Haven't finished the video yet but I wanted to suggest putting a little bit of resin in the mould and tilting it so the entire curved surface is covered and quickly curing it. Kind of like how you make filled chocolates - sort of a shell. That way there isn't anywhere for the resin to leak when you do the coloured "filling".
I think if you had used a lamp and allowed it to stay covered with the lamp for 2 minutes, you would of found that mess would of not been there. I have only experienced UV resin since I started playing with resin, and I don't have leaks in my layers or colors. I also do the same amount of time on the bottom as I do the tops. That's the key, is longer UV time.
TEMU has some inexpensive nail lamps that are strong enough at 54 watts. They're about $5-7. Plus you get 30% off for your first order & it's still free shipping. Also it comes in about a week & there's so many good quality things you can get. I'd give you my link but I don't feel like looking for it. But if you check out cheapchick she has quite a few TEMU hauls & a link if you need it.
New user here, and I’ve only used UV resin so far. I’ve watched tons of instructional videos, but only in random order. I’ve wasted SO MUCH resin trying to get cool alcohol ink effects, and I blamed only my own inadequacies for my failures. You’ve honestly made me feel better, knowing that it was a losing scenario from the start, but I sure wish I’d stumbled across this video sooner!
Yup. Time under the light is key. An inexpensive lamp (not LED) for gel nails works. Leave each layer under the lamp for at least 5 mins to cure. You can also leave it out in the sun to cure. But that’s less predictable in the UK 😂!
I wish I saw this video before! That was the first mistake I did last night too, after getting all the supplies. Had no idea about UV resin and alcohol ink. I’ve watched so many of the videos, mostly yours, and never realized that it doesn’t work in UV. :)
I’ve done this with some success. Trick is to cure it both sides, and leave it in the mold until the alcohol has drie,d and then seal the inks with another layer of resin. May as well just use 2part with all that fuss.
Thanks for that, I tried alcohol ink in UV before I knew better it was mostly a mess, I make primarily jewelry and dry with a lamp or torch them always put it in the sun for a few minutes on both sides before demolding. otherwise it's always a bit sticky. I have been making a few coasters and phone grips with 2 part. I have had a real fading problem with the alcohol ink so I've been trying the mica powder/alcohol mix it works well if you get the right mix lol. thanks for all your videos they are a great help.
Thanks for confirming my suspension about using UV resin the way you do two part epoxy resin. I thought you might have a way of doing it that wasn’t a disaster like mine. Now I see it just a waste of us resin. Thank you Daniel!!!
Thank you for trying to get UV resin to work with alcohol ink. I have been moderately successful as well. I will try leaving it a bit longer and see what happens. I really enjoy your work. Thanks again, you're the best.
If you put ink into a silicone tray, it will evaporate and leave a dry skin of something that can be crumbled into dust, which should mix into the resin.
Well I love that you gave it a go and showed us, so thank you for that!! I’m sure you’ve heard of Colored UV Resin (they come in dark bottles since each color is basically UV Resin with some colorant in it and states on box *only for use with uv resin* 😊) But I’ve tried using like a tiny drop of alcohol inks in uv resin and it just doesn’t wanna behave! I have mixed mica powders (the chameleon colors from let’s resin) with isopropyl alcohol and it kinda works but the thinnest of layers is how I managed that, only one tiny puzzle piece came out gooey but it was black color and the mold was clear but yeah-that was the time I said screw this, uv resin cost way too much and shrinks so it kinda messed my molds up. Lol but we have to try these things for us to know right?!😂❤
Alli, mica powders don't work well with UV if it is too think and not transparent enough for the light to go through. One trick I saw from Meg Dion I believe is to UV the underside of the (only transparent) mold as well as the top. Furthermore, the chameleon stuff from LR is absolute junk! I have it too and it's nowhere like their pics and videos they have. Major disappointment there lol
Nice illustration man, sunlight works best with any UV Resin cures in under 5mins if there's no sunlight try using a UV Lamp that's powerful enough or leave your little uv torch on one spot for 10mins and then flip over for another 10mins
Half of these were totally stunning. Definitely worth it for those of us who only have space for uv resin. I wonder if the smaller moulds went gooey because their small size meant that there was a bigger proportion of ink to resin? Even though the results weren't 100% perfect, you've inspired people to try it for the sake of getting effects that you achieved in 3 of them.
I don't like or use 2 part. (I'm impatient). Lol. And I've never tried it in UV because I just assumed it wouldn't mix well. So thank you for doing this so I could see!
Definitely did not let it cure long enough. An actual UV lamp..( I have manicure UV lamp..cheap on Amazon)..would work better. Probably less ink would help too. Thanks for doing this video! Definitely shows people what not to do. Resin is expensive..not fun when it’s wasted.
I tried this as well after getting some uv resin, and you're right, it's not worth it. For that amount of ink, standard resin is still the best. I now mainly use uv for open back pendants and the like, that seem to require less ink etc.
I have only just watched first time, as am a newbie. UV resin and alcohol ink? I have just bought the wrong inks, but have i? I wanted lets resin alcohol inks and in my haste i bought lets resin uv resin alcohol inks just for UV resin. I will look to see if you have done a tutorial on it. Love watching you, thank you
Watching again to show my daughter/business partner and you can get rid of those bubbles. Evan and Katelynns channel use a depressurizer for their bubbles. If anything you can use a paint shaker type of machine too.
❤ thank you so much for doing this video. I have been trying to figure this out for a long time. I am going to change it up a bit. I was thinking of doing a clear layer curing it. Then a second thin layer add the inks, do the detail and then cure that. After I am going to seal it. I’m hoping it comes out good
I make heart charms from a mold like the one your using, from what I’ve learned, you can’t add a lot of the inks to the UV resin, It dilutes the uv resin, You can add a little, I wonder if you mix each color separately, with just enough color that it would cure, then took and mixed those colors and swirled them like you do and I still can’t do, if it would work…
Daniel, thank you for your videos. I learn so much from you. I can't wait to try to make pendants. Thank you for explaining about the alcohol inks and uv resin.
Nu. 😱 Hi Daniel, unfortunately I don't understand what you say from the video but from the title, I think it's just a waste of UV. Thanks for the demonstration. 😊
Those are really cool effects! Can u now coat them in two-part resin to seal them? The ones that were ooey gooey are kinda cool with the bubble inside, like a lava lamp or something! 😃
OK, this might have been mentioned before, (I don't have months to look at the comments lol), but have you tried regular, translucent, not alcohol pigments in uv resin with your petri effects? Or curing the uv resin for a few seconds to get a stringy effect on the surface before stirring, perhaps?
I use a lot of uv resin, JDiction hard uv resin, it’s messy, sticky and smells and taste horrible….I work with it every day, the uv changes the colors of the green, purple and blue…so I have to work with both the alcohol and the opaque to try and get the colors to stop changing…I’d mentioned I make rainbow pride Dachshund keychains, and a rescue asked me to do the colors separate, which is time consuming, and I have to add many layers to get the right colors, thought I found a quicker and better way to do, I carefully added the rainbow colors one at a time into the reg resin that’s in the mold, I’d carefully mix each color(opaque) up and down, then start at the nose where the red ink is, using a thin plastic thing, take the red thru the colors into the last color (purple) and when it cured, after coating with the UV resin, it comes out looking like beautiful blown glass…..but the rescue wants the rainbow stripes 🌈 separated…🤦🏽♀️
@@daniel..cooper Hmmmm, I’ll have to give that a try, see if it speeds up the process…now with the uv light changing the colors of the green, blue and purple….did you notice the uv light changing the colors, it like turns it into a very muddy color….I’ve had to cut and peel off those colors when that happens..then add this or that and apply, cure, apply, cure till the colors are what they should be…will be working on the rainbow Dachshunds today and will try your suggestion….🤞🏼 Thank you
My new found friend… you need to get yourself a good UV LAMP… Let's Resin has an excellent little 36w lamp that cures UV resin beautifully! UV Resin is what I use for 90% of all of my projects… even bigger projects, I will use UV Resin! I was wondering if your feathering and blooming techniques could be done as this is one thing I have t tried to do yet but will now… I have thoroughly enjoyed your videos and have subscribed to your channels… I found you in the Facebook group today… I buzz through it from time to time looking for idea and seeing what others are doing… still trying to work my way into two part resins for a couple of large projects I want to do which I know I can’t make with uV resin… thank you for all of your videos and taking the time to do them for us! Keep,up the great work!!!
@@daniel..cooper hopefully a good one… lol…. :) you might try your uv resin experiment again with it but just one or two of them until you get it right like you have with your two part resins… I love uv resin but two,part scares the bajeezees out of me… it’s so bloody expensive to waste on mess ups… i went through my share of uv resins though too until I finally came across the Let's Resin products… and now, I tell ya, that’s pretty much all I use now… not only their resins, but their inks, micas and glitters as well… and their molds are pretty good too! Your work is awesome… I wish I had found you a LONG time ago,.. perhaps I wouldn’t have been so afraid to work with the 2 part resin… I just hate waiting forever for it to set up! Looking at getting one of those machines to speed the process up… but from what I can tell, I would be better off buying a temperature control dehydrator lol…
Yes, UV is quick. Let's Resin have a heat Mat in the US and soon UK but with Petri, you need to let it sit for a couple of hours otherwise the heat causes the inks to blob, a lower heat may be fine but it's risky with petri.
@@daniel..cooper yeah I was looking at that heat mat… but I don’t think I want to try that… there is no real control with it… I have an older dehydrator that is just sitting in my cabinet collecting dust…I’m think I might pull it out and set what happens with a couple of small test pieces… I have a bunch of those little bottles you get in the start packs that I have never messed with… not a bad way to experiment lol… I got them for the molds and extras they came with, not for the resin itself… so, I won’t mind wasting that to experiment… if the dehydrator works, no need to buy one of the resin machines since they are nothing but overpriced dehydrators anyway… only thing is, my dehydrator isn't a temperature controlled machine… it’s just turn it on and let it do it’s thing type… so, it may not work like the temperature controlled ones do… only one way to find out… right! lol
Maybe try keeping the uv light on each piece for at least a minute or two to cure longer? I prefer using 2 part resin, unless I'm doing a deep pour, then I use specific resin for 2 inch pours. If I use uv resin, I usually have to place in a window to fully cure. I've tried several high uv lights and none really seem to work well. I know let's resin uv resin says takes at minimum 1 to 2 minutes to cure. And I still have them tacky. Lol
I have no separate work space, i just have where ever i can get peace and space to myself for even half an hour. I only have UV Resin to play around with and have always wanted to try this technique. so, i think with the knowledge you have shared i will give it ago. Guess i am an optimist and want a challenge or a foolhardy idiot. Whether it fails or succeeds i can take comfort knowing i tried and learned something new. Lol. Thank you for sharing, greatly appreciated.
Very welcome, I hope it works for you, please also try covering for a couple of hours before adding that last layer or two, I think that would work better.
Hi Daniel, I am a resin lover who has been learning from your videos. I am struggling to make a finely cured piece with no fingerprints.When i finish the piece, i always have fingerprints so i dont know how to get a clean,polished appearance for resin jewellery?? Can you please advise??
Wow...2nd video I've missed! Sheesh, I feel stupid. 😕 Glad you're still experimenting with UV. I rarely use it any more, but I *have* done some of the same stuff, including the rainbow ink, hoping for decent results. The only "success" I've had is using (I'll whisper it...JDiction UV) and it cures completely, with no stickiness at all, UNLESS I'm using Piñata Blanco Blanco. Ugh...skin city! Of course, you need to use a good lamp. 😊. But, no matter what resin I use, I seem to get ugly blobs, total-coverage side spores only, and very, very muddy colors: colors that *should* look really good together. 🤔 Let's Resin colors, no less! The swirls don't seem to show up all that well, either. Wow, yours looks way better than mine, even with the leakage! What am I doing differently?!?
Oh, don't I wish! I have no cell, no camera. I'm not tech oriented AT all...can't even take good pics with a real, film camera. Ah, well. I have 500ml more of UV to use up. Guess I'd best get cracking!
Oops my comment went thru too soon. Anyway I don't particularly like uv resin cuz it is so messy and my brand is horrible smelling and without a mask, it makes my face numb. But even with open back or closed back cabochons, I will use two part. My uv ones were awful, I even let them sit in sun outside all day after using a lamp and left them in windowsill for a month where sun shined on them every day and they were still leaking! Forget that mess. 😃
So it can be done just not with a hand held uv light, I have the table top UV lamp. I do a layer of clear first, then cure. Then my ink layer. Cure. Turn it over cure, turn it back over and if I need more resin I add it.
I'm very new oi resin, in both forms. I use a lamp, and for way longer than recommended because I worry things aren't set. I wonder if more time would work with yours too. I've not tried alcohol inks but had no trouble with mica powders.
There has been a lot of stock issues recently, they will be back very soon, I haven't tested any others to be able to provide a good recommendation but have some ready for a test video coming soon 😊😊
Did you know my Freind . Get some Titanium dioxide white and add 0.5 grams and ten drops of a non alcohol ink. The oil based I think then top up to ten mil using alcohol aka isopropanol and you have your own sinker for a fraction of the cost. I don't buy it any more I just make my own so much cheaper but 🤫 don't want to put companies out of productions. Iike let's resin 👌 give it a go . Trust. Titanium dioxide white is like £3-4 for 50 grams. Makes you think why is sinker so expensive 🤷🤷🤷🤷🤔🧐🤨🫤🤦💨💥🙆
@@daniel..cooper I use it with resin pro delux resin is high viscosity so I can drip inks sinker almost straight away and it works a treat. I'm tweaking it so I can use with a low viscosity resin but it's not easy as you'd think. But waiting untill it thickens a bit does work . 🤞😉
Thanks Janet, yes, it's a shame, I will try the other idea I mentioned but wanted to put this up for now, just for the advice 😊. I'm certain we can all find a way which has a better success rate 🥰
I am coming to the conclusion that there aren't any cool color blending or swirl techniques for uv resin. If there are any, I haven't found them yet. Very sad, considering that is all I can work with.
@@daniel..cooper haha yeah!! I'm doing your method today and just cured a bunch of the bottom of a bunch of molds to start on. I loved the designs you did!
Haven't finished the video yet but I wanted to suggest putting a little bit of resin in the mould and tilting it so the entire curved surface is covered and quickly curing it. Kind of like how you make filled chocolates - sort of a shell. That way there isn't anywhere for the resin to leak when you do the coloured "filling".
I think if you had used a lamp and allowed it to stay covered with the lamp for 2 minutes, you would of found that mess would of not been there. I have only experienced UV resin since I started playing with resin, and I don't have leaks in my layers or colors. I also do the same amount of time on the bottom as I do the tops. That's the key, is longer UV time.
I definitely need to buy a lamp 😂
TEMU has some inexpensive nail lamps that are strong enough at 54 watts.
They're about $5-7. Plus you get 30% off for your first order & it's still free shipping. Also it comes in about a week & there's so many good quality things you can get. I'd give you my link but I don't feel like looking for it.
But if you check out cheapchick she has quite a few TEMU hauls & a link if you need it.
I tried it with the lamp that works from both sides. Still got a MESS
New user here, and I’ve only used UV resin so far. I’ve watched tons of instructional videos, but only in random order. I’ve wasted SO MUCH resin trying to get cool alcohol ink effects, and I blamed only my own inadequacies for my failures. You’ve honestly made me feel better, knowing that it was a losing scenario from the start, but I sure wish I’d stumbled across this video sooner!
Yup. Time under the light is key. An inexpensive lamp (not LED) for gel nails works. Leave each layer under the lamp for at least 5 mins to cure. You can also leave it out in the sun to cure. But that’s less predictable in the UK 😂!
I’m glad I only watched resin get wasted instead of also wasting my own. Thank you!
You might try using a tiny dot of ink on a toothpick, swirl directly into the resin. Less ink than for 2 part.
Thank you, i was actually just going to buy somw alcohol ink to use on my uv resin. I appreciate yoir video ❤
I wish I saw this video before! That was the first mistake I did last night too, after getting all the supplies. Had no idea about UV resin and alcohol ink.
I’ve watched so many of the videos, mostly yours, and never realized that it doesn’t work in UV. :)
Thank you for answering that question, I had been wondering about using UV resin with inks. Now I know.
Oh how far you’ve come! ❤
I’ve done this with some success. Trick is to cure it both sides, and leave it in the mold until the alcohol has drie,d and then seal the inks with another layer of resin. May as well just use 2part with all that fuss.
So true! :)
Props for showing your trials and errors - all new to me and thanks.
Waiting for Amazon to deliver my bits on Friday 😊
Thanks for that, I tried alcohol ink in UV before I knew better it was mostly a mess, I make primarily jewelry and dry with a lamp or torch them always put it in the sun for a few minutes on both sides before demolding. otherwise it's always a bit sticky. I have been making a few coasters and phone grips with 2 part. I have had a real fading problem with the alcohol ink so I've been trying the mica powder/alcohol mix it works well if you get the right mix lol. thanks for all your videos they are a great help.
Always very welcome Rhonda 😊😊😊😊
Thanks for confirming my suspension about using UV resin the way you do two part epoxy resin. I thought you might have a way of doing it that wasn’t a disaster like mine. Now I see it just a waste of us resin. Thank you Daniel!!!
Very welcome 😀
Thank you for trying to get UV resin to work with alcohol ink. I have been moderately successful as well. I will try leaving it a bit longer and see what happens. I really enjoy your work. Thanks again, you're the best.
If you put ink into a silicone tray, it will evaporate and leave a dry skin of something that can be crumbled into dust, which should mix into the resin.
Well I love that you gave it a go and showed us, so thank you for that!!
I’m sure you’ve heard of Colored UV Resin (they come in dark bottles since each color is basically UV Resin with some colorant in it and states on box *only for use with uv resin* 😊)
But I’ve tried using like a tiny drop of alcohol inks in uv resin and it just doesn’t wanna behave! I have mixed mica powders (the chameleon colors from let’s resin) with isopropyl alcohol and it kinda works but the thinnest of layers is how I managed that, only one tiny puzzle piece came out gooey but it was black color and the mold was clear but yeah-that was the time I said screw this, uv resin cost way too much and shrinks so it kinda messed my molds up. Lol but we have to try these things for us to know right?!😂❤
We definitely do 😂🤣
Alli, mica powders don't work well with UV if it is too think and not transparent enough for the light to go through. One trick I saw from Meg Dion I believe is to UV the underside of the (only transparent) mold as well as the top. Furthermore, the chameleon stuff from LR is absolute junk! I have it too and it's nowhere like their pics and videos they have. Major disappointment there lol
Nice illustration man, sunlight works best with any UV Resin cures in under 5mins if there's no sunlight try using a UV Lamp that's powerful enough or leave your little uv torch on one spot for 10mins and then flip over for another 10mins
I loved the orange one.
Half of these were totally stunning.
Definitely worth it for those of us who only have space for uv resin.
I wonder if the smaller moulds went gooey because their small size meant that there was a bigger proportion of ink to resin?
Even though the results weren't 100% perfect, you've inspired people to try it for the sake of getting effects that you achieved in 3 of them.
I don't like or use 2 part. (I'm impatient). Lol. And I've never tried it in UV because I just assumed it wouldn't mix well. So thank you for doing this so I could see!
Definitely did not let it cure long enough. An actual UV lamp..( I have manicure UV lamp..cheap on Amazon)..would work better. Probably less ink would help too. Thanks for doing this video! Definitely shows people what not to do. Resin is expensive..not fun when it’s wasted.
I tried this as well after getting some uv resin, and you're right, it's not worth it. For that amount of ink, standard resin is still the best.
I now mainly use uv for open back pendants and the like, that seem to require less ink etc.
100% it's great for many jobs, just not alcohol inks sadly.
I have only just watched first time, as am a newbie. UV resin and alcohol ink? I have just bought the wrong inks, but have i? I wanted lets resin alcohol inks and in my haste i bought lets resin uv resin alcohol inks just for UV resin. I will look to see if you have done a tutorial on it. Love watching you, thank you
Watching again to show my daughter/business partner and you can get rid of those bubbles. Evan and Katelynns channel use a depressurizer for their bubbles. If anything you can use a paint shaker type of machine too.
Yes, I do need a chamber soon, can't afford one just yet.
@@daniel..cooper they made theirs out of a pressure cooker I think!!
❤ thank you so much for doing this video. I have been trying to figure this out for a long time. I am going to change it up a bit. I was thinking of doing a clear layer curing it. Then a second thin layer add the inks, do the detail and then cure that. After I am going to seal it. I’m hoping it comes out good
Fingers crossed 🤞
@@daniel..cooper I will find a way to send you photos
I make heart charms from a mold like the one your using, from what I’ve learned, you can’t add a lot of the inks to the UV resin, It dilutes the uv resin, You can add a little, I wonder if you mix each color separately, with just enough color that it would cure, then took and mixed those colors and swirled them like you do and I still can’t do, if it would work…
Daniel, thank you for your videos. I learn so much from you. I can't wait to try to make pendants. Thank you for explaining about the alcohol inks and uv resin.
Thanks Tina :)
Nu. 😱 Hi Daniel, unfortunately I don't understand what you say from the video but from the title, I think it's just a waste of UV. Thanks for the demonstration. 😊
You got it! 😊😊😊😊. Thank you 😊 🙏
@@daniel..cooper 😁😊
Those are really cool effects! Can u now coat them in two-part resin to seal them? The ones that were ooey gooey are kinda cool with the bubble inside, like a lava lamp or something! 😃
Thanks Dawn, you could but I wouldn't want to send or give anything out with a liquid middle 😔
I actually liked the bubbles, they looked beautiful
I have wondered about combining UV and ink, thank you for sharing
You're welcome 😊
OK, this might have been mentioned before, (I don't have months to look at the comments lol), but have you tried regular, translucent, not alcohol pigments in uv resin with your petri effects? Or curing the uv resin for a few seconds to get a stringy effect on the surface before stirring, perhaps?
Hi, the trouble is the sinker, I would still need an alcohol ink sinker to create my effects 😊
As someone new to resin this was very helpful!
What shall I use instead or am I best to stick with mica powder thank you :)
Check #169 😊😊😊
I use a lot of uv resin, JDiction hard uv resin, it’s messy, sticky and smells and taste horrible….I work with it every day, the uv changes the colors of the green, purple and blue…so I have to work with both the alcohol and the opaque to try and get the colors to stop changing…I’d mentioned I make rainbow pride Dachshund keychains, and a rescue asked me to do the colors separate, which is time consuming, and I have to add many layers to get the right colors, thought I found a quicker and better way to do, I carefully added the rainbow colors one at a time into the reg resin that’s in the mold, I’d carefully mix each color(opaque) up and down, then start at the nose where the red ink is, using a thin plastic thing, take the red thru the colors into the last color (purple) and when it cured, after coating with the UV resin, it comes out looking like beautiful blown glass…..but the rescue wants the rainbow stripes 🌈 separated…🤦🏽♀️
Wow, that may be best to mix and pipe the colours into the pieces?
@@daniel..cooper Hmmmm, I’ll have to give that a try, see if it speeds up the process…now with the uv light changing the colors of the green, blue and purple….did you notice the uv light changing the colors, it like turns it into a very muddy color….I’ve had to cut and peel off those colors when that happens..then add this or that and apply, cure, apply, cure till the colors are what they should be…will be working on the rainbow Dachshunds today and will try your suggestion….🤞🏼
Thank you
My new found friend… you need to get yourself a good UV LAMP… Let's Resin has an excellent little 36w lamp that cures UV resin beautifully! UV Resin is what I use for 90% of all of my projects… even bigger projects, I will use UV Resin! I was wondering if your feathering and blooming techniques could be done as this is one thing I have t tried to do yet but will now… I have thoroughly enjoyed your videos and have subscribed to your channels… I found you in the Facebook group today… I buzz through it from time to time looking for idea and seeing what others are doing… still trying to work my way into two part resins for a couple of large projects I want to do which I know I can’t make with uV resin… thank you for all of your videos and taking the time to do them for us! Keep,up the great work!!!
Thank you, I do have one now 😊😊😊😊
@@daniel..cooper hopefully a good one… lol…. :) you might try your uv resin experiment again with it but just one or two of them until you get it right like you have with your two part resins… I love uv resin but two,part scares the bajeezees out of me… it’s so bloody expensive to waste on mess ups… i went through my share of uv resins though too until I finally came across the Let's Resin products… and now, I tell ya, that’s pretty much all I use now… not only their resins, but their inks, micas and glitters as well… and their molds are pretty good too! Your work is awesome… I wish I had found you a LONG time ago,.. perhaps I wouldn’t have been so afraid to work with the 2 part resin… I just hate waiting forever for it to set up! Looking at getting one of those machines to speed the process up… but from what I can tell, I would be better off buying a temperature control dehydrator lol…
Yes, UV is quick. Let's Resin have a heat Mat in the US and soon UK but with Petri, you need to let it sit for a couple of hours otherwise the heat causes the inks to blob, a lower heat may be fine but it's risky with petri.
@@daniel..cooper yeah I was looking at that heat mat… but I don’t think I want to try that… there is no real control with it… I have an older dehydrator that is just sitting in my cabinet collecting dust…I’m think I might pull it out and set what happens with a couple of small test pieces… I have a bunch of those little bottles you get in the start packs that I have never messed with… not a bad way to experiment lol… I got them for the molds and extras they came with, not for the resin itself… so, I won’t mind wasting that to experiment… if the dehydrator works, no need to buy one of the resin machines since they are nothing but overpriced dehydrators anyway… only thing is, my dehydrator isn't a temperature controlled machine… it’s just turn it on and let it do it’s thing type… so, it may not work like the temperature controlled ones do… only one way to find out… right! lol
Maybe try keeping the uv light on each piece for at least a minute or two to cure longer? I prefer using 2 part resin, unless I'm doing a deep pour, then I use specific resin for 2 inch pours. If I use uv resin, I usually have to place in a window to fully cure. I've tried several high uv lights and none really seem to work well. I know let's resin uv resin says takes at minimum 1 to 2 minutes to cure. And I still have them tacky. Lol
Yes, I still prefer 2 part but uv can be great for some quick projects. I have found the Let's Resin uv has improved since the formula change.
I have no separate work space, i just have where ever i can get peace and space to myself for even half an hour. I only have UV Resin to play around with and have always wanted to try this technique. so, i think with the knowledge you have shared i will give it ago. Guess i am an optimist and want a challenge or a foolhardy idiot. Whether it fails or succeeds i can take comfort knowing i tried and learned something new. Lol. Thank you for sharing, greatly appreciated.
Very welcome, I hope it works for you, please also try covering for a couple of hours before adding that last layer or two, I think that would work better.
Thanks for the demonstration ♥️
Very welcome 😀
Hi Daniel, I am a resin lover who has been learning from your videos. I am struggling to make a finely cured piece with no fingerprints.When i finish the piece, i always have fingerprints so i dont know how to get a clean,polished appearance for resin jewellery?? Can you please advise??
Wow...2nd video I've missed! Sheesh, I feel stupid. 😕 Glad you're still experimenting with UV. I rarely use it any more, but I *have* done some of the same stuff, including the rainbow ink, hoping for decent results.
The only "success" I've had is using (I'll whisper it...JDiction UV) and it cures completely, with no stickiness at all, UNLESS I'm using Piñata Blanco Blanco. Ugh...skin city! Of course, you need to use a good lamp. 😊.
But, no matter what resin I use, I seem to get ugly blobs, total-coverage side spores only, and very, very muddy colors: colors that *should* look really good together. 🤔 Let's Resin colors, no less! The swirls don't seem to show up all that well, either.
Wow, yours looks way better than mine, even with the leakage! What am I doing differently?!?
Thanks as always, maybe pop some pics in my discord 😊
Oh, don't I wish! I have no cell, no camera. I'm not tech oriented AT all...can't even take good pics with a real, film camera. Ah, well. I have 500ml more of UV to use up. Guess I'd best get cracking!
I know this is an old video, I'm just wondering if direct sunlight would cure those bubbles?
Very helpful. Thanks
I think you need a better lamp to cure it other than a torch. It would have worked with a UV lamp. They are beautiful.
I have one now 😊😊😊
Oops my comment went thru too soon. Anyway I don't particularly like uv resin cuz it is so messy and my brand is horrible smelling and without a mask, it makes my face numb. But even with open back or closed back cabochons, I will use two part. My uv ones were awful, I even let them sit in sun outside all day after using a lamp and left them in windowsill for a month where sun shined on them every day and they were still leaking! Forget that mess. 😃
So it can be done just not with a hand held uv light, I have the table top UV lamp. I do a layer of clear first, then cure. Then my ink layer. Cure. Turn it over cure, turn it back over and if I need more resin I add it.
Have you ever tried the mini string lights in the Christmas bulb light mold?
Not yet 😊
Love your videos, you've given me so many ideas. I can't wait to try them.
I'm using the patio style with 1 to resin but they aren't setting up? Any ideas?
I'm very new oi resin, in both forms. I use a lamp, and for way longer than recommended because I worry things aren't set. I wonder if more time would work with yours too. I've not tried alcohol inks but had no trouble with mica powders.
I think it would, I'm going to get one soon and try :)
Can you use a grow light light for my plants. I have lots of those lights. Do you have to use UV resin dye. They are costly. Can you anything else?
Hi Wally, I didn't use a UV resin dye? These were standard alcohol inks 😊
@@daniel..cooper thank you
Interesting technique.
Thanks, certainly messy 😂
Maybe layer the layers thinner with more dry time like only add a fine layer of alcohol at a time IDK LOL
Hi Dan, is their a reason you never use gold, silver, copper metallic inks? By the way love your videos xx
Hi Sarah, they are on my list, I did use them briefly in the previous video but on my list for another video 😊😊😊
Is there an alternative to the Let's Resin 26 Alcohol Ink set? it is continuously unavailable in the UK sadly.
There has been a lot of stock issues recently, they will be back very soon, I haven't tested any others to be able to provide a good recommendation but have some ready for a test video coming soon 😊😊
@@daniel..cooper thank you, look forward to seeing your results.
Could you paint the resin on the sides of the mold in layer 2 then cure?
Did you know my Freind . Get some Titanium dioxide white and add 0.5 grams and ten drops of a non alcohol ink. The oil based I think then top up to ten mil using alcohol aka isopropanol and you have your own sinker for a fraction of the cost. I don't buy it any more I just make my own so much cheaper but 🤫 don't want to put companies out of productions. Iike let's resin 👌 give it a go . Trust. Titanium dioxide white is like £3-4 for 50 grams. Makes you think why is sinker so expensive 🤷🤷🤷🤷🤔🧐🤨🫤🤦💨💥🙆
Hi Mark, I have played around with a few home made sinkers, I haven't tried that method yet though, thanks for the tips 👍
@@daniel..cooper I use it with resin pro delux resin is high viscosity so I can drip inks sinker almost straight away and it works a treat. I'm tweaking it so I can use with a low viscosity resin but it's not easy as you'd think. But waiting untill it thickens a bit does work . 🤞😉
I can imagine! Sometimes more alcohol doesn't actually help 😂
what is a sinker? Is it just white alcohol ink??
Yes but with pigment mixed in 😊
@@daniel..cooper Thank you sir! I do have some pearl white mica :)
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What is the glitter liquid that you put into the one?
Marabu Rainbow alcohol ink :) link is in the description
Cool
Thanks Lisa 😊
What is the white ink you use please?
It's a sinker white alcohol ink 😊
I agree that UV resin isnt worth it. I have wasted an entire bottle getting failures. I have good luck with epoxy resin.
I think if you had use a uv light, you would have had better results.
Is it weird that i like the big bubbles!? 😬🤪
Not at all 😊
It wasn’t the alcohol inks that were the problem, I think. I think the layers didn’t have enough time to cure.
Thanks for the tutorial. Too bad it didn’t work on all of them.
Thanks Janet, yes, it's a shame, I will try the other idea I mentioned but wanted to put this up for now, just for the advice 😊. I'm certain we can all find a way which has a better success rate 🥰
It's a shame all of them didn't work. The ones that did were pretty cool looking.
Yes, such a shame 😞
I am coming to the conclusion that there aren't any cool color blending or swirl techniques for uv resin. If there are any, I haven't found them yet. Very sad, considering that is all I can work with.
So frustrating that you didn't set the resin for long enough.
It's really hard to cure the uv with the alcohol inks, it's really hit and miss.
Couldn't ya just paint the entire dome part n cure?
It wouldn't have the same effect, I wish it were that easy 😊
I agree not worth it! Like it better as a glue for things verses using it to make something. ❤️❤️❤️
I used UV resin and alcohol ink last night and it cured fine, just didn't like the designs I made blah.
Awesome! That's a good thing, you can now just change the colors 😊😊😊
@@daniel..cooper haha yeah!! I'm doing your method today and just cured a bunch of the bottom of a bunch of molds to start on. I loved the designs you did!
@@daniel..cooper I spoke too soon. Some of the ones I was curing didn't cure even without alcohol ink 😅🤦♀️
I tryed it doesnt work
It can be messy 😔
I personally hate working with UV resin