Use your leftover resin to make resin beads
I hate wasting resin. Even if it’s only a little bit, I still like to find a use for it. My latest resin experiment involved making my own resin beads.
I had approximately 10 cc of leftover mixed resin.
Color and pour the resin
Add colorant as desired to the resin. For these beads, I used Castin’ Craft liquid transparent dye in red and green.
Mix the color into the resin.
Pour the colored resin onto a piece of wax paper. Spread it out to a rectangle shape using a stir stix or toothpick. Cover and allow to partially cure.
Shape the resin
When the resin is partially cured, peel it off the wax paper. The resin surface will be sticky but formed. **Since the resin is still not completely cured at this point, you will need to wear safety gloves.
Use a pair of utility scissors (not meant for food use) to cut the semi-cured resin into rectangle shapes.
Your resin strip should be a nice, even shape after trimming.
Start at a narrow end and roll the resin strip onto itself to make a tube. A hole will automatically form in the center.
Once the resin is in the bead form, you will need to apply a piece of masking tape over the end to keep it rolled up while it is curing. At this point, the resin is flexible and a tad tacky but has cured enough that it won’t stick to itself. Leave the tape on while the resin continues to cure.
In case you were wondering, you can make the beads glittery as well. A little bit of glitter goes a long way since the layers will lie over each other when rolled up.
Assemble the finished beads
I strung the newly made resin tube beads along with glass confetti beads from my collection onto a stretchy bead cord. Beading wire or leather could work well too.
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This is a GREAT idea. I’m going to try this with embedded transparencies.
I love this tutorial. I have not seen any one do thus. I wish you show how to make your own beads on YouTube. Thanks
New to resin, but if I wanted to make charm style beads could I use this method to form around grommets and somehow smooth out the seam?
I haven’t tried that method. If you do, let me know if/how it works.
We have an entire section dedicated to this on our blog: https://www.resinobsession.com/category/resin-jewelry-making-business
Hi .ingredients r not mentioned here
Which items were you most interested in?