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Thank you for watching! There is no link for the glitters because it was from another small business and they no longer sells glitter. I don’t have any suggested replacements yet since I had stocked up a lot before they closed. You can find lots of pretty unique mixes on Etsy though.

Ok, I'll continue my search-thanks anyway! ​@@EllafulDeco

Thank you for watching! The sphere is about 2" and I poured about 1.75" for the first layer. It was ok because the volume was small. TotalBoat's website listed this resin's max depth as 1" for smaller castings using less than 16oz of epoxy. I think I poured maybe around 6-7 oz at first so it wasn't too much to cause it to flash cure. The depth may have caused the first layer to cure faster though.

The white is Castin' Craft's opaque white pigment. I get mine off Amazon: amzn.to/3Gdbqf9. Products used in my video are also linked in the description.

I am using a mix of acrylic paint and mica powder to get the colors that I want. The products are linked in the description.

I’m not sure, but I made this mold and I don’t sell it. Other similar molds will need different amounts of resin.

Thanks! They take about 1.5-2 weeks from start to finish. My resin (TotalBoat) takes 7 days to full cure. If you use a different resin, they should come with its own instructions.

As long as you measure the correct amount of both parts, it doesn’t matter.

I haven’t tried the clear glue, but I would assume it’d work just fine. Give it a try!

Thank you! 😊

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Thank you! The glue certainly saves a lot of time and extra work.

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Resin produces bubbles in the process of mixing the two parts so when you're mixing resin, mix slowly. Pouring the resin a thicker layer than it's supposed to will also result in the bubbles getting trapped in your pieces once it's cured. I use a heat gun to help with surface bubbles. If I'm using a deep pour resin, I will use a vacuum chamber to help remove majority of the bubbles in the mixture.

@@EllafulDeco thankyou! X

I haven’t really experimented much with it reduce bubbles. I just add a top coat to fill in the bubbles, but top coating is also what I do with all my trays for the extra shine. You can try to apply resin to the film first before placing it into the mold. I dip flowers in resin to help reduce bubbles, so that may work for the film.

Thank you! I let the resin harden, then peel them off the containers. I keep the cured resin to reuse in future pieces to save on material as well. I don’t have a video covering that specially, but this is something I make with my the cured resin from cups and stuff - czcams.com/video/9D65wuE6RRg/video.html.

From my experience, it does not. It is exposed to air as I am covering the flowers. It will absorb the moisture from the air if you leave it out, but you can always recharge it to use again. The silica gel that I use is linked in the description if you want to try that out. If your silica gel solidifies when it comes in contact with air, you should contact the manufacturer of the product for further instructions or ask the source of the information to assist you.

@@EllafulDeco thankyou so much..i will try.how to recharge silica gel though?

Hello! It could be that the silica gel needs to be recharged. If not, then that may just be how that flower dries. Not all flowers dry the same, for example tropical flowers tend to dry brown for me. I will have to color enhance it to get the original color back.

@@EllafulDeco Thank you,I'll try changing silica gel. But how do you color back it to look a bit like original?

Thank you for watching! I’m happy to hear you found this video helpful 😊

It’s 3”x3”

Thank you 🙂

Yes, the resin will fill in the scratches from the sanding.

@@EllafulDeco thank you

This foil uses heat to transfer. Deco foil has a transfer gel that would allow the foil to transfer to the surface with the gel. I don’t know if just rubbing the foil onto the surface would work due to the process for this specific heat transfer foil that I have. Maybe there are foils that can just be rubbed on, but I’m not sure.

@@EllafulDeco thank you for explaining, I haven’t tried it yet, but I’ve been trying to learn the different foils. You create phenomenal art!

Thank you 😊 this is the foil that many use to create clear inserts for resin art. I don’t have a tutorial on that yet, but there are definitely some out there if you are interested in that.

I resined the sides of the board as well to make sure the film is completely sealed in the piece. Otherwise, even if the resin stuck to the film, it can still be peeled off. The window film is also smooth so there’s nothing for the resin to grip onto. Kind of like if we were top coating the sides of a piece, if we don’t sand it, the resin just slides right off. Hope this makes sense.

I’m not sure I completely understand your question. The flowers are dried in silica gel and then preserved in resin.

You can dry daffodils. If you want to keep the 3D form and color, silica gel is the way to go. You can also press them with a flower press.

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Do you mean discolor when you take it out of the silica gel or after some time? Most flowers just dry a darker shade. Some tropical flowers seems to dry different colors and require color enhancing.

Using a resin with a longer work time will give more time for the bubbles to rise to the surface. The one I use for my 3” spheres (TotalBoat Thickset Fathom resin, a deep pour resin) has a work time of like 12 hours. You can also resin your rose first, let it completely cure, and then put it in your mold.