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Are we there yet?
The white glue has dried. You have cut the gathering strings on the back of the wax model, the big half. You will now gently put the whole unit back into the Pammed mold, and secure the edges with either a little masking tape, or a judicious use of spray adhesive. You want the selvage of the piece to lie flat against the mold, so you can access the very edge of the mold, and the fabric that lies there.
Do not use any glue at this point. Using spray adhesive, fill in the nose, especially, and the lips and chin with tiny bits of batting. I used “warm and natural.” Get the cheap stuff, because it tears better than the more expensive batting.
Using layers of spray adhesive alternating with layers of batting, completely cover the inside of the mold. Be sure to bring the material all the way up to the edge of the mold, but not over.
When you have a good two layers of batting covering the inside of the mold, switch to burlap.
It is beter to work in strips, and make cuts into the burlap, so you can accommodate the curves.
The last layer of burlap is adhered with a layer of yellow glue. White glue is OK, but the yellow is stronger.
The last thing: Remember that plaster you poured inside the clay, in preparation for revising a sculpt? Did you save it?
This plaster shape will have the same shape as the head, less the 1/3 of an inch or so that was the clay. I use these to press into the fabric inside the mold. I use the followers, and the big clamps, and I tighten down as hard as I dare. (This is where I broke the mold.)
This shows the cloth mask with its final lining of burlap. You can see the batting in between.