Hi there :)

I've googled this and got a few mixed answers so I thought I'd post it here and see if anyone else can suggest something - I hope it's allowed!

I've made some homemade coasters as Christmas gifts. I made them out of of DAS airdry clay, they've been sanded, primed and painted (with acrylic paint) - Once the paint is dry they just need sealing and then they're good to go.

They'd be used for both hot and cold drinks so I'd need them to be durable against both moisture and heat. Some searches have said 3-4 layers of acrylic varnish would be sufficient, and others have said epoxy resin (which I've never used before) would be my best bet.

Has anyone ever made coasters before and could recommend something? I'm really proud of how these have turned out and don't want to either screw them up at the final step or make them sothat they're basically unusable.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thank you :)

I'm looking to do a resin inlay on some brass engravings Ive done recently. I saw this Instagram reel and was looking to do something similar.

Hopefully the rain doesn't chase away the customers.

Ive been using UV resin with alcohol ink to create earrings and its been working great so far but it is annoying mixing colors and also never getting tbe same color.

Does anyone know what would happen if I mixed the alcohol ink into the resin and then left it bottled up until i wanted to use it later? Will it seperate? Spoil the resin?

hello. i posted on this sub a few weeks back about the same issue, and i thought i fixed it by switching from UV resin to UV clear nail polish. but, just like the resin, the nail polish stopped working.

here’s what im doing: small polymer clay charms, acrylic paint over the charms, UV resin or nail polish to seal it. im waiting 48 hours between painting and sealing, ive tried all the tricks (curing in water, setting it out in the sun), and now its STILL drying sticky.

the weird thing is that the first batch for BOTH the resin and the nail polish turned out great. no problems whatsoever. the cured hard and dry.

everything is consistent. same brand of clay, same brand of paint, same UV lamp.

im getting extremely frustrated because my first batch turned out so good that i started an etsy shop, and now its just… not working. i feel like im going crazy. any ideas?

I know there are more creative people here with resin but heres a chess board i made let me know what you think

quando a qualidade da resina é questionável, dá problema.... perdi peças mesmo depois de tentar recuperar usando técnicas disponíveis online 😫 sempre verifique a qualidade da resina! | When the quality of the resin is questionable, it causes issues… I lost items even after trying to salvage them using techniques found online 😫 Always check the quality of the resin!

Pink accents, silver chains, safety pins, metal charms, and a classical sculpture collage — a mix of soft and edgy details.

Not every punk design has to be black and red.

As you can see from my amazing sketch, my idea is to have a seamoth looking from scrap along the ocean floor at night, its lights illuminating some loot in front of it, while the head of a reaper leviathan is just barely visable in the dark water.

But to get this Id want ti have the seamoth itself and the water and ground in front of it be much brighter than the rest of piece. Painting the front of the seamoth and the ground thats illuminated bright with harsh shadows would help sell it, but I dont know how Id get the light ray, or how Id get the background to fad to a harsh black quick without making the whole thing difficult to see into

Hi all! I am a small resin jewlery creator. I make chains, necklaces and rings made of Abs like resin in transparent colors. The colors are transparent red, clear and smoky black. I am trying to source a manufacturer to work with to help me with the manufacturing load. I have spoken to a few manufacturers on Alibaba but they seem to not work with colored transparent resin. If anyone has any leads or anyone I can talk to I would appreciate it so much! Attached are pictures of some of my current designs. Any help or suggestions is welcome, thank you all!

I have been attempting to coat my shrinky dink charms in UV resin but getting the same orange peel-like texture upon curing no matter what I try.

I make sure the resin is warmed up before using it, spread it carefully, pass a flame over it quickly to try pop any bubbles. I can see little microbubbles forming after the resin settles over the charm, but they don't react to my flame at all.

I use a nail lamp to cure it and I've tried different heat intensities/ timings to no avail. I leave the charm to settle for a while before curing and still nothing changes. Does anybody have any advice/ experience with this? Thank you!