You Can Make Refillable RESIN Pens Using Silicone Moulds 😍 

Can you use straws instead of putting whole pen in the mold?

Thanks for this comment. I’ve been asking around on insta and everyone seems to gatekeep when it comes to the answer. Thanks so much

@@maureenparrish6730 I’m guessing you should plug the ends. Kind of the same concept as his

You are a genius my friend. I've been trying to think of a way to not make them a one and done type of pen. And like others have said tips are scarce. I like his idea but your way takes up less room in the mold leaving more room to add your touches too. I'm definitely going to give this a try asap. Thanks so much for sharing.

@@maureenparrish6730 I use clear stirring straws. I put a little ball of clay in the bottom opening where the ink tube will slide in and out. Once cured I take out the clay and insert an ink tube.

You can also use silicone spray

Make sure you get the right inks to fill. I made that mistake with the ones I bought for my husband. He was so excited to use them but had to wait for new refills because I got the wrong ones.😕

@@SteveMcDonaldArtsandCrafts Oooh! That would be WONDERFUL!! I'm looking forward to it!

@@SteveMcDonaldArtsandCrafts 😆 I can actually tell that. And yes the other is the teacher in you for sure. Thanks for letting your true self out let's see more of it we're not in the classroom! ✋ well I guess we really are! LOL just goofing around myself. 💘 all your videos and experiments keep them coming! NO need to reply I know you're busy much more than I.💗

I was wondering/thinking the same thing.

yeh gum lagai hai bhai ne ??

Lol, my gosh this same general idea (using a mold release to minimize internal pen parts) has been commented nearly 10 times here. Before commenting a suggested idea or asking question, I’ll always scan through (at least some) video comments to see if it’s already been suggested/asked…especially if the idea or question isn’t particularly unique seeming. I don’t want to post a comment that has already been repeated and repeated. This idea shows up at least three times within the first 15 comments. 🙄😑 I figured that most other viewers did the same before commenting, but it seems that I’m very incorrect. Many commenters don’t consider that their idea could be something that’s been repeated over and over again already. Anyways, it’s a suggestion. Scan existing comments for 1 minute or so before posting.

@@AriamaAhram Why does this bother you so much? It does no harm to you personally. Just scroll past. So it's a couple extra flicks of the scroll wheel. Namaste

@@mairem.9300 Scrolling past repeated comments is far too minuscule of an “issue” itself to be bothered by, I agree. What perplexes me, and initiated my comment, is how so many people can have comments or questions that are fairly obvious, however fail to consider that the comment has already been posted by someone else. Say there’s a baking video, where someone is demonstrating how they bake a certain cake, however the creator fails to detail the time and temp for baking the cake. The question “What is the bake time and temp?” would be a question that many would likely have, and is easy to think “hmm I’m sure others have the same question…”. Isn’t that a nearly intuitive thought? Followed by “I bet someone has already posted that question” and a quick scroll to verify. It’s not something that makes me angry or particularly irritated, but more perplexed. When I notice occurrences that seem to happen due to, what I conclude are lapses of intuitive/obvious/basic/common sense or logic, then I find myself feeling perplexed. This is not about things that would require particular skill or intelligence or education, but things like: seeing a car speed up on a freeway, despite the obvious presence of a slower car quite close ahead, for which the accelerating driver would have to immediately slow down for (assuming there’s no available “passing” lane to for the speeder to use to pass around the slower car ahead)”. Isn’t it obvious that, immediately after accelerating you’re going to have to decelerate, due to the clear presence of that slower car in front of you? In the epoxy resin pen making technique displayed in the video here, the sensical alternative method is to use a “mold release” technique. I don’t dabble in epoxy resin crafting at all, however I still considered the alternative method to be a very pedestrian thought, and a thought that I’d expect nearly all resin crafters to have as well. Perhaps it has to do with the fact that I see - and on an increasing frequency - so many of these “lapse in common sense” actions. The other day I was at Walmart and needed some of those “fold and close top” sandwich bags. I didn’t see any on the shelf (and there was a stocking ladder blocking some of my view) so I asked the employee on the ladder if they had any of the bags available. He said “we don’t carry those anymore” meanwhile he HAD the exact item in hand, ready to restock the shelf! I saw the item in his hand, after I had approached him. Following his response, I informed him that my needed product was in his hand, for which he handed me the box and smiled. Like - what on earth?? Not only being clueless as to having the item in his hand, but also (clearly) making up “we don’t carry them anymore”… it’s all so perplexing and nonsensical. Or when I was set to use a Walgreens app discount on a purchase. At the register, the employee was confused because the system wasn’t processing the transaction properly, and the assisting manager insisted that the discount wasn’t applicable DESPITE the fact that the exact product I was trying to buy was clearly listed under the discount as a “qualifying item”. Typically I would let something like that go, however it was extremely clear that my purchase qualified for the promotion, and his response of “it doesn’t qualify” (with no justification as to why he was saying it failed to qualify), was just too absurd and incorrect for me to accept (and surely had only to do with the computer system). In that kind of situation, when he KNEW that I was correct, AND particularly because there was a line behind me, I would expect a manager to manually enter the discount in the system, and keep things moving. After the intervention of another supervisor, it came to light that the product or deal hadn’t been entered into the system properly, and the 2nd supervisor quickly overrode the issue and the qualifying transaction finally concluded. Again a very clear cut transaction situation, for which the manager was, perplexingly, set on refusing for absolutely no valid reason whatsoever, in the face of my indisputable “qualifying item” evidence and a growing line. Or when I asked the Target employee if they stocked a particular food item (which was made in several flavor varieties, the particular flavor I hadn’t specified yet).After looking at her device, and without asking me “which flavor?”, she replied “it’s out of stock”. It was clear to me that the employee wasn’t going to be helpful, so I said “thank you” and walked away. Again, a situation where her actions were nonsensical. Wouldn’t she need to ask me “what flavor?” or if all sold out, detail that “all flavors are out of stock”?? As I approached the check out stand, I saw that each checkout line snack area was stocked with various varieties of the item I had inquired about. This is way too long, I’m very much aware, and surely leads to the assumption that my original comment was likely spurred, largely, by repeated and frequent similarly sense-lacking experiences. I’m by no means perfect, however I do my best to think over a situation before taking action, and like to think that I act with sense. If for whatever reason, that’s not the case, I wouldn’t take issue with someone questioning me about my unexpected action - because I certainly want to know if and when I’m doing something that isn’t logical seeming. And from my side, I do want to know why a driver would accelerate only to have to immediately slam on their brakes to accommodate the obvious slower vehicle ahead. Or why the Target employee made up her “out of stock” comment (although I imagine it was due to her seeing something on the screen that she wasn’t familiar with, and didn’t want to put forth the effort to clear it up and provide me with an accurate response). And here - does it not occur to commenters to quickly scan the comments section before posting something that isn’t particularly unique? Laziness? Or am I vastly overestimating the extent of common sense that I expect most people to have? Or overestimating how much thought people put into their actions before doing them? (More like, do I expect people to think about an action at all, before doing such a thing? And my error is expecting them to have any such preemptive thoughts whatsoever?) 🤷🏻‍♀️

@@SteveMcDonaldArtsandCrafts sooooo I shouldn’t be filing up that lil hole near where the pen comes out lol

I had another thought just now... use some polymer clay (either color or translucent) around the pen ink parts so that the clay would be stuck inside the resin and not the pen part. Of course would have to remove pen part to bake the polymer clay. That would be my last resort though if everything else had failed. :D

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