Liquid plastic (resin) tutorial by IchigoKitty

Liquid plastic (resin) tutorial by IchigoKitty

Please let me know if you have any questions, thanks!

PLEASE READ:
Smooth on also has a rubber molding material. That is what I use. I may post a tutorial on that also.

Please browse the other comments a little to see if your question has already been answered first! That would be a great help!

NigelaNice Featured By Owner May 1, 2013 Student General Artist

this is really neat! i was wondering where you get or how do you make the mold? danka mucho!

Skye-Rhyder Featured By Owner Mar 30, 2013

You have been linked! RoxiBabe\Dolls

MrsVanguard Featured By Owner Feb 7, 2013 Hobbyist Writer

Thank you so much! This will be very helpful ^^

akumajoker666 Featured By Owner Jan 26, 2013

OMG this is increidble!

LeanaMee101 Featured By Owner Jan 8, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

o.o~ I didn't know some resins go white like that. I use clear cast o:

Naraku-Sippschaft Featured By Owner Jan 8, 2013 Professional Artisan Crafter

wonderful little tutorial.
Just a question: here in germany this resin isn't a salable goods, so the hint to buy it online is good. But what is, if I want to color it in blue, green or gold like a normal gemstone? Can I use tinting paint?

MixSuGn0iz Featured By Owner Jan 8, 2013

If you're trying to achieve things like gems then there is a tutorial on Youtube that they use ink from a ball point pen. Do what =LeaneaMee101 said too and get clear cast resin since they dry clear and not the opaque white which is shown in this tutorial.

[link] thats one of the youtube videos to get some ideas from and you can do your research from there. Always do a lot of research and small tests before jumping right into the project as a whole so you don't mess up.

good luck on your casting!

LeanaMee101 Featured By Owner Jan 8, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Normally for people to get color resin without painting, they use clear cast resin and while mixing the two parts together, they add some paint to the mix. There are a lot of tutorials online to do it.

Naraku-Sippschaft Featured By Owner Jan 8, 2013 Professional Artisan Crafter

thank you.

Sabbysan Featured By Owner Jan 8, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Very nice tutorial. I'll have to see about trying this method at some point.

W2BSuperman Featured By Owner Oct 25, 2012 Student Digital Artist

AWESOME TIPS! cool

samirashamseddin Featured By Owner Oct 24, 2012

thank for help dear

HobbyFX Featured By Owner Oct 22, 2012 Professional Artisan Crafter

nice tutorial, looks to be very similar to the EasyFlo 120 i use from mouldlife

not tried smooth on's products yet

amurana Featured By Owner Oct 15, 2012

So helpful! There are lots of custom pieces I'd love to make, just needed a push in the right direction. Thankyou!

seraphimon83 Featured By Owner Oct 15, 2012 Traditional Artist

How durable is this resin? I saw the gold buttons in the "after" pics below the tutorial. I want to design something like that, a starshape, that is, but I'm afraid the tips would break off.

If they rub against a cloth material (I'll be using a soft denim) do you think they'll be in danger of chipping?

IchigoKitty Featured By Owner Nov 12, 2012 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

it's very durable

Princess-Paracosm Featured By Owner Oct 14, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

What do you use as your mold?

Princess-Paracosm Featured By Owner Oct 14, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Oh, sorry. I didn't see previous comments.

ninjaneko93 Featured By Owner Oct 7, 2012 Student Artisan Crafter

Did you carve out the shape onto the mold first o.O then put the resin in after wards o.o

IchigoKitty Featured By Owner Oct 7, 2012 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

;; no. You should just look up videos on youtube of mold making tutorials and you'll see.

ClaudiaSutton Featured By Owner Oct 7, 2012

How awesome!

Thank you so much for this.

IchigoKitty Featured By Owner Oct 7, 2012 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

ClaudiaSutton Featured By Owner Oct 7, 2012

Aigue-Marine Featured By Owner Oct 3, 2012 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

Great tutorial and very helpful! Thank you!

IchigoKitty Featured By Owner Oct 7, 2012 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

BellaVoce4 Featured By Owner Oct 3, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Yeah I have yet to use scupley and clear resin cast still (it's sitting in my room somewhere)

Yuuri-K Featured By Owner Sep 29, 2012

Nice tut! Very helpful

Assamite36 Featured By Owner Sep 26, 2012

Is your YouTube video series basically this process?

IchigoKitty Featured By Owner Sep 27, 2012 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

no, that is for clear casting resin

AcronaSilverfox Featured By Owner Sep 26, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

This is so cool! I've wanted to work with resin for a while and I think this is just my style XD
I'll have to see if any of the craft stores I go to have this :3 but its so cool!

hanyougirl2010 Featured By Owner Sep 26, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

I need this D: Btw, what material do you use for making the molds? o.o

IchigoKitty Featured By Owner Oct 7, 2012 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

it's in the description

ItsMinosArt Featured By Owner Sep 26, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

another question, within the resin can place a drawing or a print, before it dries, to do something like this? [link]

IchigoKitty Featured By Owner Sep 26, 2012 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

That's not for this type of resin

ItsMinosArt Featured By Owner Sep 26, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

and you would not know that I could use?

IchigoKitty Featured By Owner Sep 26, 2012 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

that's clear resin. This is for liquid plastic polyurethane resin

ItsMinosArt Featured By Owner Sep 26, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

ok I'll find out, thank you very much

CarlosBattousai Featured By Owner Sep 26, 2012

Holy crap really it's that easy?

hachiyuki Featured By Owner Sep 26, 2012

Is there any specific type of paint you use, or does anything go?

IchigoKitty Featured By Owner Sep 26, 2012 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

No, you don't have to use a special paint.

soshan Featured By Owner Sep 26, 2012

ooohh, I may use this some day...
What do you use as a mold? I mean what kind of material is it? (the green thing, is it soap, a sponge...)
Thanks for sharing!!!!

IchigoKitty Featured By Owner Sep 26, 2012 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

read the descrciption

soshan Featured By Owner Sep 26, 2012

Ok..., I just saw eveybody else asking about molds, so forget it, and thanks anyway!!!

The-DKid Featured By Owner Sep 26, 2012 Student Digital Artist

OMG Thank you soooo much for posting this! I have been lost on Resin casting for a while. This was a massive help!

IchigoKitty Featured By Owner Sep 26, 2012 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

very welcome!!

mihijime Featured By Owner Sep 26, 2012 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

thanks for the tutorial! I will definitely be trying this out for some of my future dolls!

Pomaranczarka Featured By Owner Sep 26, 2012

Great tutoral. I only have one question; what do you make mold of?

IchigoKitty Featured By Owner Sep 26, 2012 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

please read the description

Makenzoo Featured By Owner Sep 26, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

would this type of thing work for homestuck horns?
examples if you dont know what it is
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ive been looking for another solution to making these horns that would be slightly easier, so if we were able to make the mold round and stuff would this work for these horns (just a few examples above)