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DIY Epoxy Resin Cat Coasters

Show off your love for your four-legged friend by creating these cat photo coasters with resin!
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Instructions

  • Before you start working with epoxy resin, 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. Gather everything you need in your workspace!
  • Print out the photos that you’d like to encapsulate. Before you use any resin, make sure to cut your photos to fit the jar lids. A great way to approach this accurately is to place the jar lid upside down and centered on your photo. Then, use a utensil to trace the outside of the lid.
  • Carefully cut around the line you traced with scissors, removing small amounts and test-fitting until it fits snugly in the lid.
    cut out cat photos for coasters
  • We recommend sealing photos prior to coating them with resin for best results. Resin Spray Sealer works well with photos and won't smear them like glue-based sealers tend to do. You can also seal the photo to the inside of the coaster to keep it in place and prevent bubbles from forming below the photo.
    seal photos before coating in resin
  • Once you’ve got your photos glued smoothly onto the mason jar lids, it’s time to mix up some resin. Promise Table Top Epoxy Resin is really simple to measure out and mix with a 1:1 by volume ratio. Use one part Side A and one part Side B, combine, and stir slowly and thoroughly to mix.
    stir resin for coasters
  • Promise Table Top Epoxy is self-leveling, so when you pour, keep it slow. This will give the resin time to evenly level out and fill the necessary space. How much resin you use will depend on the size of your mason jar lids and how thick you’d like the coat to be. It’s okay to have a little extra, and it’s also easy to mix up a little more.
  • Remove any bubbles with a blow torch or heat gun and, in 24 hours, your coasters will be cured enough for use, and in five to seven days, they’ll be fully cured. When you’re finished, you’ll have gorgeous and glossy photo coasters shining the spotlight on your favorite fuzzy friends­—feline, canine, equine, or otherwise!