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How to Make DIY Dog Bowl Stands with Resin

by Ashley Randolph

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For pet parents, every day is International Dog Day! Celebrate your puppy by creating this DIY dog bowl stand resin craft.

A dog eating out of a bowl in a wooden custom dog bowl stand.

If you love your puppy, every day is International Dog Day and today we’re here to guide you through another possible pet-themed resin project: DIY dog bowl stands. For this craft, you can create whatever kind of pattern with whatever colors you’d like. We’ll be specifically talking about how to do ocean resin art on this wooden dog dish stand base.

If you’d like to watch a quick video tutorial, see below:

First is a note about resin safety and animals.

Resin and Animals

Promise Table Top Epoxy Resin is food safe per FDA code 21 CFR 175.300 when properly measured, mixed, and cured. However, the testing done to confirm this is concerning humans. Research concerning the effects of cured resin on animals and their food has not been extensively conducted. If your pet has ingested uncured or cured resin or you have any other concerns, you should immediately contact animal poison control, your veterinarian, or emergency veterinarian services. Uncured resin is toxic and should not be ingested. Additionally, do not allow yourself, animals, or children to breathe in any fumes. This is why it’s important to have a proper workspace. It’s always a great idea to work with resin in a well-ventilated space, away from pets and children, with the proper safety gear.

For any concerns, you can contact ASPCA’s Animal Poison Control number at (888)-426-4435.

Lastly, if you’re worried about your pet excessively licking or chewing on the bowl stand, especially where the resin is, this probably isn’t the the project for you or your pet. The resin portion is on the bowl stand and not technically on the bowls that contain their food and water; however, it’s always best to do your research and focus on what’s comfortable for you and your four-legged friends!

We do not recommend making the actual dog bowls, or anything that will be in constant contact with your pet’s food and water, out of resin. 

Let’s start with what you’ll need.

DIY Dog Bowl Stands

Supplies for Resin Dog Food Bowl Stands

  • Promise Table Top Epoxy Resin
  • Wooden dog bowl stand
  • Alumilite dyes in Translucent Blue and White
  • Measuring cups
  • Mixing sticks
  • Nitrile gloves
  • Safety glasses
  • Heat gun

Gather all your supplies in your workspace, and let’s get to work on this DIY dog bowl stand! Don’t forget to set down some sheets of plastic because the resin will drip and things will get a little messy.

Before you start working with epoxy, make sure that you’re wearing protective eyewear and gloves, cover your workspace/use a silicone mat, and work in a well-ventilated space.

Preparing Resin Ocean Art

When it comes to making ocean art, you can take numerous paths In this particular tutorial, we’re going to keep it simple. This means that we’ll only need to have cups of blue, white, and clear resin.

First, let’s mix up the resin. We recommend mixing up a batch and then splitting it into three smaller cups to add the dye in later. Measure equal parts A and B and combine by stirring slowly for several minutes.

Promise Table Top Epoxy Resin being mixed.

Split the epoxy into three separate cups. In most cases, the resin you plan to dye blue should have the largest amount.

Table Top Epoxy Resin being separated into different cups.

Put a few drops of each dye in its respective cup. When it comes to dying resin, a little goes a long way! You can always add more later, too.

Alumilite translucent blue dye being added to resin in a mixing cup.

Stir in the colorant until it is thoroughly combined. Do the same for the cup with the white dye and resin mixture, as well. After this is done, you should have a cup of blue resin, a cup of white resin, and a cup of clear resin.

Mixing together resin and blue dye in a mixing cup.

Pouring the Waves

Make sure your surface is level. One way that we do this—and allow the resin the opportunity to drip and coat the sides—is by using four equal-sized small cups and setting the stand on top of them. Pour the blue wave along the top of the wooden bowl stand, as shown below.

Blue resin being poured on a wooden base to make ocean resin art.

The next step in creating iconic resin waves is to pour a thin line of clear resin along the bottom, where the blue section stops.

Clear resin being poured over blue resin to make ocean art.

Once that’s done, pour another thin line over top of the clear line using the white resin. This combination of the clear and white resin is essential to getting the cells that are commonly found in ocean art.

A line of white resin poured on a wooden base.

Making a Splash with Resin Waves

Once you have those layers of resin poured, it’s time to turn to a tool that will help us get that seafoam-like effect—the heat gun. In addition to the layering of the clear and white resin, the use of a heat gun to push the resin around is how you can best create the resin cell effect.

Take a moment to find a good angle that will allow consistent results across your entire piece. Then, activate your heat gun. Be sure the gun isn’t going to blow hard enough to splash resin everywhere.

Guide the heat gun along the poured resin and watch as the white spreads out. This is how you get that beautiful foam effect.

A heat gun being used to move resin and create cells.

We didn’t have a ton of space to work with, so we decided that after one perfect wave, we were satisfied. That means it’s time to cure.

The Curing Process

Allow the project to sit and cure in a dust and debris-free environment for the length of a full cure before use. This takes about a week.

Once it’s cured, your project is ready to be displayed! Here are some pictures of our finished piece:

Dog eating from a bowl in a custom dog bowl stand.

If you have any questions about this project, please don’t hesitate to contact us! If you have any projects you’ve made that celebrate your furry friends, we’d love for you to share them with us on any of our social media channels!

Happy crafting!

A dog eating out of a bowl in a wooden custom dog bowl stand.

How to Make DIY Dog Bowl Stands With Resin

If you love your puppy, every day is International Dog Day and today we’re here to guide you through making your own DIY Dog Bowl Stand with resin.
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Materials

  • Promise Table Top Epoxy Resin
  • Wooden dog bowl stand
  • Alumilite dye Transparent blue and white
  • Mixing containers
  • Paint sticks
  • Nitrile gloves
  • Safety glasses
  • Heat gun

Instructions

  • Before you start working with epoxy, make sure that you're wearing protective eyewear and gloves, cover your workspace (or use a silicone mat), and work in a well-ventilated space. Assemble all of your tools in your workspace!
  • Mix up equal parts of your resin and hardener and stir slowly for several minutes (until there are no visible swirls).
    Promise Table Top Epoxy Resin being mixed.
  • Split the mixed resin into three separate cups. The resin cup that will be dyed blue will have the most.
    Table Top Epoxy Resin being separated into different cups.
  • Put a few drops of each dye in its respective cup.
    Alumilite translucent blue dye being added to resin in a mixing cup.
  • Stir in the colorant until it is thoroughly combined. Do the same for the cup with the white dye and resin mixture, as well.
    Mixing together resin and blue dye in a mixing cup.
  • Make sure your surface is level. One way that we do this—and allow the resin the opportunity to drip and coat the sides—is by using four equal-sized small cups and setting the stand on top of them. Pour the blue wave along the top of the wooden bowl stand.
    Blue resin being poured on a wooden base to make ocean resin art.
  • The next step for creating resin waves is to pour a thin line of clear resin along the bottom, where the blue section stops.
    Clear resin being poured over blue resin to make ocean art.
  • Once that’s done, pour another thin line over top of the clear line using the white resin. This combination of the clear and white resin is essential to getting the cells that are commonly found in ocean art.
    A line of white resin poured on a wooden base.
  • Take a moment to find a good angle that will allow consistent results across your entire piece when you use you heat gun. Then, activate it. Be sure the gun isn’t going to blow hard enough to splash resin everywhere. Guide the heat gun along the poured resin and watch as the white spreads out.
    A heat gun being used to move resin and create cells.
  • Allow the project to sit and cure in a dust and debris-free environment for the length of a full cure before use. This takes about a week. Once it’s cured, your project is ready to be displayed!
    Dog eating from a bowl in a custom dog bowl stand.

Notes

Before creating this project, don’t forget to read up on resin safety for animals and evaluate what you’re comfortable doing. We have some (but not all!) information in our Resin and Animals section in the related article.
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