Large, round pendants - Ideas. These pendants were cast in chocolate moulds. We used pictures and lace as added decorations. You will need • resin and hardener (we used 100g Pacote 600 resin and 50g HY 2963 hardener) • plastic or metal moulds (we used plastic chocolate moulds) • pictures and added decorations of your choice • thongs, chains, ribbon or lace • metal rings or thin wire • modge podge • paintbrush • scissors • plastic measuring jug (Note You won’t be able to use it again) • plastic spoons • toothpicks • Prestik or masking tape • rubber gloves NOTE • If the resin is milky before you mix in the hardener, heat it so it is completely clear. Place the jug containing the resin in a bowl and add hot water to the bowl to a level just above the resin.
Mix until clear. • Resin assumes the texture of the mould. If the mould is not smooth, the resin won’t be smooth either. However, you can file, drill or polish the resin afterwards, provided you have the right tools for the job. 4 Pour the mixture into the moulds. Colouring Resin. My new Christmas Story necklace should turn a few heads this holiday season. I do hope it makes people smile. If you have never seen the movie "A Christmas Story" you would not know about the scene when the father wins a terribly funny leg lamp and proudly displays it in their front window for all the neighbours to see....
This post begins with an admission. I made a HUGE resin-related mistake. Happily, I managed to finish this project though. The ice cube tray I used, I had to destroy in order to get my one special leg lamp out of it. I did not pre-test the mold. If I had, I would have realized resin would stick to it like glue. My mold had to be cut up in order to free my leg lamp, The sad part was the molded leg was just perfect! I just could not get it out of the mold, so I cut away at the ice cube tray and tugged and stretched until the lamp was free. And really, who needs more than one leg lamp necklace? I coloured my lamp with gold metallic wax and sealed it with Resin Spray. A Do-It-Yourself Christmas: 34 Great Homemade Gifts to Make.
Books | Environmental Technology Inc. The Resin Doming Technique Explained! First, let's begin with a little eye candy. I have a very cool new bracelet. It is made of vintage watch parts and an old dis-assembled bracelet . Last week I posted this image of some resin I poured into some old watch faces. Notice how the resin leveled out?
It created a nice flat surface. I could have stopped there but a few of you have been asking about "doming. " This was my watch face with one layer of resin. Then I mixed up Envirotex Lite as I normally would and chose to pour it into this tiny squeeze bottle. With my squeeze bottle I was able to control how much resin was now on the watch face, one drip at a time. That tiny edge kept the dome's shape. If you had poured resin onto a flat surface it would just spread until the dome was gone. The only thing you need to worry about with this technique is working somewhere flat and sturdy. That would be the end of my lesson but I thought I would tell you how I made the bracelet.
I broke it up for spare parts and then rebuilt my bracelet! Resin Crafts.