00 am Link fooorrrrr the cereal? Jun 05 08 01:00 am Link If you're going to use it in a tub. You'd be amazed if you get one or two gallons of milk. It will turn all of the water milky white. One gallon will do it, two will ensure it. Jun 05 08 01:00 am Link Carlton Primm wrote: swimming pool. about 5 gallon kiddie pool. shooting the model from waist up. Jun 05 08 01:02 am Link so why not just USE milk? I've done that.... just have to clean up after if it is in a studio... (oh the model was spilling the milk or course...) Jun 05 08 01:02 am Link remerrill wrote: cool thank, ill try a small amount first and see how it works. Jun 05 08 01:03 am Link You could make a mixture of milk and white flour. The mix ratio should be 2 tablespoons flour to 1 cup milk. It is sort of like making a big white sauce. ;-) Jun 05 08 01:03 am Link Dolce Moda Photography wrote: yuck, wont that smell and damage the clothes? lol Jun 05 08 01:04 am Link None Jun 05 08 01:04 am Link TarilynQuinn wrote: TaleaCo wrote: so are you the cereal? Jun 05 08 01:04 am Link Everyone is making this way too difficult. Just go to your local supermarket and get powdered milk in a box...add water...bam. Should be no more than a 4 dollars. To get the same amount of milk, you're looking at well over 20-30 gallons. here's my version of girl in milk with this formula.  Jun 05 08 01:06 am Link remerrill wrote: TarilynQuinn wrote: so are you the cereal? shes gonna be my lil' fruitloop! Jun 05 08 01:06 am Link Mark M Gong wrote: oh wow! magnificent! how did i never come across your work before! wowowowow Jun 05 08 01:07 am Link Mark M Gong wrote: I agree... my reason for adding something (the gelatin) was that I kept getting blownout highlights... don't know why, but the gelatin did the trick for me Jun 05 08 01:11 am Link Dolce Moda Photography wrote: Just add model, and you have paper mache! Better clean her up before she dries! Jun 05 08 01:11 am Link No worries, and good luck. They might be hard to find since most employees will just refer you to the baby formulas section. Try looking at lower shelves near the sugar isle if you can't find it. Remerill, I'll def try the gelatins next time. I wonder if it reflects light a bit differently. Jun 05 08 01:12 am Link From a synthetic cow. Jun 05 08 01:13 am Link  Jun 05 08 01:15 am Link for food, elmers as the guy above me said. you can get a VAT of it at sams cheap :]] Jun 05 08 01:29 am Link you could add white poster paint to water. Or even white latex paint. I found the latex sorta settled out a bit....but it didn't smell milky. You could also try white cake mix. Jun 05 08 02:23 am Link Milkshakes. Mylanta. Yogurt. Jun 05 08 02:25 am Link Powdered milk mixed with water. I bought out a supermarket of the stuff once to fill a pool with milk with baby alligators swimming, then a matte was pulled for a film effects shot. Worked great. Jun 05 08 02:31 am Link i saw the actual got milk ad recipe one day on martha stewart,she was talking about doing the got milk ad,but i can't remember what it was i think it was thinned out glue,, but i'm not sure, if you just want a bath tub full or something,i'd say use the real thing and some water with maybe cornstarch in it Jun 05 08 02:34 am Link Since you want it thicker than milk I'd suggest heavy cream instead. Same look but clings to the skin much better. Or with the powdered milk, use a different ratio of water and powder? Jun 05 08 02:40 am Link im gonna go with the powered milk and water.  thanks guys!Jun 05 08 11:20 am Link tenrocK photo wrote: Whew! Heavy cream is expensive.... Jun 05 08 11:29 am Link |
