scjohnson243
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Well after some good advice on the forums I got a few 32oz cans of resin to play with and some coloring... First impressions is that it is much harder than I thought it would be! With the First attempt I learned what happens when you wait to long before dropping it into a mold...
The next one I put in a a little aluminum mold and made a pretty purple.. I need to make/buy some pen molds ( I just ordered 2-3 of them online and waiting till they come in next week)
I also did a green one, and tried to swirl some gold around, but I assume I never let my green set log enough because it turned into one mass...
So, I guess I need to work on my timing.. at this point I think I'll sand them to an even edge and glue them together and try to use the bandsaw to get one usable blank out of it... I dont know...
so, any suggestions into making pretty swirl patterns? I assume my gold/green mixed up together so badly because I didn't let the green sit long enough?
Going back to the library and read more...
Was a fun afternoon, even though no real successes!
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The next one I put in a a little aluminum mold and made a pretty purple.. I need to make/buy some pen molds ( I just ordered 2-3 of them online and waiting till they come in next week)
![oky6g2.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi60.tinypic.com%2Foky6g2.jpg&hash=adb80fafb21c97fb76d11a92f2840def)
I also did a green one, and tried to swirl some gold around, but I assume I never let my green set log enough because it turned into one mass...
![2hsaqs8.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi60.tinypic.com%2F2hsaqs8.jpg&hash=e4d8bf4d592dce783ebcf010da0a5dca)
So, I guess I need to work on my timing.. at this point I think I'll sand them to an even edge and glue them together and try to use the bandsaw to get one usable blank out of it... I dont know...
so, any suggestions into making pretty swirl patterns? I assume my gold/green mixed up together so badly because I didn't let the green sit long enough?
Going back to the library and read more...