Sharing a couple designs I attempted with moderate success.
I recently attempted a couple resin pet tag designs. The multi-color pour design turned out well. It's a design I've done many times for different resin projects. The beach art design took a few tries to get right. I thought I'd share my experience with both designs.
Multi-Colored Resin Pet Tags
This was my first time using the silicone pet tag molds I bought off Amazon.com. I mixed a two part, 1:1 ratio epoxy resin for about three minutes. I poured the resin into a few separate mixing cups. I added a different mica powder color to each mixing cup.
After I stirred the mixtures for another couple of minutes, I set it aside to sit for several minutes more to allow the resin to thicken slightly.
I poured the colors randomly. I didn't have a plan or a reason for why I poured the colors the way I did. I figured it would look good no matter how I went about pouring the colors.
This process took no longer than thirty minutes to complete.
After the resin pieces cured for about twenty-four hours, I placed the vinyl names of my friends' pets cut with my Cricut machine. I domed the tops of the pieces with UV resin and cured it under a UV light source for a few minutes.
I added keychain rings and tassels to each piece.
Beach Art Resin Pet Tags
After watching and reading many tutorials, I knew this would have to be done in parts, or stages. Even after my research on how to create beach art, my first couple attempts were not the best. Fortunately, this attempt looked better.
I mixed a two part, 1:1 ratio epoxy resin for about three minutes. I then added a couple teaspoons of beach sand, a drop of Amber pigment ink, and three drops of Tridacna Stone (white) pigment ink. I didn't know if the pigment inks were necessary, but I gave it a try out of curiosity.
After I stirred the mixture for another couple of minutes, I set it aside for about ten minutes to allow the resin to thicken slightly.
Learning from mistakes with my first couple attempts at resin beach art, I decided to do a few test pours in some square molds I happened to have available. When I was happy with how I poured the resin, I proceeded to pour into the pet tag molds with a small spoon.
I poured along the bottom edge of each mold. There were a few smaller molds where the resin filled and covered the entire bottom surface. Otherwise, the resin mostly remained in the space where I poured it.
I then mixed more epoxy resin. I poured some of the resin into a second cup. I added Blue Ice (dark blue) mica powder to one cup and Mint mica powder to the other cup.
After I stirred the mixtures for another couple of minutes, I proceeded to pour the darker blue colored resin along the top edge of each mold. I then poured the Mint colored resin in-between the darker blue and beach sand resin portions.
I once again mixed more epoxy resin. I only needed a very small amount for this next part. I added a good amount of Silver White mica powder to the cup. I wanted to make sure the color was opaque, unlike the colors I previously mixed.
After I stirred the mixture for a minute, I used a stick with a pointy end to drop small amounts of the Silver White resin in-between the Mint and beach sand portions. I used to a stick to have better control of where I placed the white lines that resembled waves along a beach.
The multiple parts of this process took nearly two hours to complete.
A few hours later, I added a thin clear layer of epoxy resin to the molds. I wanted to have a flat surface to add vinyl to the next day.
After the resin pieces cured for about twenty-four hours, I placed the vinyl names of family pet names cut with my Cricut machine. I also added some screw hooks to the square test pieces that turned out OK.
Instead of doming with UV resin like last time, I decided to dome with the 1:1 ratio epoxy resin. UV resin shrinks when cured and looks awful if enough of it wasn't added to the tops of the pieces. I wanted to play it safe with epoxy resin I knew wouldn't shrink so much.
After about twenty-four hours, I added keychain rings and tassels to each piece.
My Thoughts
The multi-colored design was the easiest of the two different design to do. In retrospect, I realized the multiple colors could've blended to create one brown color. Fortunately, the colors were distinguishable from one another.
Letting the colored resin sit for a few minutes before pouring helped create the multi-colored design I hoped for.
The beach art design took a few tries to get right. I learned that layers, patience, and time is crucial for achieving a good beach art design.
What's Next?
I didn't create the resin pieces as actual pet tags because I didn't know what contact information, if any, a pet's respective owner would want on the tag. However, I think I'll make pet tags for my dogs' collars. Leave a like if you'd like to see what I create for my pets.
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Simply Jelly Jam
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