How to Make A Resin Bracelet

How to Duplicate a Resin Bracelet Using ComposiMold Reusable Mold Making Materials

I chose a bangle bracelet that was pretty complicated with holes throughout to demonstrate how you can make complex objects with a simple mold.

To start making your resin bracelet:

Hot glue the original bracelet, or master, to the bottom of the container. Melt the ComposiMold in your microwave or use a double boiler to heat. Pour the ComposiMold over and around the bracelet. Use a paperclip, piece of wire, or toothpick to pull away any bubbles from the crevices in the bracelet. We also recommend spraying the part with Bubble Buster to reduce bubbles from sticking to the part.

And let the mold cool to solidify. In the freezer, this mold would take a couple of hours to solidify into a nice rubber.

Now, cut out the original master object from the mold box. We do that by cutting away the plastic container as that’s typically easiest.

Cut along the bottom of the mold and cut the holes within the bracelet to pull out the original.

This hole between the mold makes this a pretty complicated shape, but still doable just by cutting.

Pouring the Resin into the Bracelet Mold

We’re using ComposiCast White resin with a little black colorant to make a gray bracelet. Mix in a few drops of colorant into the ComposiCast.Mix the two parts of resin together 50% of each. It’s extremely flexible so if you accidently use too much or too little of one, you should be fine. Try to err on the side of more resin and less hardener. More Part A and less Part B. Pour the resin into the mold cavity and let it cure overnight. 10 hours later, you are ready to pull out the duplicated casting.

Cleaning up the Casting 

Clean up the casting by cutting off any extra resin, sanding away any blemishes, and you are ready to go.

This is a challenging mold, probably about a level 4 out of 5, 5 being the hardest, so start simple and work to more complex molds. And you can do that all with the same ComposiMold, since it is re-usable. With ComposiMold, you can make dozens of great unique molds with the same molding material.

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Turn Polymer Clay Pendants into Epoxy Resin Jewelry

Watch the video below to learn how to turn unique polymer clay pendants into epoxy resin jewelry. It's easy to do with ImPRESSive Putty, a re-usable mold making putty made by ComposiMold.

https://youtu.be/8lrypSrvl4I

Follow these steps to make your own unique epoxy resin jewelry:

MAKE YOUR MOLD

1. Sculpt polymer clay (Sculpey in this case) into the shape pendants you want. We used a cool pattern on a silver ring to press texture into the surface of the clay. We also carved into the surface with a sharp tool. Get creative with this step!

2. Bake the polymer clay per product instructions. 

3. Add Activator to the microwavable bag and melt the ImPRESSive Putty (formerly ReMold Putty) per instructions. For the 6oz. size, we used 2, 20sec. intervals until the Putty was dough-like with no hard clumps. 

4. Let the Putty cool for 10 minutes. It's too hot to handle right out of the microwave.

5. Once the Putty is cooled off enough to handle comfortably, knead it for 3-5 minutes. This incorporates all of the Activator and smooths out any lines in the Putty. 

6. Place Putty on a plate and press your hardened clay pendants into the Putty. Don't push them so far in that they touch the plate beneath the Putty. This would make your mold too thin.

7. Let the Putty cool until firm to the touch. This mold was placed in the freezer for 1 hr.

8. Remove the Putty from the freezer. You can now de-mold your clay pendants. Simply bend the Putty mold away from the clay pendants and pull them out of the mold. ImPRESSive! 

MAKE YOUR CASTS

1. Pour Clear Casting Plastic Part A into a cup. Pour Clear Casting Plastic Part B in to a separate cup. Add epoxy resin colorant to Part A and mix before mixing the two parts together. We used Resin Obsession's dye for epoxy resin.

2. Thoroughly mix Part A with Part B. Stir slowly so you don't introduce any bubbles.

3. Slowly pour the epoxy mixture into the Putty mold. Try not to overflow so you'll have less to clean up after your castings cure.

4, Let your castings cure overnight.  

5. Remove the castings the same way you removed the pendants you molded. Bend the Putty mold away from the castings and easily pop them out. 

6. Drill holes for threading wire, jump rings, and chains through to make your one of a kind jewelry pieces. 

7. Make your pendants into earrings, necklaces, bracelets, and more! 

RE-USE IMPRESSIVE PUTTY

1. Re-Melt to Re-Use. Easy!

It's as simple as that! You too can make original epoxy resin pendants in any shape you can imagine. We'd love to know if you try this. Drop us a line and send photos!

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Make Your Own Mood Ring or Necklace, Color Changing Plastic Heart

Thermo-chromatic ink is awesome! We've added it, in powder form, to our Clear Casting Plastic and made our own "mood necklace" that changes color when activated by heat.

Color Changing Heart Video

ComposiMold-Original was used as the mold making material and our favorite epoxy resin, Clear Casting Plastic, was the casting material. You can easily add powder colorants and even 3-dimensional items like foam hearts to the mixture before it cures.

Stan is thinking this would be a great anniversary gift for his wife. What do you think, ladies?

Color Changing Heart Video

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