Don't forget to check out my other Resin Tutorial videos, here is some links: 1. Resin Basics which Resin should you choose - Resin Tutorial ( ruclips.net/video/BEwgDjoZAbE/видео.html ) 2. How to mix resin correctly - Resin Tutorial ( ruclips.net/video/KhLKcJbldRQ/видео.html )
Any resin essentially when cured will be similar on a way to plastic ie. If you put fire on it it will melt or even catch fire. There are resins that are heat resistant but not fire resistant. There may be some other chemicals that you could coat your cured resin but I don't know of any, never had a need to use such a thing
Thanks, got two more videos from my Resin Series, maybe they could be some interest to you as well. I've linked them in my pinned comment👍 thanks for checking out my video 😁
They look great. Thanks for the tips. When trying to get your camera to focus try using a hand flat behind the mold so it doesn't have so much background to also compete with focusing. 😀
Hello, I'm working on a project. A bit of a side hustle. Basically I'm etching and then filling in the etching with colored epoxy. What epoxy is the most durable in your experience? Something with just a teensy bit of give would be best since my products might have to deal with very slight material expansion. Plastic pieces that often get left in cars or in hot garages is what I'm etching.
Well when resin sets its like hard plastic. It will not shrink or expand. That's why for example if you are doing a resin table or any project with resin and wood the wood needs to be fully sealed otherwise as wood moves in seasons the bond between wood and resin may break. Now are you asking for a brand of epoxy or do you mean resin? As epoxy is a type of resin. You got for example polyester resin, polyurethane resin, epoxy resin, acrylic resin and so on.
@@CasualDIY I'm gonna say epoxy resin. It needs to be clear in small quantities and sandable to a polish. I've been using gorilla glue epoxy resin but In any sort of sizeable batch it heats up too much and changes the color. Also it gets hard pretty quick when I add color.
Hi...firstly thank you so very Much for taking the time to explain and show the proceeders for casting and make-ing moulds. If it wasn’t for people like your self....who would know how.....🤔 I wonder...any was iv only just discovered your channel and that was by chance....so I haven’t see all..but I will I can a shore you. Iv only just started my adventure of mould making..started meaning I just purchased my vacuum pump.and chamber.iv also purchased my pressure paint pot and will be converting this to a resin pressure pot and I’m just awaiting my vibrating table...so I’m here now....trying to find out how to use it...and best of all iv just found someone-that truly knows how to use it....many thanks iv got this all to look forward to.....you...have more questions I’m sure from yours truly..to look forward to....lol.....thank you soooo much Dave..👍
I want to try this , I have bought a resin kit with colours as a beginning. Can you tell me if the hol in the pieces was drilled or part of the moulding? Great video thank you.
This is the first of your videos that I have watched, and I’m only a couple of minutes in… but you have yourself a new subscriber! And this is based only the fact that you responded to a question that was asked just 9 days ago… considering that you uploaded this video 3 years ago, I find that totally amazing!! You gained my utmost respect… showing that you really care about your name and your watchers! Super well done to you!! 👏 👏 👏 ♥️♥️🇦🇺
Thank you for this! I was wondering why my resin was mixing unintentionally in my mold. I think it was because I made one color and the second one a while after. So the top color was made and immediately poured in. So I think it was mixing because of that. When I make both colors ready to pour at the same time I don’t have that issue.
I watched your video. The one thing that I didn’t see in your video or anyone else’s is making TRANSPARENT colored resins. I am trying to recreate whiskey in a bottle with deep pour epoxy but everything I can find is translucent at best. Any suggestions?
It's a case of experimenting. Normal resin dye will be somewhat transparent if you only add a little bit. The more dye you add the less transparent it will be.
If you want just a solid black with no extra effects then a normal black resin dye will do the job. I'm using dyes from resinpro.eu and they not failed me yet ( got a promo code for them if you want ) however most resin dyes will do just fine. One thing I would suggest is to experiment with quantity of the dye - if you add too little it may be transparent and I'm guessing you don't want that.
Question for anyone with knowledge of this; would the half mix on the hexagonal mold have produced a perfect half color like when first poured? I'm looking to design something like this with two colors and I want to learn the best way to get as equal as possible halves of two colors. Thanks! =).
@@CasualDIY I'm going by your example at around 12:00 mark with the blue/white colors. If those colors can stay apart like that on both sides of the epoxy mold, I get what I'm looking to design. It's a football lamp for my fiance and she's a Packers fan (sadly). I want to design to halve colors of yellow/green and keep them from bleeding/mixing into each other for best results. =).
Yes possible but achieving a perfect straight line will be extremely hard, in the end its a liquid. So before I started to stir both together that's what you could achieve - you just have to wait a bit until the resin is not so fluid anymore.
Dye will give you a solid colour, depending on how much dye you will add you may get different levels of transparency of the casting, or it may not be transparent at all. Mica Powders add colour and shimmering effect, you can make those swirls with them for some cool effects.
Going to be trying making molds and making resin shapes for the first time. Had no idea I could use AI!!! Plenty of those and mica powders on hand so I have lots of ideas thank you!
No sure which one you are referring to. You mean pearl powders ? The colours and different types of them or dyes will not influence how strong the resin will be. Unless you are doing a small project with small amount of resin and if you add way too much powder or dye it may not set correctly.
Hi, Any of the powders and pigments I presented in this video can be used to make jewellery. It all depends what effect you want to achieve. Not sure about fabric paints, never used them, but if they are water based then no. Resin does not react well with water and water based components.
I have lots of leftover Holi powder, which I believe is a mix of powder pigment and cornstarch. Does anyone know if this would work in resin? Thank you.
I’m not a resin expert however I do know that cornstarch hardens in certain liquids. I would not be surprised if when being mixed with resin it would thicken
Depends on the resin. What ever you will be using the good rule is it may not have any moisture or be water based. Most resins don't react well with moisture
Dear sir I have 1 question if iam trying to make day and night wall clock we need only epoxy resin and pigment POWDER? can u plz tell me what we need to make a clock
Gotta admit it comes up such unique colours mate, looks like you & your mate Jake Thompson are running a head to head shootout class on epoxy resin. Have you purchased the cheap eBay epoxy from China ?
Hehe yes you can get some cool effects. Hope Jake will come over for the Makers Central again next year. The resin I'm using its just the main stream. Don't want to risk it with the cheap Chinese one.
Fill your mold with see through resin. Wait until it gets to about 75 degree's ( it all depends on what resin you are using) so the resin thickens a bit. Then with a tooth pick( for example) introduce another resin (the smoke) and just move the pick so you create the desired result
Hi they are special resin dyes. Check out this link to Alumilite dyes, there is a technical sheet you can read👍 houseofresin.co.uk/alumilite-dye-white-29-6ml-1fl-oz/
The time will vary from what resin you are using and what condition you are working in ( temperature in your workshop etc.) To have a good colour separation you need to wait until you reach a certain temperature. Again that will vary from what resin you will be using so its a case of experimentation unfortunately.
Yes I heard that as well, also food dyes but not tried it myself. I think not all resins will work with those but it's worth experimenting 👍😁 that's why working with resin is so much fun 😁
That was Alumilite, bit now I'm using a casting resin up to 2cm deep castings from ResinPro. Very good resin. There's a link to their website in description of this video. And a discount code👍
@@CasualDIY Thank you. I don't know if you realize the wealth of knowledge you are sharing allowing us to bypass all the learning yourself have gone through. That is huge! Of course we will make our own mistakes! But that is the fun of learning.
@@aragureghian724 I was hoping to put together a fairly comprehensive tutorial about resin basics as I couldn't really find one myself when I needed it.
4+ minutes into the video and I want to tell you to switch to a podcast format Amazing great fantastic effects and not a single image Franky, incredibly frustrating
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Don't forget to check out my other Resin Tutorial videos, here is some links:
1. Resin Basics which Resin should you choose - Resin Tutorial
( ruclips.net/video/BEwgDjoZAbE/видео.html )
2. How to mix resin correctly - Resin Tutorial
( ruclips.net/video/KhLKcJbldRQ/видео.html )
You probably will not even read this but the word spelled Mica is pronouced with a long "i" sound, not a short one. Please say it right.
Ron and JoAnn Sprague did you think that maybe where he is from it’s pronounced differently?
ok thanks
Your workshop is immaculate. Inspiring!
It wasn't always like that 🤣👍
Hello brother, how can we make epoxy like bakelite hard and not affected by fire
Any resin essentially when cured will be similar on a way to plastic ie. If you put fire on it it will melt or even catch fire. There are resins that are heat resistant but not fire resistant. There may be some other chemicals that you could coat your cured resin but I don't know of any, never had a need to use such a thing
This was very helpful. Thank you for taking the time to do it.
Thanks, got two more videos from my Resin Series, maybe they could be some interest to you as well. I've linked them in my pinned comment👍 thanks for checking out my video 😁
They look great. Thanks for the tips.
When trying to get your camera to focus try using a hand flat behind the mold so it doesn't have so much background to also compete with focusing. 😀
Thanks, yes the video making is an on going learning curve 😂
lots of various examples. above and beyond a lot of other similar videos. thanks tomas.
Thank you kindly for watching 👍
Hello, I'm working on a project. A bit of a side hustle. Basically I'm etching and then filling in the etching with colored epoxy. What epoxy is the most durable in your experience? Something with just a teensy bit of give would be best since my products might have to deal with very slight material expansion. Plastic pieces that often get left in cars or in hot garages is what I'm etching.
Well when resin sets its like hard plastic. It will not shrink or expand. That's why for example if you are doing a resin table or any project with resin and wood the wood needs to be fully sealed otherwise as wood moves in seasons the bond between wood and resin may break. Now are you asking for a brand of epoxy or do you mean resin? As epoxy is a type of resin. You got for example polyester resin, polyurethane resin, epoxy resin, acrylic resin and so on.
@@CasualDIY I'm gonna say epoxy resin. It needs to be clear in small quantities and sandable to a polish. I've been using gorilla glue epoxy resin but In any sort of sizeable batch it heats up too much and changes the color. Also it gets hard pretty quick when I add color.
@@popanda3652 I would suggest you try the resin from resin Pro (links in the description of this video) and try the ones for 5cm pour
@@CasualDIY thank you thank you
Hi...firstly thank you so very Much for taking the time to explain and show the proceeders for casting and make-ing moulds. If it wasn’t for people like your self....who would know how.....🤔 I wonder...any was iv only just discovered your channel and that was by chance....so I haven’t see all..but I will I can a shore you. Iv only just started my adventure of mould making..started meaning I just purchased my vacuum pump.and chamber.iv also purchased my pressure paint pot and will be converting this to a resin pressure pot and I’m just awaiting my vibrating table...so I’m here now....trying to find out how to use it...and best of all iv just found someone-that truly knows how to use it....many thanks iv got this all to look forward to.....you...have more questions I’m sure from yours truly..to look forward to....lol.....thank you soooo much Dave..👍
Thank you so much for the kind words. Hope my videos will be of some help 👍😁
I want to try this , I have bought a resin kit with colours as a beginning. Can you tell me if the hol in the pieces was drilled or part of the moulding? Great video thank you.
Could you leave me a time stamp please so I know what are you referring to👍
Don’t know how to time stamp but I looked at this on 11 March 2023
@@jostinton2382 I meant which minute of my video 😅
This is the first of your videos that I have watched, and I’m only a couple of minutes in… but you have yourself a new subscriber!
And this is based only the fact that you responded to a question that was asked just 9 days ago… considering that you uploaded this video 3 years ago, I find that totally amazing!!
You gained my utmost respect… showing that you really care about your name and your watchers! Super well done to you!! 👏 👏 👏 ♥️♥️🇦🇺
@@mattersofthehartbynat8815 thank you kindly and welcome aboard, I do try to help as much as I can 👍
Thank you for this! I was wondering why my resin was mixing unintentionally in my mold. I think it was because I made one color and the second one a while after. So the top color was made and immediately poured in. So I think it was mixing because of that. When I make both colors ready to pour at the same time I don’t have that issue.
Little things matter in resin casting 👍
I watched your video. The one thing that I didn’t see in your video or anyone else’s is making TRANSPARENT colored resins. I am trying to recreate whiskey in a bottle with deep pour epoxy but everything I can find is translucent at best. Any suggestions?
It's a case of experimenting. Normal resin dye will be somewhat transparent if you only add a little bit. The more dye you add the less transparent it will be.
I have about 12 different colour pigment from brusho , can you tell me please if I can use them with resin
If its water based then no.
What would be a good colorant to get an Opaque color comparison to glass cast in the US
Try Let's Resin or Resin8 for pigments.
Thank you for amazing tutorial May I know for geode in black which is the best colour to use with resin to get good dark black thank you
If you want just a solid black with no extra effects then a normal black resin dye will do the job. I'm using dyes from resinpro.eu and they not failed me yet ( got a promo code for them if you want ) however most resin dyes will do just fine. One thing I would suggest is to experiment with quantity of the dye - if you add too little it may be transparent and I'm guessing you don't want that.
What do you suggest about Amsterdam black acrylic paint
@@yakubvaid509 not used acrylic paints for resin
Which color pigment did you used at 11:53?
It was blue resin dye opaque, I don't have it anymore as I used it all and can't remember the exact colour name or where I bought it from sorry.
Question for anyone with knowledge of this; would the half mix on the hexagonal mold have produced a perfect half color like when first poured? I'm looking to design something like this with two colors and I want to learn the best way to get as equal as possible halves of two colors. Thanks! =).
By half, which direction are we talking about? Top and bottom or sides?
@@CasualDIY I'm going by your example at around 12:00 mark with the blue/white colors. If those colors can stay apart like that on both sides of the epoxy mold, I get what I'm looking to design. It's a football lamp for my fiance and she's a Packers fan (sadly). I want to design to halve colors of yellow/green and keep them from bleeding/mixing into each other for best results. =).
Yes possible but achieving a perfect straight line will be extremely hard, in the end its a liquid. So before I started to stir both together that's what you could achieve - you just have to wait a bit until the resin is not so fluid anymore.
Love this video. Im just try and error for my own custom carbon fiber experiment.. in you opinion.. what can i use to give a little blue-smoke look..
Hehe difficult to suggest anything as we may be picturing the end result in two totally different ways🤣
Well yeah.. i got your point. 😓😓
Can we add purple, blue and green together
You can mix whatever you want, it doesn't mean it will look good tho 😂
@@CasualDIY that's what i want to know that purple blue and green pearls, will this give same effect as chameleon pearls
@@berangbasanti hmm I don't think so. If you mix them they will just blend in and create a new color. But that's worth checking
@@CasualDIY thanks brother
I am just starting ,what mixture did you use for the resin and the formula you used?
Sorry not sure what you mean by mixture?
asking as a complete noob to this but what is the difference is effect from mica powders and deys
Dye will give you a solid colour, depending on how much dye you will add you may get different levels of transparency of the casting, or it may not be transparent at all. Mica Powders add colour and shimmering effect, you can make those swirls with them for some cool effects.
Going to be trying making molds and making resin shapes for the first time. Had no idea I could use AI!!! Plenty of those and mica powders on hand so I have lots of ideas thank you!
Thank you for watching 👍
I just ordered a mold for ear plugs!
I'm not sure but I think some amazing effects can be achieved.
You are absolutely correct
Hi, is this similar to pearl material and which one is stronger or tough?
No sure which one you are referring to. You mean pearl powders ? The colours and different types of them or dyes will not influence how strong the resin will be. Unless you are doing a small project with small amount of resin and if you add way too much powder or dye it may not set correctly.
I need like 2mm or 3mm thickness probably 2mm of the material, and I need it to be sturdy
It's for an accordion right hand key, one of my key chipped
It will not be as strong as metal
Thankyou for the video what is more suitable for making resin jwellary and can we use fabric paints as an alternative
Hi,
Any of the powders and pigments I presented in this video can be used to make jewellery. It all depends what effect you want to achieve. Not sure about fabric paints, never used them, but if they are water based then no. Resin does not react well with water and water based components.
Can u actually make the colorant look like drops in the mold itself?? Plz help
I think people use alcohol inks to get that look
I have lots of leftover Holi powder, which I believe is a mix of powder pigment and cornstarch. Does anyone know if this would work in resin? Thank you.
Never used not sure
Катя Фламинго omggreat idea,
I’m not a resin expert however I do know that cornstarch hardens in certain liquids. I would not be surprised if when being mixed with resin it would thicken
Can we use acrylic colors?
Depends on the resin. What ever you will be using the good rule is it may not have any moisture or be water based. Most resins don't react well with moisture
can this work with flexible resin as well?
What do you mean by flexible resin?
Hello. I am willing to make a clock with wave effect. What would you suggest as pigments? A bit lost in all of these. Th aks a lot
I think ResinPro have got a whole kit for that. Check them out👍
Can we mix acrylics with resin
What do you mean by acrylics, what products are you talking about exactly ?
@@CasualDIY acrylic paints
@@dramabaazria5758 yes, you can mix anything as long as it's not water based.
Dear sir
I have 1 question if iam trying to make day and night wall clock we need only epoxy resin and pigment POWDER?
can u plz tell me what we need to make a clock
Not sure what clock you are trying to make?
Loved this. So glad I found you. Will be following.
Thank you kindly
I wandered here wondering if dry tempera powder could be used.
Best way to find out is to try it out👍
Gotta admit it comes up such unique colours mate, looks like you & your mate Jake Thompson are running a head to head shootout class on epoxy resin.
Have you purchased the cheap eBay epoxy from China ?
Hehe yes you can get some cool effects. Hope Jake will come over for the Makers Central again next year. The resin I'm using its just the main stream. Don't want to risk it with the cheap Chinese one.
I need a big shed. Great video.
For resin work just a well wentilated room👍
Thanks for watching 👍
An excellent video/tutorial. 5 stars.
Thank you kindly. There are more videos about resin on my channel hope you enjoy them as well👍
How to get smokey effect?
Fill your mold with see through resin. Wait until it gets to about 75 degree's ( it all depends on what resin you are using) so the resin thickens a bit. Then with a tooth pick( for example) introduce another resin (the smoke) and just move the pick so you create the desired result
Can i have the link to the video?
Much Gratitude and Appreciation
Thank you for watching 👍
Hey! In this video you have talked about the dyes but then are these dyes acrylic paints or what ?
Hi they are special resin dyes. Check out this link to Alumilite dyes, there is a technical sheet you can read👍
houseofresin.co.uk/alumilite-dye-white-29-6ml-1fl-oz/
Can you use water based paints as dyes for epoxy ?
I would not recommend it. Water/moisture and resin doesn't work well together
cool but this is nothing like what im seeing with these fantastic river pours on etsy
how are they getting such amazing results
Deep pour with Mica Powders
Thank you for such a detailed tutorial. This was so helpful.
Thank you for watching 😁👍
Should we be careful not to affect resin with colours, so it could cure well?
Hmm yes if you go way over board with the amount of dye or mica powders.
No more than 10% colour to 90% resin, and you will be fine.
Thanks for this! Just wondered how long you let the resin sit before you put the dye it in when it was separated? the blue and white one ?
The time will vary from what resin you are using and what condition you are working in ( temperature in your workshop etc.) To have a good colour separation you need to wait until you reach a certain temperature. Again that will vary from what resin you will be using so its a case of experimentation unfortunately.
What's the name of the powder that changes colour when they're exposed to heat?
As far as I remember they are called thermochromic pigments.
Are these acrylic dyes?
I've heard you can use some beauty products for colouring, don't know if it's true, just what I heard
Yes I heard that as well, also food dyes but not tried it myself. I think not all resins will work with those but it's worth experimenting 👍😁 that's why working with resin is so much fun 😁
I think your talking about Mica powder which is used for many eyeshadows and they use mica powder pigment for resin epoxy also
Hi does it work with watercolour ink?
Anything water based will not work with resin as they are very sensitive when it comes to moisture
Your accent is intriguing. It seems to have traces of Birmingham, Ireland and Dutch or South African.
Hehe I'm Polish 👍
🤣 🤣
Thank you. Really needed this!
Thank you for watching 👍
Ahoj. Ty mluvíš český?
No I don't 🤣
Is the Resin epoxy?
There are many types of resin and epoxy is one of them
Thanks for the video 👌👌👌 a hug here from Portugal 🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹
Thanks for stopping by and watching my video👍😁
Top quality as usual, excellent!
Thank you kindly
Great video thanks. You have a very interesting accent.
Hehe thank you 👍😁
Very helpful video 👍😊. Thank you somuch.
Thank you for watching
Great Video Buddy!! 👍👍👍
Thanks mate👍 got few more in the pipeline 😁
Helpful thanks ..however u sound like Juno Birch when u said “ absolutely stunning” and I’m living for it 😂
Another fun video! Thank you!
Thank you for watching 👍
I noticed you got no bubbles... ah!ah!ah!... what resin were you using if you remember. [I did watch the warm water and stick magical trick... :-) ]
That was Alumilite, bit now I'm using a casting resin up to 2cm deep castings from ResinPro. Very good resin. There's a link to their website in description of this video. And a discount code👍
@@CasualDIY Thank you. I don't know if you realize the wealth of knowledge you are sharing allowing us to bypass all the learning yourself have gone through. That is huge! Of course we will make our own mistakes! But that is the fun of learning.
@@aragureghian724 I was hoping to put together a fairly comprehensive tutorial about resin basics as I couldn't really find one myself when I needed it.
Great video! Well put together and very informative. Thank you!
Thank you so much for watching 👍
Thanks!
Awesome video, Thank You!
Thank you for watching 😁👍
Thank you!
Thanks you for watching
Great video very informative thanks
Thank you for watching 👍😁
You are the best! Like always Like!
Thank you kindly 😁👍
Thank you for the info.
Thank you for watching 👍
Awesome!
@@stellapabon2873 thank you for watching 👍
Great video, thank you
Thanks for watching 😁👍
Polish?
Yes😁
How can I remove the colourant in pineapple essence ,without making it Unconsumable
Cheers I learned a lot thanks for doi g this vid
Thank you for watching
starting minute 16:30 everything you put in front of the camera is too close for it to focus. I found myself unintentionally crossing my eyes
Sorry about that
Great video!! Thanks!!
Thank you for watching 👍
U r teach very well 👌
Thank you for watching
where are you from?? i cant make out youre accent lol great vid
Hehe I'm Polish 👍😁
Came for the tutorial. Stayed for the gorgeous accent.
Hehe thank you
Love it !
Thank you kindly 👍😉
I can tell from your accent you are from Hungary and it is my favourite country I am from Egypt
Lol close, I'm from Poland 👍
Thanks for the video… just a tip… Mica is a silicate mineral and it’s pronounced “mike-a”, not “mick-a”.
Hmm thank you, hope I will remember that for my next video 👍😁
The green and yellowish one kinda looks like a bunny if you look real close
Can someone just list all the names of pigments and stuff in this video on the comments lol
Play at 1.25x
4+ minutes into the video and I want to tell you to switch to a podcast format
Amazing great fantastic effects and not a single image
Franky, incredibly frustrating
very helpful, please talk less and show more
How do you keep glitter from sinking to the bottom
you couldn't make this shorter than 20 minutes? i don't have time to listen to you ramble on for that long, bro.
You can use a feature on RUclips to speed the video up👍