Resin Handles: Batch 3

Next time they're going to be perfect, but this time, they came out a little light. again. I'm attributing it to the newest pigment in the line up, and the entire ounce of resin that it wasted.

Set Up:

• Silicone Mold
• Resin supplies
• Pigments: amber, native american, opaque black, and brown

Technique:

• 1/2oz clear resin + 4 drops amber pigment + smallest touch of brown pigment= not quite dark enough
• 1oz clear resin + 7 drops amber pigment + 1 small drop brown pigment= hot mess. way too dark.

• Poured amber resin in mold, filling up almost 1/2 way

• 1oz clear resin + 7 drops amber pigment, 1 drop native american pigment + 4 drops dark brown resin (from what was mixed) = so close, but too light. This looked dark enough in the cup, and I was being a wimp about adding too much brown resin and ruining another batch.
• Got rid of dark as hell resin
• Poured newer batch of resin into the center of each cavity.

• Squeeze a bit of black pigment onto the squeeze top. Dip a toothpick into it, then swirl it around in the cavities.
• As previously noted, it is exceedingly difficult to see how much black and how swirled it is.

To Note:

• 1 1/2oz of resin is too much to fill the mold. there was 1/4oz left over.

The Results:

Still too light- use native american pigment in the 1/2oz next time.

Not enough black swirls. using a toothpick and the black pigment works well- there just needs to be more of it.

In certain angles, they're not that off the originals, but in others, they're much too light. Next round. Going to nail it.