With several different resins in the ETI family of products I thought I would put a spotlight on EasyCast today. If you check the sidebar you will see many links to EasyCast projects and we have a special how-to video as well.
I collect molds from everywhere. You can find casting molds in ETI’s catalog and on many websites.
My first tip is to always test your mold before you start working on a finished product. I do one test casting by either pouring resin into a mold cavity or by letting a drop of resin cure on the back of my mold.
Working in a tray mold allows you to be very creative. As you can see in this picture I have decided to use some paper imagery in some of these molds.
I prefer to have a first pour of EastCast cure in my mold before I add any imagery or paper. This super clear resin is the surface I then work on. You can see in the picture that I have poured about 2-3mm of resin into all my openings.
When you work in a mold, you have to work backwards. When I add paper imagery I have to trust that it looks good. I won’t know until I demold the resin castings.
I always use a clear drying decoupage medium to glue everything into place. I am using dried flowers and metal letters and mini parts.
I continue to coat my dried flowers to seal them from contact with resin. Resin will make dried flowers look a lot darker if they are not properly sealed.
After playing with my tray for a few hours I have build up several great samples. I allow all of this to dry overnight so that no moisture remains from the glue.
With the glue completely dry I can see any open spaces in my resin castings. At this point I added glitter or paint drops if I want to add more interest. Working backwards, it is a bit of a guessing game.
My last tip today: Be sure to seal you paper at least three times, letting each application of clear drying glue/decoupage medium dry between applications. This will ensure that you will not have a resin stain/dark area when you pour in your final pour.
I am filling each mold opening with EasyCast now and allowing them to cure overnight.
Results and more tips tomorrow!
I LOVE THAT MOLD!!
Where did you get it? I'd love to have it.
Not to name drop…I bought it in Paris last week on my holiday…..the name is pebeo/gedeo.
I found the pebeo/gedeo resin…. Is that also the manufacture of the mold?
Yes, that is the name on the mold.