I did this exact thing on thousands of bars of soap when I was running a local soap business. I cast a simple but handsome key from an old family hutch and pressed the resulting stamp into the lower corner of each bar a couple of days after cutting my soap. It looks beautiful after the soap fully cures. I wish I could post a picture here. Be sure to trim the casting well so that excess epoxy isn't left on the stamp to touch the soap when stamping. I also learned that the little handles in this video are a bit small. I eventually settled on a pice of broom handle. Good luck and thanks for the kind words!
So glad you like it! The only drawback to using epoxy rather than molding resin is the epoxy is a bit thick, and bubbles can get caught in it. But really, it still works pretty well. Thanks for watching!
This is a two-part epoxy, such as 5-minute epoxy. It comes in two parts which, when mixed, hardens. You can buy special resin mixes formulated especially for moulding that will entrap fewer bubbles, but 5-minute epoxy will work well in a pinch.
Next time use a soap. If you are in a hotel use a hair dryer to remove the bubbles and I was wondering during the whole video: would you do such a work over a perfect polished wood table at home? or you just did it there cause it was a hotel and you know, who cares..
Thank you for this tutorial! I loved your sense of humor...”merciful time lapse”! 🥰
Excellent!
Wow, great idea. I am going to try this with an antique key. Thank you!!
I did this exact thing on thousands of bars of soap when I was running a local soap business. I cast a simple but handsome key from an old family hutch and pressed the resulting stamp into the lower corner of each bar a couple of days after cutting my soap. It looks beautiful after the soap fully cures. I wish I could post a picture here. Be sure to trim the casting well so that excess epoxy isn't left on the stamp to touch the soap when stamping. I also learned that the little handles in this video are a bit small. I eventually settled on a pice of broom handle. Good luck and thanks for the kind words!
Thank you .x
That is a awesome idea with the wooden clothes pins. Good job!
nice video!!! 😊
Thank you for your kind words. Hope you can use the info.
I need one with "Corky" and then a custom made crazy smiley face
this is pretty cool.
finally a video with budget friendly items i can purchase.
everyone else gets expensive epoxy or resin stuff.
finally. lol
So glad you like it! The only drawback to using epoxy rather than molding resin is the epoxy is a bit thick, and bubbles can get caught in it. But really, it still works pretty well. Thanks for watching!
You think that handle will stand up to pulling the stamp out of a semi hard soap?
What did you mix with the epoxy ?
This is a two-part epoxy, such as 5-minute epoxy. It comes in two parts which, when mixed, hardens. You can buy special resin mixes formulated especially for moulding that will entrap fewer bubbles, but 5-minute epoxy will work well in a pinch.
Awesome! What did you do with the lotion? Did you put it on the key in print?
You should have mixed the apoxy in an ashtray or cup
Wow
i wonder if it would work with hot glue....
Good
Thanks!
Why didn’t you just stick the keys to the peg knobs?
Okay, hmmmmm my creative wheels are turning in my head lol.
Hot glue will release from what it's stuck to too easy. Unless your just using it to stamp paper.
You sound a tad bit like Bob Belcher :)
Next time use a soap. If you are in a hotel use a hair dryer to remove the bubbles and I was wondering during the whole video: would you do such a work over a perfect polished wood table at home? or you just did it there cause it was a hotel and you know, who cares..
This is a Formica table. Rest assured; it was unharmed.
heat gun will make those bubbles go away....
Elizabeth White