Preserving Real Flowers in Resin Tutorial - Roses in a sphere 

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Thank you so much! The clarity is all you ❤️. I can't wait to share more of my casting projects!

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Thank you so much! I don’t think I’d use a vacuum chamber for resin because I use it for silicone and the bubbles need a lot of space to rise up. The resin would spill over the mold. Are you talking about a pressure pot? I haven’t considered that mainly due to it being an extra expense and the casts are coming out pretty clear without it. I don’t do any figurines or wax sculpting. I use a 3d printer (not much though) for any deeper molds I may want to make.

@@EllafulDeco Vacuum boils the air out of the resin which is why it overflows. Do it before you pour to remove air that gets included during mixing. Maybe again after pour to remove trapped air - not sure about that.

@@robertmatetich2898 I could definitely try the before and see how it works. Vacuuming after pouring into the mold would spill for sure. Thank you for the suggestion!

Thank you so much! I don't know how the resin smells because I do wear a respirator at all times when working with resin. I would assume there is a smell. There is no smell once it's cured though. For something like this, you'll want to use a casting resin and not a coating resin. I linked the specific resin I used in the description. I'm not sure about the paper mache since I don't know if that would be resin safe. You can definitely embed other resin pieces into another. Hope this helps! 🙂

@@EllafulDeco lol I may need a respirator cuz girl! It's like nasty hot glue on steroids lol gave me a headache for like 10 min until it started to be where I couldn't manipulate the resin anymore I had a filtered mask on but still. 😱 and it didn't know there was a casting resin vs costing resin. Thanks so much!

​@@kingphaze1 Get yourself a respirator with VOC filters immediately!! It's not just for the smell, but to protect your lungs from the chemicals. Some resins may not smell like it, but they are releasing VOCs until they're completely cured. I'll definitely work on a video on resin safety soon. Resin comparison will be added to the list as well😊.

@@EllafulDeco thank you so much! I'll look into them right away!

Thank you so much! The dome is the 3" one and the sphere is the 2" one. For a square mold, you can definitely place the flowers facing you. I actually just casted some blocks that way and will be putting that video together once they're complete 😊

@@EllafulDeco I would love to try it

Thank you, this video was so clear and helpful 😊❤

Here’s the full video on how I dry roses: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jRfYTrp2u6A.html. How the rose looks now would pretty much be how it looks like in resin. I’ve seen lots of beautiful air dried bouquets preserved in resin.

I’m not sure I completely understand your question. The flowers are dried in silica gel and then preserved in resin.

Thank you! Yes, the roses are dried. All flowers should be dried prior to preserving in resin🙂

These molds are from AaJMolds: www.aajmolds.com/. Materials are also linked in the description.

Hello! These molds are from AaJMolds. The link is in the description 🙂

Your mold is most likely matte. You can add a top coat to make your final piece shiny again.

The flowers are dried. I have the flower drying tutorial on my channel 🙂

Yes, flowers have to be dried before putting them in epoxy or else they will rot in the piece. Here's the video on how I dried these roses: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jRfYTrp2u6A.html

I am assuming that the rose was not completed dried or the piece has been exposed to too much sunlight.

@@EllafulDeco think it wasn't dried long enough. 😢

Hello, you can certainly make 3d flowers from resin molds! You just need to have the mold of the flowers you want. It would make an interesting video. I'll see if I can get the supplies for it 🙂

It’s 3”x3”

I haven’t tried it a tulip, but that would be very cute.

A heat gun is probably the best option when it comes to popping surface bubbles. You can try a utility lighter, but I'm not sure how well they work. I got my heat gun for ~$30 on Amazon and it lasted me 2 years and still counting so I would suggest investing in one if you can.

You can definitely put a photo in resin. I highly suggest laminating it first because the ink may bleed. Since photos can vary in quality for the paper and ink (and to be honest, I'm not sure what qualifies as resin safe paper and resin safe ink), it's best to laminate the photo or any paper inclusions first just in case. I've used origami paper and cardstock to make trays in previous tutorials. You may find them to be helpful as the process is similar: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2-dGTz33AZU.htmlsi=XneRaJy5-3H2eQ2s

You can certainly add pictures into resin. I suggest laminating it first protect the photo and prevent any color bleeding. You can check out my videos where I work with paper/cardstock to make trays. The process would be similar 🙂