The bubbles in the molds are usually caused by mixing too fast and not trying to get as many bubbles out prior to pouring. Also, to decrease the amount of bubbles in your silicone mixture, pour from an elevated point and in a thin stream. Slow and steady is the key and not mixing to vigorously. I've been making my own molds for almost 15 years this way. Hope this helps! Peace!
Kate Bailey I have a question and would greatly appreciate any tips you could give me. I have worked with resin but not made my own molds before. My husband has asked me if I can make resin casts of some of his model car parts and I’m just not sure how to go about making a mold of something that isn’t flat on one side. Like little car parts. Can you give me any advice? Thank you!!
@@jkm253 Two part molds would probably be best, especially if there is a lot of detail. Depending on how big the part is I would use mold putty. It's not cheap, but it is easiest for small molds. You have to be fast with it too because it sets up pretty fast. There is a ton of info on RUclips about mold making, even making your own molding putty with 100% silicone caulking. Hope this helps. :)
@@jkm253 I know I'm jumping in 3 months later, but TheCrafsMan here on youtube has a lot of mold casting videos that might be helpful. He does a lot of casting molds for things like little toy figures including pieces for movable arms and legs. He's also like the Bob Ross of the craft world. I highly recommend checking him out.
Hi Heather. Your demo on mold making was very interesting. Did you have a video on how you took you items out of the silicone? And how did you split the one with the rose candle holder? i would love to see that particular process. Thanks
Eeeeek! Did I just buy the heart dish made here on Etsy!? I freaking loooove it! If it’s not THE one, it’s close. I’m ded can’t wait to get it ❤️💖❤️💖❤️
There are a bunch of ways to remove bubbles from the silicone before you pour the mold. A pressure pot being the best as it forces most of the bubbles out.
@@ArtsyMadwoman I was also going to suggest can you pour the leaf in layers... like pour some resin, add the inks, pour some more resin, add some inks, etc.? Have you ever tried that?
@@annettegongora156 I use the blunt tip hypos (buy in bulk on amazon for under $20) to get the ink into small areas or to get the ink to show a high def detail. I do this when I make soap molds. Plus it allows a greater concentration of color in specific areas.
They all turned out great! The only thing I can think of, and I'm no expert as I'm still learning about working with resin myself, was to put some holes in the leaf mold so that you could add your inks at those edges? Or like someone else suggested with a needle so that there is no hole left in your mold. Which now that I think about it, my way would leave holes where excess resin would have to be sanded away. Definitely the needle idea. LOL Won't leave any holes in the mold. Possibly, make the back of the mold into 'flaps' that you replace once you've dropped the inks?
Maybe you could move the ink in the leaf mold by using a straw and blowing on the ink to move it to one side or another. A technique used in acrylic paint pours.
absolutely love the heart dish and rose cup!!!!! could you also teach us about mixing colors directly into the resin? I see a lot of videos where their resin is already colored and they pour it into the molds and i'm curious about it. what kinds of paints are safe for resin? thanks again for all your help, I plan to start making resin as soon as I can all thanks to you 🥰
You should use the bottom of the original heart dish to make a pretty lid for it, by making a mold of just the bottom of the dish so you get all that pretty detailing
I didnt read comments but im very VERY familiar with silicone, if you can find a vibrating table or do a high pour(meaning pour SLOWLY and thinly from as high as you can possibly get-standing in a chair or table or pouring the silicone from your height to the floor- you will essentially get WAY less bubbles and get a better mold.) Having done many molds in silicone from going to school for it i really prefer doing a high pour(or both) but It doesn't seem to work well with the actual resin lol im not sure why. Lol Goodluck! I love your videos! Please keep making content! 🙏
Love Love Love the heart it's gorgeous! The leaf is really cool looking (maybe for that mold you can cut off the extra flaps so you can see & work with the mold more easily). The rose cup is very pretty and art decoish! So love your enthusiasm!
For the inks in the leaf or deep molds can you put some resin in then add ink then add more resin right after then more ink on top? Not letting it cure between layers just adding them in one after the other?
weird that I was just as excited as you were! your molds came out amazing. I was thinking about trying to make my own molds but was intimidated but your expressions and excitement have changed my mind haha .. Thank you
When your resin is warm it's more liquid and the ink will spread more. Also just poke around with a plastic palette knife or something to push it down. You could also pour some resin, drop ink, more resin, more ink, and layer it a little like that
Could you give me an idea of how many coasters I could get out of the smooth on 15 slow kit?? I wondered if its worth making my own molds.. i know you may not know but wondered how many molds you made from a box of 15 slow..
I appreciate your passion for resin. It is super fun so many possibilities! Love this video and the one where you made the molds. I’ve never made molds before but want to try so bad!
Loving the rose vase, looking forward to trying them, and using some unique colors ass well. Will definitely try this out. Yes I'm hooked, yes I've subscribed to your channel.
Geez, you should get commissions from these manufacturers. I'm already turned on to two products that you used that I never heard of before. I really do love your videos!
I enjoy all your training video,s. i need a answer. I am pretty new at resin. i like to pour Pyramids. the mold i bought was shiny inside and when finished they came out shiny and clear. The question is i am seeing lines on my pyramids from rings inside my molds , where i poured different size pyramids. CAN i get the rings out of my mold so my pyramids will not have them on them anymore. Or should i throw away the mold, and buy a new onw???
I wonder if you were to make an inverted mold of the leaf, like instead of laying right side up on the DT bowl, then adding the mold mixture, if you were to put it upside down in the bowl, then add the mold mixture... this way when you go to put resin into the mold, the leaf is inverted so the ink can run DOWN to the "top" edge of the leaf...instead of staying to the bottom of the dish??!!?? (Hope I've made sense, lol.)
I love how passionate you are and love watching your channel, your reactions to your work is so wonderful. I get excited too with my work. Great channel by the way I was telling Let's Resin about you lastnight ♥
Great job! I am hoping you have a video about how the molds ended up like that (how did you remove the pieces you made the molds with. Thank you so much, Darling Girl!
Hi pretty woman! Im from the philippines and new to soap making.. i want to maje molds of different shapes for my soaps., pls share eith me what kind of chemicals to buy to make molds.. thanks!
When you fill the leaf mold: (I've done nothing with resin, just to disclaimer the advice here lol) Would it work better to pour your clear resin just like you do, but then instead of adding the pigment to the leaf directly add it to a cup of resin and use your little turkey basting syringe thing to inject it deeper. Then just kind of remove it while squeezing so it leave a trail of the pigmented resin? Love the videos! Thanks for posting them - I'm trying to figure out what not to do before I crack the seal on the resin I am dyyying to use :)
When using deep molds, I want to put flowers along the sides. Do I put a little resin in first and then assort the flowers or do you do the flowers first?
Idk if anyone had said this but for the heart mold, you should do a mold of just the bottom of the heart dish, and then cast that in resin and make that a lid to the heart ahhh!
I just saw a thing on Amazon that was poorly translated, but it suggested putting a little soapy water in the first small gap you make when trying to take the piece out of the freshly made mold (or a finished resin piece, I suppose 🤔)... that should help break the seal without tearing the mold. I hope this helps!
Is there a video showing getting the glass pieces out of the molds? And explaining how/why you split the molds? Does that not affect the resin pour? Sorry, complete noob here
Would it help to tap the mold gently on the table top right after pouring the resin. This may help loosen the bubbles so they will float to the top faster. Kind of like I was taught in cake making. Maybe it might help to sink the alcohol inks down the edges of cups and bowls. Just an idea, love feed back. 🤔🙄😮
Absolutely loving your channel! Found it researching Resin Art and Casting. I'm new to it all but currently loving experimenting with resin and how many variations can be made. Just wondering if you have found a way to get the Ink to spread further into the leaves? I've created a custom mould of a flower dish, similar to your leaf it's quite shallow and have found the ink keeps pooling at the top (bottom of the dish went popped out).
The bubbles in the molds are usually caused by mixing too fast and not trying to get as many bubbles out prior to pouring. Also, to decrease the amount of bubbles in your silicone mixture, pour from an elevated point and in a thin stream. Slow and steady is the key and not mixing to vigorously. I've been making my own molds for almost 15 years this way. Hope this helps! Peace!
Kate Bailey I have a question and would greatly appreciate any tips you could give me. I have worked with resin but not made my own molds before. My husband has asked me if I can make resin casts of some of his model car parts and I’m just not sure how to go about making a mold of something that isn’t flat on one side. Like little car parts. Can you give me any advice? Thank you!!
@@jkm253 Two part molds would probably be best, especially if there is a lot of detail. Depending on how big the part is I would use mold putty. It's not cheap, but it is easiest for small molds. You have to be fast with it too because it sets up pretty fast. There is a ton of info on RUclips about mold making, even making your own molding putty with 100% silicone caulking. Hope this helps. :)
Kate Bailey Thank you so much for your reply! I appreciate it. I didn’t know about mold putty I’m going to check it out!!
@@jkm253 Good luck!
@@jkm253 I know I'm jumping in 3 months later, but TheCrafsMan here on youtube has a lot of mold casting videos that might be helpful. He does a lot of casting molds for things like little toy figures including pieces for movable arms and legs. He's also like the Bob Ross of the craft world. I highly recommend checking him out.
Loooooving the heart. I would put a tea lite in it and see the colors reflect around. AND the vase.....fab.
Hi Heather. Your demo on mold making was very interesting. Did you have a video on how you took you items out of the silicone? And how did you split the one with the rose candle holder? i would love to see that particular process. Thanks
how did you get the items out of the silicone?
This tutorial really helped me. Thank you fir sharing. The white top was also very helpful.
Eeeeek! Did I just buy the heart dish made here on Etsy!? I freaking loooove it! If it’s not THE one, it’s close. I’m ded can’t wait to get it ❤️💖❤️💖❤️
Yes you did! It’s the exact one 😝❤️ it’ll be on its way to you tomorrow! Thank you so much!!
There are a bunch of ways to remove bubbles from the silicone before you pour the mold. A pressure pot being the best as it forces most of the bubbles out.
Could you use a hypodermic needle and "inject" some of that ink down into the molds? Like for the leaf? I loved the heart the best.
Ooooo that’s a good idea! I could definitely try that! & thank you!! ❤️
@@ArtsyMadwoman I was also going to suggest can you pour the leaf in layers... like pour some resin, add the inks, pour some more resin, add some inks, etc.? Have you ever tried that?
@@annettegongora156 I use the blunt tip hypos (buy in bulk on amazon for under $20) to get the ink into small areas or to get the ink to show a high def detail. I do this when I make soap molds. Plus it allows a greater concentration of color in specific areas.
The rose cup. If you seal the side with resin the day before, you can use it without anything leaking out.
They all turned out great! The only thing I can think of, and I'm no expert as I'm still learning about working with resin myself, was to put some holes in the leaf mold so that you could add your inks at those edges? Or like someone else suggested with a needle so that there is no hole left in your mold. Which now that I think about it, my way would leave holes where excess resin would have to be sanded away. Definitely the needle idea. LOL Won't leave any holes in the mold. Possibly, make the back of the mold into 'flaps' that you replace once you've dropped the inks?
I fucking love this one!!! the reaction to the heart bowl. Lava lamp streaks!!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!!
Maybe you could move the ink in the leaf mold by using a straw and blowing on the ink to move it to one side or another. A technique used in acrylic paint pours.
absolutely love the heart dish and rose cup!!!!! could you also teach us about mixing colors directly into the resin? I see a lot of videos where their resin is already colored and they pour it into the molds and i'm curious about it. what kinds of paints are safe for resin? thanks again for all your help, I plan to start making resin as soon as I can all thanks to you 🥰
Awwww!!! That makes me so happy! Thank you 😭😭😭❤️ & yes I can absolutely do a video about that!!
@@ArtsyMadwomanforever loving you 💖
Absolutely love the heart and stirr it very slow like mixing a big batch of resin
Loooove how passionate you are about art !
Love the Heart and rose cup SOOOOO MUUUUCCCHHHH!!!!!
Could you separate out the epoxy into 4-5 different containers, mix in different colors (mica power) and then pour?
You should use the bottom of the original heart dish to make a pretty lid for it, by making a mold of just the bottom of the dish so you get all that pretty detailing
I didnt read comments but im very VERY familiar with silicone, if you can find a vibrating table or do a high pour(meaning pour SLOWLY and thinly from as high as you can possibly get-standing in a chair or table or pouring the silicone from your height to the floor- you will essentially get WAY less bubbles and get a better mold.) Having done many molds in silicone from going to school for it i really prefer doing a high pour(or both) but It doesn't seem to work well with the actual resin lol im not sure why. Lol Goodluck! I love your videos! Please keep making content! 🙏
your heart tray just made my eyes pop out its so stunning really
I so badly want that rose cup 😍 the colors are so 😍
What a beautiful....can I asked...where can I buy a mold...
Those are all AMAZING!!!!
Love Love Love the heart it's gorgeous! The leaf is really cool looking (maybe for that mold you can cut off the extra flaps so you can see & work with the mold more easily). The rose cup is very pretty and art decoish! So love your enthusiasm!
Hi Heather, quick question, how can I make a silicone mold from a flat, metal silhouette?
For the inks in the leaf or deep molds can you put some resin in then add ink then add more resin right after then more ink on top? Not letting it cure between layers just adding them in one after the other?
Oh wow! These turned out so beautiful!
How did you get the pieces out of the molded rubber to make the molds??? Please!!
I love your choices of mold ideas. I can’t wait to make some molds of my own. I love resin and flowers too!
I haven’t tried it yet but apparently if you cut zigzag on a mould instead of a straight line it’s much better x
weird that I was just as excited as you were! your molds came out amazing. I was thinking about trying to make my own molds but was intimidated but your expressions and excitement have changed my mind haha .. Thank you
I am in love with the heart dish AHHH
LOVE the dripping effect!!!
YOU are adorable!! And your projects are awesome and very inspiring! Thank you so much for sharing.
When your resin is warm it's more liquid and the ink will spread more. Also just poke around with a plastic palette knife or something to push it down. You could also pour some resin, drop ink, more resin, more ink, and layer it a little like that
I am in love with this. How do I know where to go to finish the mold process??
I would love to know how you pulled the tray out of the mold before you did the resin
I am obsessed with your channel
Omg that heart is stunning such free flow it colours all mix so well the rose is super cute too 😍
Could you give me an idea of how many coasters I could get out of the smooth on 15 slow kit?? I wondered if its worth making my own molds.. i know you may not know but wondered how many molds you made from a box of 15 slow..
I have that exact heart dish and made a mold as well...i just wish there was a way to get the bottom part as well😕
I appreciate your passion for resin. It is super fun so many possibilities! Love this video and the one where you made the molds. I’ve never made molds before but want to try so bad!
the heart is so sooo gorgeous
How do they dry
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RECENTLY found your channel.... I LOVE resin, there is a satisfaction like awesomeness
I am SO in love with that heart as well. Just went "Goodwill" shopping the other day. I NEED to do this.
Love the rose, the heart is really cool. That leaf us kind of unique
Loving the rose vase, looking forward to trying them, and using some unique colors ass well. Will definitely try this out. Yes I'm hooked, yes I've subscribed to your channel.
that fucking DIG that rose cup. the color, the shape, everything.
I'd love to see how you make the Moulds!!! I love all these pieces
Hey I’m trying to make a 8x10 ish mold but don’t have any plastic containers. Could i use an aluminum baking pan ?
Can you mix the alcohol ink in the epoxy before pouring it in the mold?
Absolutely love the heart!
Can you add alcohol inks to colored/tinted resin? Does it mix together and look bad?
Geez, you should get commissions from these manufacturers. I'm already turned on to two products that you used that I never heard of before. I really do love your videos!
I enjoy all your training video,s. i need a answer. I am pretty new at resin. i like to pour Pyramids. the mold i bought was shiny inside and when finished they came out shiny and clear. The question is i am seeing lines on my pyramids from rings inside my molds , where i poured different size pyramids. CAN i get the rings out of my mold so my pyramids will not have them on them anymore. Or should i throw away the mold, and buy a new onw???
I love your passion for resin!! Lol
I absolutely love it.
I wonder if you were to make an inverted mold of the leaf, like instead of laying right side up on the DT bowl, then adding the mold mixture, if you were to put it upside down in the bowl, then add the mold mixture... this way when you go to put resin into the mold, the leaf is inverted so the ink can run DOWN to the "top" edge of the leaf...instead of staying to the bottom of the dish??!!?? (Hope I've made sense, lol.)
Oh and the rose one as well 🌹🌹🌹 love them both💕🌹💕🌹
I absolutely love the heart!!!
Have you done dried flowers in these?
Love the heart!!! So cute!
Love the tulip & heart!
Do you know how to make a resin ashtray heat resistant or know of any coating I can put on them
I really love the heart one! Please, Please make more for your shop! I need one! Crafty Hugs, Christal
I love how passionate you are and love watching your channel, your reactions to your work is so wonderful. I get excited too with my work. Great channel by the way I was telling Let's Resin about you lastnight ♥
Great job! I am hoping you have a video about how the molds ended up like that (how did you remove the pieces you made the molds with. Thank you so much, Darling Girl!
I’m definitely planning on making another video going more in depth with mold making!
@@ArtsyMadwoman YES PLEASE?? =)
Vase is very beautiful 😍
Hi pretty woman! Im from the philippines and new to soap making.. i want to maje molds of different shapes for my soaps., pls share eith me what kind of chemicals to buy to make molds.. thanks!
When you fill the leaf mold:
(I've done nothing with resin, just to disclaimer the advice here lol)
Would it work better to pour your clear resin just like you do, but then instead of adding the pigment to the leaf directly add it to a cup of resin and use your little turkey basting syringe thing to inject it deeper. Then just kind of remove it while squeezing so it leave a trail of the pigmented resin?
Love the videos! Thanks for posting them - I'm trying to figure out what not to do before I crack the seal on the resin I am dyyying to use :)
Beautiful! Yes I love the heart candy dish.
With the leaf being so hidden in the mold is there a way to get more bubbles out?
You give me so much energy 😍
I really like them all! , especially the heart! Going to try!
The heart came out amazing.
When using deep molds, I want to put flowers along the sides. Do I put a little resin in first and then assort the flowers or do you do the flowers first?
Idk if anyone had said this but for the heart mold, you should do a mold of just the bottom of the heart dish, and then cast that in resin and make that a lid to the heart ahhh!
Is the texture like glass?
Do you have to use the white?
Looks awesome beautiful beautiful job
where did you get your white & what kind is it?
I wish you could do a video of the mold and when it’s done. Does it look like that or do you have to trim it any?
BEAUTIFUL LOL I LOVE HOW MUCH YOU GET EXCITED ABOUT THE PIECES ... I WANT THE HEART BOWL
I just saw a thing on Amazon that was poorly translated, but it suggested putting a little soapy water in the first small gap you make when trying to take the piece out of the freshly made mold (or a finished resin piece, I suppose 🤔)... that should help break the seal without tearing the mold. I hope this helps!
OMG that heart!!! I gasped & wanted to cry, it's so beautiful! WOW!
Omg that heart is so gorgeous! 💖
Is there a video showing getting the glass pieces out of the molds? And explaining how/why you split the molds? Does that not affect the resin pour? Sorry, complete noob here
Do you ever mix color in before you pour the resin?
Would it help to tap the mold gently on the table top right after pouring the resin. This may help loosen the bubbles so they will float to the top faster. Kind of like I was taught in cake making. Maybe it might help to sink the alcohol inks down the edges of cups and bowls. Just an idea, love feed back. 🤔🙄😮
what brand of resin and hardner do you use?
1:55 how is that thing called ?
That dish is so cuuuuuute i love it soo much ♥♥ you did such a good job!
Absolutely loving your channel! Found it researching Resin Art and Casting. I'm new to it all but currently loving experimenting with resin and how many variations can be made. Just wondering if you have found a way to get the Ink to spread further into the leaves? I've created a custom mould of a flower dish, similar to your leaf it's quite shallow and have found the ink keeps pooling at the top (bottom of the dish went popped out).
Hey Girl ! Can you show how you got the original out of the mold the next time ? Great Tutorial !! Thank you
Same. I kept rewinding to see if I missed something! Lol.
Heart is definitely my fav... but love the shapes of the other pieces too.
I love love love this!!!!
Looks like the molds that have more of item exposed helps the ink sink thru out.. The ones that are covered makes ink pool on top
I love both your awesome May I asked where did you get those? I would love to try those mold thank you appreciate your comment!
just found your channel !! i love this video !! can't wait to try this for my nail products !!!
COOL!! Great work!