First attempt at casting.

[Woodkiller]

Casting craft PR from Hobby Lobby and some pearl ex lavender. Tried purple and gold second and was very pleasantly surprised with the results.

I have a blue & silver one that I just got to look at and this is fun and addictive something awful.

 

[jsolie]

Those look good! I think I got the exact same resin and pigment from my local HL. Best thing is that my wife is interested in casting.

 

[Justturnin]

Dang, nice work. My first cast looked like a baby boo boo.

 

[crokett]

very nice casting work! Just FYI, you can go to Hobby Lobby's website and get a coupon for 40% off, it is good for a week, in-store only. They say 1 per customer per purchase, but I have gotten 3 cans of the resin at once with 3 coupons. I pointed out that it would be silly for me to do 3 separate transactions.


Don't let the resin sit too long after it is opened. I thought I was being clever by pouring all the resin into a larger plastic jug. 2 months later what I had left had jelled.

 

[Woodkiller]

Thanks for the compliments, Im having fun with this stuff. My wife won't do it but she got the first purple one I made. I got the coupon and it helps a lot, I'm on my third can in just a few days already. Guess I need to look into ordering it in larger quantities. There are some blue and gold ones setting up now.

 

[crokett]

You can get resin in larger quantities cheaper than the hobby shops here:

Fiberglass , Epoxy , Composites, Carbon Fiber - U.S. Composites, Inc.

Having turned a lot of both, I can tell you that I prefer what US Composites sells.

 

[triw51]

Don't know why but I am not seeing any pictures

 

[Woodkiller]

Walmart sells small bottles of craft paint for just over $1.25 in a whole lot of colors and just because I had a few handy, I tried some. Has anyone tried this before & if so did it last & hold up? I made one with black & orange and a purple one. Both batches had a nice amount of pearl ex macro pearl. They hardened but I haven't turned them yet and was wondering if I'm the only one silly enough to try this.
BTW it is water based acrylic paint.

 

[Pitoon]

good job on those blanks! i really like that purple!

Pitoon