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I had a girl's night where we painted these charcuterie boards (acrylic paints) and I tried to seal them all with resin. I also went around all the sides with a rubber spatula. However, almost all the edges are recessed back, and the sides are either dry or thick drips.

The bottoms are nasty from drips, but I was going to just sand those back down to wood and then use a polyurethane spray for just that side.

I'd appreciate all the advice on how to fix these!! Thank you 💜💜

Hello everyone!

I’m making a custom tail light lens and I would like an opinion from the experts. Should I use mold release inside the lens so the epoxy and LED board can separate from the lens, or would I be better off keeping it together as one piece? I’m leaning towards using mold release but I’m relatively new at this so I felt like it was worth asking, thanks!

Hopefully they do as well as last market

I just love these molds. I used Craft Resin brand resin and Eye Candy pigments.

I’m trying to perfect these flaws so I can sell them but I end up back tracking because of these issues.. and then I’m having issues with tiny little holes on the edges.. 😕

Hello fellow resiners,

I'm trying to get honest feedback before investing more money in this abandoned art project.

Would you pick this 1" magnet up?

Would you set it down after turning it over?

I made a knife handle by first pouring clear resin around a wasp nest, then mixing gold glitter into another batch of resin and pouring it on top once the first batch cured and I sanded it at 80 grit to help it adhere. My question is, how can I make the honeycomb pattern pop more? When I sanded the whole thing at 120 grit, I could see the honeycomb really well, but everything else looked really cloudy. When I poured a top coat for a high gloss finish, it became really hard to see the hexagonal honeycomb shape. I ended up just sanding it to 220 and buffing with green Rouge, which worked okay, but I'm wondering if anyone has any input that can help me? I really like the idea of a high gloss finish, but can't seem to make the honeycomb visible when I do it. The first picture is the 120 grit finish, the 2nd is high gloss, the 3rd and 4th are 220 with buff. Thanks in advance for any ideas!

I know there's a lot of bubbles but it kinda adds to the coolness in my opinion

I have no idea why, my mold is perfectly fine, but when I dry my ultraviolet resin letters they turn out ragged on the side that was inside the mold. I thought my resin must be boiling, so I’ve set the lamp on lower power but the situation didn’t change.

Started with a raw wood block and built this into a 5.5” square wood & epoxy ashtray. The red resin core was poured and finished to keep a clean contrast with the natural grain.

Solid wood base, multiple sanding stages, and a polished epoxy finish for durability and daily use. The idea was to keep it functional while still looking like a statement piece.

First time using resin, I am trying to resin coat a clay dagger I made to make it stronger. I see the instructions of my box say the working temp is 80 degrees. I don’t have a way to control the temp in my room, I think the temp of the room is usually like mid to high 60s F during the day and can drop to low 60s during the night. I only made one of this and don’t really have a way to remake this anytime soon, any advice on how to tackle this?

It was well mixed

Low humidity warm ambient

About 3cm thickness

Been arround 22 hours since it was poured and it looked perfect at the time

Does anyone know why this waves are appearing and if eventually will disappear?

Some turned out better than others.

I had a bunch of problems with the first cast, mainly being the flat spot on the tip of the finger from putting the mold on the table as well as bubbles breaking up the surface. for the second cast (The one with gloves) I made reinforcements for the mold with wire and suspended the mold with wooden dowels to get rid of the flat spot and I slowed the curing time to try to get rid of the bubbles

Some mistakes were made but some turned out cute.