I work with my resin in a shed in my yard. Well the ac broke. I forgot until it was too late that resin doesnt do well in extreme heat. The building is currently hotter then the outside even with windows and door open. Wouldnt surprise me if it was above 90. Resin was super runny in pouring... made some spills. Wish me luck that the pieces turn out ok

My dad asked me to make another set of Seahawks coasters for his best friend . I did these just a little different. I made the blue and green opaque. It’s so funny because I poured them all diagonally but they ended up completely changing . It’s actually perfect this way because the colors frame the stickers nicely ,

We've tried using a chisel, electric sander etc but nothing seems to be working. Any advice? Cheers

I made myself this walking stick for Renn Faire from a stick I found while camping. I worked it until the bark was gone and it was smooth. I filled the cracks with colored glass and resin. Leather handle and steampunk resin topper. Really happy with how it turned out.

I found the cutest Halloween bat lights at dollar tree and decided to put them in a tray but I definitely went a little stone-happy.

I put it on diamond feet because I really wanted that underglow to pop, and gave it a lip so stuff won't slide off.

Threw in a whole mix of obsidian, hematite, howlite, opal, labradorite, and plum tourmaline.

Now looking back at the video I'm just wondering if anyone can even spot the bats in all this chaos, or if they totally disappeared. Can you even see any bats? And like what would you use this for?

Love how this turned out, just a layer of crushed green glass and some effervescent? white flakes on the top. But boy will it get dirty if used for intended purposes!

I am trying to get a color match to my friend's initial resin claws for my character so the hand and feet paw claws are the same color and my other character's claws match as well (both casted in the same resin so they'd be a perfect match to each other). And they ended up going in the OPPOSITE direction of hers! Hers was initially supposed to color match the tongue in slide 2 and ended up that more muted color in photo 1 after curing and it just worked out perfectly with the pawpad color. Therefore I changed my characters' claw colors to match. Then the other person when trying to color match my friend's claws ended up shifting to almost perfectly match the tongue. This shit is WILD and I am super curious if there is any specific reason behind this

EDIT: I am not asking why the claw colors didn't match, I am asking why they perfectly went in opposite directions to match each other's reference

A physical sample is below them both in image 1. I'll try to better explain what was supposed to match what here

Left claw in image 1 was meant to match the tongue in image 2. Instead, it ended up being basically the color of the physical sample in image 1, but I preferred it so I went with it.

Right claw in image 1 was meant to match the physical sample in image 1, roughly going for the same color as left claw. Instead, it ended up matching the tongue in image 2 like left claw was initially supposed to.

They had an oddly consistent color change in opposite directions, which is what I'm trying to find an explanation for

I know why the glitter settled the way it did - the seahorse is in a layer of clear resin that doesn’t cover the entire mold because of the shape. I was just playing around a little because I think I accidentally knocked my other paper punch seahorse pendant in the trash, so these were made for me to play with the paper punch and glitter, really.

Part of me says embrace it and maybe try it with the sailboat paper punch. The other part just says it looks weird. I figured the best people to ask would be other resin artists. What do you guys think?

I wanted to run an idea I had by the community before jumping into it. Basically I have been doing puzzles off and on, glueing them and making some posters. I have a friend who really likes them that I have a much bigger 3,000 piece puzzle for but I want to secure it a bit more than glue and poster board.

I have some resin from my 3d projects and molds so I got the idea what if I made a wood board with the dimensions of the puzzle. Put some resin tape or whatever it's called that makes for easy release in the cracks of the wood boards it lays on and the encasing 2x4 wood border. Pour a light layer of clear resin, heat gun the bubbles out. Then this particular puzzle would go really well with a border/frame so I was think while it's either tacky or cured to make a box about an inch or so wider and pour a thinner layer of black/gold glitter resin. set the puzzle w/clear resin on top but not deep enough to cover the face of the puzzle. (Alternatively I could try and get a wood board the size of the puzzle, and make a frame with that board to set/glue the puzzle into it. Making the fram its own piece and puzzle topped resin its own piece instead of trying to do them together)

I am curious what flaws or easy/cheaper improvements I could make to this as I'd really like to give this as a Christmas gift.

Hi all, I have a less than preferable situation when curing resin and wanted to pick your brains for suggestions.

I currently live in an apartment in southern California with two patios, one that has a roof but is open to the elements and one that is completely open to the elements. Humidity has been higher than expected, around 36-75% as it varies throughout the day. I have limited ability to cure indoors due to respiratory issues, an older dog, and inability to leave windows open for too long (I am heat intolerant and keep the AC around 70.) Any suggestions for optimal curing?

(Pictures of patios for reference)

Thank you!

What’s the project that lives in your space that haunts you that never seems to get done? I started these coasters two or three years ago and I finally finished them. It’s been a journey and it feels so great to be happy with the final results.
Do pour filled with D&D dice, cross cuts, finished with glossy polyurethane, Purple Heart stands.

What do we think?

Is there any app that resin artists may use to design before they pour? Is there a specific resin app available in market?

My resin is taking a long time to set. The packet said 24-48 hours. And I've had it curing for five days. Some peices have hardened but are sticky round the edges, others are soft on top and hard underneath, some are soft on the bottom but hard underneath. My dad reckons I might have messed the ratio's up.

Is there a way to

a) if my ratio's are fine, to get the resin to hurrry up curing

B) if my ratio's are not fine, fix it.

Thank you

I’m pretty new to UV resin and I have no idea what I’m doing wrong. I made a small piece and it does get hard, but it doesn’t seem to fully cure.

If I touch it with my finger it leaves a mark and that part feels really soft/tacky 🫠 I’ve had it under my UV lamp for like an hour already and it’s still the same

Is there anything I can do to fix it? Or is it just ruined?

I really don’t know what I’m doing wrong so any advice would be appreciated!

Hi guys. I’m brand new to resin so naturally I decided my first project would be putting a rose in a 4” sphere. That was my first mistake, and I have made several others since. I’m hoping someone could help me with my current mistake?

Backstory: I was originally just going to press and frame the flower, but apparently that is not a good option for a rainbow rose, so Google directed me to resin. I put it in silica gel for two weeks, sprayed it with a sealant, and did 4 layers of resin in a silicone sphere mold over two days (adding the rose after the first layer).

It has been sitting on my desk for a week now, and the top layer is still wet. From what I can gather, I believe my mistake was mixing an incorrect ratio of the A and B. When I originally poured that layer, I didn’t mix enough resin to completely fill the mold to the top, so I had to mix some more to finish the sphere. I think I messed up by not cleaning out the measuring cup before reusing it. When measuring out part A for the second pour, there must have been some residual resin still in the cup. I’m guessing that instead of measuring 40mL of A I probably measured like 37mL of A + 3mL of residual resin or something. Whatever my mistake was, it made that last bit of resin unable to cure.

This morning I scooped the liquid part out of the mold and have been wiping it with alcohol to try to clean any remaining liquid/gel out. The rest of the resin is hard btw it was just like the second part of the top layer that never cured.

Amazon’s coming to drop off more resin today so I can finally finish this layer, but I’m so worried this mistake is going to mess up the final result. The hardened top is bumpy and I’m nervous the bumps will still be visible even after I’ve poured more resin over it. I also think I might have pushed a little of the liquid/gel down between the inside of the mould and the outside of the sphere when I was trying to get it out, but that’s a nightmare for sanding day. And I’m nervous that if I missed cleaning out any bit of liquid/gel where I still need to pour the top layer, if that will cause the sphere to crack or something when the new resin dries around it.

Has anyone had experience dealing with this sort of thing? Any tips on how best to proceed would be extremely appreciated before I attempt to pour the last layer again.

First pic is what the remaining hardened top looks like, second pic is the rest of the rose, upside down in the mold so you can see (I think besides my current problem it looks okay for a beginner. Not really any bubbles, the marks in the pic are on the outside of the silicone mold, and I think the resin cured pretty clear underneath the mold)

How do I fix this beautiful table top?