Waste not, want not - pyschedelic stripes!

Love funky resin bangles? Hate waste? Here's an awesome way to use up your leftover resin for maximum effect. These psychedelic stripes put the fun back into funky!

 What you need:

- Two part epoxy resin
- Bangle moulds
- Resi-Tint Acrylic Inks

Method:

1. Mix up a batch of two-part epoxy resin to use in any other resin project. For this task I used Mastercast 1-2-1 resin by Chem Resins.

 

2. When you have finished your masterpiece, instead of chucking away your leftover resin, transfer it into a psychedelic stripe by mixing in a few drops of Resi-Tint Acrylic Ink.

 Easy does it - one or two drops are all you need for a vibrant, beautiful colour!

3. Pour a thin layer of tinted resin into a bangle mould. For this project I used a combination of moulds made by Resin8 and myself. You can get totally different effects using thin or chunky moulds.

4. Ensure that you have a thin layer of your first colour poured into the mould. Carefully remove spills along the sides using baby wipes.

5. Once your first colour has cured, you are ready to pour another thin layer of tinted resin. The layers don't necessarily have to be of equal height, depending on what effect you are going for.

6. Continue pouring layers of tinted resin onto cured resin until you have filled up your mould.

7. The end result? Some fantastic bangles. I think of these as "bonus bangles" because they are made out of leftover resin that may otherwise have been thrown away. Perfecto!

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