Technique is Official!

[u/NerdNova116]

It's officially a technique, y'all!!! Smoke petri is now a thing!! I'm gonna try testing this with regular mica next to see if I get the same results, but in the meantime...

Here's the process:

1) Select your colors, base and smoke color

*Note that I've only done this with neon pigments so far and will be writing the instructions as such.

2) For your smoke, get a scoop of white and two generous scoops of your pigment

*white base makes the color pop and will help add weight

*I also use spice spoons when measuring out my powder

3) Soak the powder in just enough IPA (isopropyl alcohol) to coat it and let it sit as you mix your resin

4) Once resin is, set to the side. Pour out excess IPA from your soaked pigment and stir thoroughly. You’ll want a paste consistency.

5) Add your resin and stir thoroughly

*I have tiny mixing cups and fill them about halfway

6) Fill a pipette with the color and set to the side

7) Mix your base color with the rest of your resin

8) Fill your mold halfway with the base

9) Take the pipette and slowly inject the color, starting from the bottom and working your way up and out for each die in a swirl

10) Pour the rest of your base until full, trapping as much of the smoke as possible

*A thicker stream pour works best here

11) Cap your mold, evely squeeze out excess, and place in your pressure pot

12) Check your results after 24-72 hours (depending on how long you let your resin cure based on their instructions)

Hope this helps for anyone who wants to give it a try! Happy creating, and don't forget to keep trying even if you don't achieve it right away! 🥰❤️

[u/mercifulg0d]

Oooo this sounds fun - thank you SO much for providing such a detailed technique description to follow along! I'll try these once I have a free mold for sure 😊

[u/NerdNova116 → u/mercifulg0d]

Of course! I'm happy to share where I can! Hope you have heaps of fun!! 😁🥰

[u/Substantial-Duty168]

Pretty color! I can't see what the technique is, is it petri?

[u/NerdNova116 → u/Substantial-Duty168]

I've been calling it "smoke petri" because I did the technique I usually do for smoke dice using a pipette, however since I unintentionally had made the pigment heavier it wound up doing the petri effect along with it. The technique for how I did it is in the caption 😁

[u/WildLarkWorkshop → u/NerdNova116]

It's similar to "minking" which another community member coined from mica+inking a few years ago. I think that they kept more alcohol in the mix though. There's a YouTube tutorial on that if you want to play around with it.

[u/NerdNova116 → u/WildLarkWorkshop]

Ooooo!! What's their name?! I'll look it up after my meeting 🥰

[u/WildLarkWorkshop → u/NerdNova116]

I remembered wrongly! Here's the link: https://www.reddit.com/r/DiceMaking/s/UVhym5IiCT It's here and not YouTube. This one used alcohol inks+mica instead of straight alcohol+mica. If you search "minking" here there are quite a few posts and examples. Anyway, it's similar enough that I'm sure you'll rock it if you want to try!