Originally written August 2016. Updated January 2020. Imagine my joy when I opened a box of cereal for my peeps a couple of weeks ago to find a mold. I get it was intended to freeze water or juice, and not end up on my resin crafting table, but I found it first. I... Read more »
Polyester resin coloring agents or this post could be alternatively titled Five things not to do when casting resin One of the things I love to do for Resin Obsession fans is take experiment requests. I totally get this. I wouldn't want to waste resin either on something without knowing whether or not is was... Read more »
Casting resin in a soap mold I get lots of questions about using molds, not designed for resin, including casting resin in a soap mold. Sometimes non-traditional molds work, sometimes they don't. In cleaning up my studio this week, I found a plastic soap mold. It was at that point that I thought to myself, "How... Read more »
Coloring resin I resumed the coloring resin experiments this week. For this block, I started working with the Alumilite colorants and the Resin Obsession super clear resin. I mixed a smidge over 1 ounce of the super clear resin (25 cc Part A and 12.5 cc Part B to be exact), then divided the resin... Read more »
Coloring resin with a different brand resin color. Is that okay? This post is the next in a series of experiments on coloring resin. What I am investigating is whether or not you can color one brand's resin with another brand's resin colors. For this set of experiments, I mixed up two ounces of Castin’ Craft... Read more »
Can I use one brand's resin color pigments in another brand's resin? I'm warning you, my next few blog posts are going to be, rather.....boring. I have finally decided to tackle the big question I get asked a lot, about using one manufacturer's color pigments in another manufacturer's resin. I've been haphazardly tackling this question when... Read more »
Originally written August 2016. Updated January 2020. Imagine my joy when I opened a box of cereal for my peeps a couple of weeks ago to find a mold. I get it was intended to freeze water or juice, and not end up on my resin crafting table, but I found it first. I... Read more »
Polyester resin coloring agents or this post could be alternatively titled Five things not to do when casting resin One of the things I love to do for Resin Obsession fans is take experiment requests. I totally get this. I wouldn't want to waste resin either on something without knowing whether or not is was... Read more »
Casting resin in a soap mold I get lots of questions about using molds, not designed for resin, including casting resin in a soap mold. Sometimes non-traditional molds work, sometimes they don't. In cleaning up my studio this week, I found a plastic soap mold. It was at that point that I thought to myself, "How... Read more »
Coloring resin I resumed the coloring resin experiments this week. For this block, I started working with the Alumilite colorants and the Resin Obsession super clear resin. I mixed a smidge over 1 ounce of the super clear resin (25 cc Part A and 12.5 cc Part B to be exact), then divided the resin... Read more »
Coloring resin with a different brand resin color. Is that okay? This post is the next in a series of experiments on coloring resin. What I am investigating is whether or not you can color one brand's resin with another brand's resin colors. For this set of experiments, I mixed up two ounces of Castin’ Craft... Read more »
Can I use one brand's resin color pigments in another brand's resin? I'm warning you, my next few blog posts are going to be, rather.....boring. I have finally decided to tackle the big question I get asked a lot, about using one manufacturer's color pigments in another manufacturer's resin. I've been haphazardly tackling this question when... Read more »