This is my experience with resin. I'm addicted now! You can use these finished pieces to make jewelry, magnets, or whatever your heart desires!
For the stuff in the middle I used cofffee beans, stickers, glitter, beads, and some monkey patches.
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- PROJECT BUDGET
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Resin Creations
Pretty little resin objects
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Gather your supplies. Cover your workspace, I used newspaper covered by contact paper. Make sure you have good ventilation!
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Using the mold release spray coat your mold very well.
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Follow the instruction on your resin container to make an activated mix. I used Castin' Craft Clear Casting Resin. I poured 3 ounces and added 5 drops of Castin' Craft Activator per ounce. Mix well for at least 60 seconds.
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Carefully pour a thin layer of the activated resin into molds. The bottom of the mold will be the face of your pieces. Don't fill the molds, just a small layer!
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Let the partially filled mold sit for 20 to 40 minutes. The longer you let it set the harder it will get. If it's too soft when you add your pieces they will sink.
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After they have hardened a bit add your pieces! I used tweezers to help me with placement.
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Mix another small batch of activated resin mix. Follow the directions from above. Pour this over the pieces. Use enough to cover the pieces but not over fill the molds.
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Now you just sit back and wait!
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After about 4 to 8 hours the resin should have hardened enough to hold the shape of the mold. Once they have pop them out of the mold onto wax paper so they can continue to cure completely.
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After 24 to 48 hours they will be completely cured and ready for use! Congrats!
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Posted By:Christina Q. »
May 14, 2008 14:25
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ʎǝɔɐɹƃ
14 May 16:12
Aww this is soo sweet xx
Julie P.
14 May 21:03
That's really cool. Do you think that perishable items like food or flowers could stay in there?
Christina Q.
14 May 23:29
I'm not completely sure Julie. The coffee beans and candy sprinkles worked well for me. I think for flowers you have to coat them something like a shellac type spray and then encase them in resin. I'm not sure about other food items though, anyone?
ʎǝɔɐɹƃ
15 May 16:27
You could dry the flowers
kelly k.
15 May 21:59
They look wonderful. I've never used resin before so I have a question. Do they pop out ready to go, or do you have to sand them down? What kind of resin do you use for this? Something I can find at a craft store? Thanks in advance.
Shivi
16 May 08:01
Thanks for doing this, I've been waiting for a resin tute
Alexa S.
16 May 09:39
You don't know How long I've been waiting for a resin tutorial. Thank you so much!
Christina Q.
17 May 00:23
Kelly K. I used a mold I bought at the craft store. I also bought all my supplies at the craft store, Michael's. I know Ben Franklin also carries the supplies, but no molds. You can order molds on the internet. But today I used rubber ice cube trays from the dollar store and they worked wonderfully!
Laura R.
17 May 23:22
you have TOTALLY given me the kick up the butt i needed to try this!
beth b.
22 May 22:23
what do you do if you want to use as a necklace? how do you make a hole to string some lace/leather through?
Christina Q.
22 May 23:26
To make a hole in them I used a Dremel like tool. I bought a cheaper knock-off and it works great for poking a hole throught them.
Cat Morley
22 Jun 19:43
This is such a good how-to, thank you!
Surf jewels
25 Jun 20:04
I've made some stuff like this, i use ice trays and works fine. want 2 do a lot more experimenting though. Flowers do work through, think most things do, ive seen resin with bugs set in them 2 and all these things stay ok.
Lillith
09 Jul 10:19
hooray I have been trying to figure it out for ages (it's like working in the dark)
Lillith
14 Aug 03:25
Which kind of resin are you using, because I have noticed that my epoxy resins projects are starting to turn kinda yellow.
Milkyrobot
17 Feb 17:53
If I was going to add stickers in the first layer and glitter for the background, would I put another resin layer to seal it up?
Kepi
09 Apr 18:17
I love the one with the ball sprinkles! It makes me want to make a candy bracelet out of them...we'll see...
ney x.
24 May 15:25
this is so pretty.
MAGg C.
22 Jul 17:53
they proper look LiKE THE 1s u buy from THE SHOPs
really REALLY CUTE!!<3
MAGg C.
22 Jul 17:53
they proper look LiKE THE 1s u buy from THE SHOPs
really REALLY CUTE!!<3
MAADDY
08 Nov 17:55
i live in england and it's really hard to find all this stuff, so if i use a rubber ice cube tray will i need that 'mold release spray'?
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this is really adorable btw (: xxx