well apologies, life gets in the way and although I bought the stuff for creating silicone seal/mold never got there so far anyway.
Well, bugga me but searching youtube for something else and what do my little eyes spy, blood ell it could be.... a home made simple as pie contour mold maker.... ?t=49

Please don't do this on your wife's carefully polished floors.

But yes great innovative thinking

was thinking the same. but then those floors arent exactly pristine