♦ White surface. You can see your colors more clearly if you work on white. Silicone mats work, too, but cover your area so it is as white as possible (e.g., with white paper), then cover with a cheap plastic drop cloth. Also, protect the floor with a flattened cardboard box or a big tarp.
♦ Level surface. You want the resin to cure evenly.
♦ Toothpicks. These are super for mixing in a tiny bit of color and for popping resin bubbles.
♦ Colorants. There are specially designed resin dyes that are recommended, but colorants can also include acrylic paints, alcohol dyes, and pigment powders.
♦ Molds. You can pour your resin into or onto molds.
♦ Heavy-duty multi-surface adhesive. This can be a craft glue, such as E6000®; just make sure it’s not an instant glue.
Shown here are the two parts of the resin (in the bottles), the measuring cup and wooden stir stick, and a plastic-protected cookie tray that has been well marked as for use in jewelry making only.
Gay Isber
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♦ Green floral foam. This is super for objects that are not flat—embed them in the foam to keep them level while they cure.
♦ Foils and cellophane. Gold, silver, and copper foils or leaf, cellophane, and creative films like those used for fingernail art can all be used in your projects.
♦ Old paintbrush. Use this with pigment powders.
♦ Tape. Use heavy-duty clear packing tape.
♦ Embellishments. Use whatever you want to embed in your resin, like beads, rhinestones, findings, trinkets, pearls, etc. See a huge list of possibilities on page 18.
Andrenko Tatiana
NOT ESSENTIAL, BUT HANDY
♦ Lamp. A bright light with any kind of bulb is great to use to help you see colors and bubbles easily. A downward-facing or bendable lamp with an incandescent light bulb will speed up curing time and make air bubbles rise faster so that you can easily blow on them to pop them or poke them with a toothpick.
♦ Silicone pad. Resin won’t stick to silicone. Find a pad for cooking or sold specifically for resin and epoxy clays. I use a white one I found online for resin work and an orange one from my favorite epoxy clay manufacturer for epoxy clay work.
♦ Mold release. Use a spray mold release in your molds to keep them from getting tiny tears when you pull out the resin casts; such tears will ruin the molds if you use them a lot. Spray coconut oil is a good alternative.
Peter Kotoff
♦ Clear sealant. You can seal finished resin casts with nail polish, UV nail polish, sealing sprays, spray resin, or a clear-drying glue.
♦ Mask-type respirator. Ventilation is a must (see info on safety on page 28), so if you don’t have good ventilation, then use a respirator to filter the chemical fumes.
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The step-by-step instructions for using resin are straightforward, although they can vary depending on the product and the manufacturer. Some resins, for example, don’t use the half-and-half parts A and B ratio that is used throughout most of this book. Always read and follow the manufacturer’s instructions. The following instructions are for general reference only.
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