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Post by Lurkingpea on Apr 10, 2024 15:47:05 GMT
Just looking for tips and tricks or anything to know.
One of the teachers at my school wants to make things for her classroom and was asking if I had ever done it. I did, but it was just a kit from target.
TIA
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Post by Zee on Apr 10, 2024 17:29:00 GMT
I've just started making items to use in assemblage art. I suspended a (already dead) carpenter bee in a sphere using epoxy resin (the type where you mix A and B and they cure in some hours), and experimented with UV resin (the type that requires a UV light to cure and you don't mix anything) putty (not the usual liquid) in making a few badge reels for nurses week. The putty should be used for other uses like joining pieces, because it does not cure clear. Lesson learned! I see ads from Let's Resin on FB all the time. They have everything she might need. So does Amazon. This is a craft where it IS possible to use American made products, at least several of them anyway. (Just posting that in light of our other Temu thread and the discussion of trying to find American made products) It might be fun to have them make pyramids with various items included in the pour. I'm still quite new to experimenting with it all but the things you can make and do are pretty cool. youtu.be/5mr79he8M6Y?si=fjrmf-tAzalN7aVI |
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Post by Lurkingpea on Apr 10, 2024 18:53:18 GMT
I've just started making items to use in assemblage art. I suspended a (already dead) carpenter bee in a sphere using epoxy resin (the type where you mix A and B and they cure in some hours), and experimented with UV resin (the type that requires a UV light to cure and you don't mix anything) putty (not the usual liquid) in making a few badge reels for nurses week. The putty should be used for other uses like joining pieces, because it does not cure clear. Lesson learned! I see ads from Let's Resin on FB all the time. They have everything she might need. So does Amazon. This is a craft where it IS possible to use American made products, at least several of them anyway. (Just posting that in light of our other Temu thread and the discussion of trying to find American made products) It might be fun to have them make pyramids with various items included in the pour. I'm still quite new to experimenting with it all but the things you can make and do are pretty cool. youtu.be/5mr79he8M6Y?si=fjrmf-tAzalN7aVIWhat did you think of the UV one? I read somewhere that you can actually cure it in the sun, is that true? Thank you for the link I will share that with her. It is really cool if I ever go back to teaching kindergarten I would absolutely be making things for the classroom. |
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Post by Zee on Apr 10, 2024 19:17:51 GMT
I've just started making items to use in assemblage art. I suspended a (already dead) carpenter bee in a sphere using epoxy resin (the type where you mix A and B and they cure in some hours), and experimented with UV resin (the type that requires a UV light to cure and you don't mix anything) putty (not the usual liquid) in making a few badge reels for nurses week. The putty should be used for other uses like joining pieces, because it does not cure clear. Lesson learned! I see ads from Let's Resin on FB all the time. They have everything she might need. So does Amazon. This is a craft where it IS possible to use American made products, at least several of them anyway. (Just posting that in light of our other Temu thread and the discussion of trying to find American made products) It might be fun to have them make pyramids with various items included in the pour. I'm still quite new to experimenting with it all but the things you can make and do are pretty cool. youtu.be/5mr79he8M6Y?si=fjrmf-tAzalN7aVIWhat did you think of the UV one? I read somewhere that you can actually cure it in the sun, is that true? Thank you for the link I will share that with her. It is really cool if I ever go back to teaching kindergarten I would absolutely be making things for the classroom. I have used liquid UV in small projects and it didn't cure as well as the epoxy type. I think I had it a little too thick for that application, but I haven't really researched it fully. I plan to Google it better soon. The light I used was the Gelish one I use for UV gel nail polish. I think it's basically the same products but I'm not 100% sure of that. ETA as far as curing in the sun, probably, if it wasn't too thick. I've made the mistake of doing my gel basecoat while sitting in the sun and the brush got hard and had to be thrown away! But it would take a lot longer than the UV light. |
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Post by tuva42 on Apr 15, 2024 14:26:53 GMT
I've done a fair amount of work with resin at my studio. We've worked with kids and with adults. Resin is expensive. If she's thinking of making a lot of things for her classroom, she should expect to pay a lot more money that buying things pre-made. Resin is also tricky to work with. Two-part resin has be be measured perfectly, you've got to use good pigments to color them with, they take at least 24 hours to cure. Molds are also pricey and not worth it unless its something you are going to use over and over again.
UV resin is fast, but you have to be careful to not pour the resin too thick, and the lights take about twice the time you think it will. I haven't tried sunlight.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Apr 17, 2024 21:54:34 GMT
I’ve used the two part stuff years ago to make bottle cap pins. I recall having to mix the two parts equally and then I think you use a lighter or a torch to get rid of any tiny air bubbles? The disappointing part is that I found some of those pins years later and the resin had all yellowed. 😕 Not sure of the newer stuff available now is better or not. I’m pretty sure Michael’s and JoAnn’s both sell the supplies to do it.
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Post by seaexplore on Apr 18, 2024 5:19:53 GMT
Is she looking at resin 3D printing?
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Post by stittsygirl on Apr 18, 2024 8:56:01 GMT
Is she looking at resin 3D printing? That’s what I’m wondering. If she’s looking at making things for her classroom she might be happier with a 3D printer, and not a resin kind but a filament kind. I have both kinds of printers and filament printing is far cleaner and more practical for making every-day items. |
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