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| Resin is a great way to add colour or precious keepsakes to your metal clay
jewellery! And used on its own it offers you an easy and affordable way of creating large jewellery designs.
When cured resin has a hard, smooth, shiny finish. It can be used with or without pigment colorants. It can be used to embed stones,
glitter and other decorative elements.
Use our 2-part moulding compound to create moulds which you can then cure your
resin in - excellent for making sparkling three-dimensional pieces, or maybe resin cabochons to mount in your silver... The resin will
separate from the mould without any need for release agents.
Resin comes in many different versions. On this page we've
tried to introduce the one we think are most suitable for jewellery making applications.
Casting resin is used for casting into deeper moulds. Ideal for large bangles, paper weigths and similar big items. It comes in
two parts which needs mixing together.
Pouring (or coating) resin is designed to be used in thin layers. To coat
images, fill shallow bezels, or casting into shallow moulds. It comes in two parts which needs mixing together.
UV resin cures in minutes with the help of UV light.
You can fill cavities or make a thick domed top layer. It comes in gel viscosity but can be thinned with gentle heat. It needs to be
cured with UV light. Compared to normal resin, there is less waste as you don't have to mix two components, and no more worrying about
exact measurements! The UV resin doesn't smell, it is non-yellowing and self-levelling. So all-in-all, very easy to use!
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UV resin
Two-component
pouring and casting resin
Mixing cups and stirrers
Colourants
Resin casting moulds
Pewter bezels
UV curing lights
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 | UV Resin Gel -
Crystal
This fabulous one-part crystal clear resin is so easy to use! With the help of UV light the
P2 Jelly cures in minutes, rather than hours. One of the best things about this thick crystal clear gel, is that it comes in a tube
(similar to oil paint tubes), making it easy to apply - no more messing about with scooping thick gooey gel out of pots with sticky
spatulas!
You can apply the gel from the tube directly onto your piece, as it is quite thick it is easy to handle. The
thick viscosity of the gel allows you to create slightly domes effects easily. If you want, you can warm the P2 Jelly tube slightly to
make runnier.
The gel cures rock hard in about minutes with a UV light. The time of curing varies on the UV light and if
you add colour to the resin. In a high wattage UV light box clear gel cures in 3-5 minutes, in smaller boxes it can be around 10-20
minutes - a lot faster than most resins! It will not leave a sticky surface, and doesn't need any polishing, unless you want to reshape
it. Make sure your UV light reach all the corners of the gel - add, and cure, in thin layers, no thicker than approx. 2mm at a time.
Angle your piece differently throughout the different curing sessions to to help cure all of the resin.
Can be coloured
using any of the colours below. The tube contains 15g.
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POURING AND CASTING
RESIN |
 | Envirotex Lite Pour-On Resin
Envirotex Lite hardens to a high-gloss finish, and cures
completely in 36-48 hours. It is used for projects that are less than ½" thick, so ideal for coatings or shallow bezel applications.
If you want to cast deeper items, use Pebeo Crystal Clear Resin or Easycast Clear Casting Resin (see below).
This
two-component, durable, resilient material requires no polishing to produce a high gloss. One coat is all that is usually required for
a deep attractive finish, however, two or more coats maybe applied one over the other by simply wiping the surface with a clean cloth
and alcohol prior to recoating.Envirotex Lite is acid & solvent free and can be used safely over color copies, newspaper clippings,
paint and ink surfaces as well.
Mix with colourants or Pearl-ex Pigments to add beautiful colours. Glitter, Rhinestones,
etc can be added to create gorgeous effects.
Comes in 118ml (4 oz.) or 326ml (8oz). The 118ml pack covers about 930 square cm (1 square foot).
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 | Crystal Resin
This crystal clear, very hard, two-component epoxy resin system is a more
economical product for larger castings.
The Pebeo Crystal Resin (sometimes called Gedeo Crystal Resin) cures perfectly
clear and very hard. It can be used for mouldings, inlays, coatings or laminates. Can be coloured with glass colours - completely or
surface only.
Mix with colourants or Pearl-ex Pigments to add beautiful colours. Ideal for embedding dried flowers, shells, glitter etc. Perfect for
small jewellery items such as brooches, earrings etc, as well as larger deeper castings. Can be de-moulded after 12 hours, full cure
within 24 hours.
Can be coloured using any of the colours below, and other dyes, like PearlEx, crushed eyeshadows, and
oil paints, also give interesting effects. Comes in 300ml or 750ml.
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 | EasyCast Clear Casting Resin
EasyCast Clear Casting Resin hardens to a
high-gloss finish, and cures in about 36-72 hours. It is used for projects that are larger, like large pendants, bangles, paper
weights, and door knobs. This resin got 4 out of 5 stars when tested in Making Jewellery, Oct 2009!
EasyCast is a two-component clear casting epoxy. Epoxy resins provide stronger adhesion, less shrinkage and tougher water
resistance when cured than polyester resins. It's solvent free and low odor. It can easily be colored, tinted or combined with fillers
to create faux granite or metallic castings, and also used to trap items like photos, confetti, sea shells, glass frit, sweets - your
imagination is the limit. These characteristics make it ideal for casting and embedding up to 6 ounces (maximum) per pour. Due to heat
build up and discoloration, do not attempt to cast more than 6 ounces at one time.
Mix with colourants or Pearl-ex
Pigments to add beautiful colours. Glitter, Rhinestones, etc can be added to create gorgeous effects.
Choose between two
sizes; Small (236ml/8oz), or Large (437ml/16oz).
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MIXING CUPS AND STIRRING
STICKS |
 | Mixing
cups
Polypropylene graduated mixing cups for the resin. Approximately 1oz.
You need
to measure up the two-component resin very carefully for it to set properly. Use these cups to measure up exact amounts, and to mix the
resin.
Pack of 10. |
 | Wooden
stirring sticks
Pack of 15 wooden stirring sticks. Approx. 14 cm long and 0.5cm wide.
Use these sticks to stir and mix your resin. Pack of 15. |
 | UV Resin Gel
Colourants
Dinky little tubes with gorgeous colours which were designed for the UV resin, but also works well with other types of resin too.
USING WITH UV RESIN: Drip out ONE drop of colour on your mixing surface, pick up a small quantity of colour on a toothpick (or pick it up on the toothpick straight from the bottle) and
transfer this to your gel. If you add the entire drop of colour to your gel it will definitely be too much, it is better to add more in
small quantities. It is handy to use a palette knife to mix the colour into the gel, using the wide flat side to break down the pigment
and blending them into the gel.
Please note that the gel takes longer to cure if you add colour! Very deep colours (gel
with a lot of colour added) might actually not cure at all. If you've added colour, let the resin cure in the UV light for about 5
minutes, or more, if needed.
I like to start with a thin layer of clear gel, which I cure before I add the coloured
layer. The clear gel will bond better with the silver, so will create a strong bond. You can also try adding a clear layer on top of
your coloured gel - this gives your colour a beautiful depth.
USING WITH TWO-COMPONENT RESIN: Add in SMALL quantities (this is a high pigment colourant) to one part of your resin before you mix the two resin components together.
Each bottle contains 15ml - as you usually use less than a drop per application, this bottle should cover more jewellery than you can
count!
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FLEXIBLE RESIN CASTING
MOULDS
These fabulous jewellery making resin moulds are lovely to work with. They're very flexible
casting moulds which don't require mold release spray for most resins, simply flex carefully and push on the back to release the fully hardened resin shape.
They should last for many mold castings. The bangle mould has a slightly shorter life, as it takes quite a lot of flexing when you
remove the bangle from the mold, with a little care it should still survive for about 5-10 moulds. |
 | Resin Mould - Assorted Natural Stones/Pebbles
Oh, my favourites. Pebble shapes.
Create faux-stone pebbles, or just enjoy the shape, filling it with colours and patterns. Perfect shape for making little "worry
beads"...To give you an idea of size, the bottom right hand corner pebble is about 42mm top to bottom.
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 | Resin Mould - Earring/Pendant ovals
Super cool big earrings or pendants. The
large oval (on top in picture) is approximately 60mm from top to bottom.
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 | Resin Mould - Earring/Pendant round
Super cool round earrings or pendants. Makes
a nice simple pendant with a leather thong or ribbon simply threaded through the hole. Also great for making links, make your own long
necklace with resin rings, interspersed with beads and wire loops, or why not make your own belt? From 33mm to 45mm across.
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 | Resin Mould - Assorted Jewels 22-in-1
Selection of 22 jewels of varying shapes
and sizes. Makes excellent charms, earrings, ring toppers and pendants.
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 | Resin Mould - Assorted Jewels 16-in-1
Selection of 16 jewel shapes of varying
sizes. Makes excellent charms, earrings, ring toppers and pendants. Trapezoid shape (bottom row) is 23mm top to bottom.
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 | Resin Mould - Assorted Jewels 14-in-1
Selection of 14 oval and square flat-ish
cabochons of varying sizes. Makes excellent charms, earrings, ring toppers and pendants.
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 | Resin
Mould - Assorted Hearts
Dinky little hearts of varying sizes. Makes excellent charms, and
perfect as earrings or a smaller pendant.
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 | Resin Mould - Flat Hearts
Large hearts of varying sizes. Perfect size for pins,
pendants, and keyrings.
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 | Resin Mould - Large Rectangles
Large rectangles. Suitable for pins, pendants,
bracelet components, and keyrings.
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 | Resin Mould - Round Cabs
Round cabs.
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 | Resin Mould - Small Round Cabs
Small round cabs.
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 | Resin Mould - Small Squares
Small squares.
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 | Resin Mould - Bangle
Flexible polyethylene bangle mould. Use with casting resin
and trap dried flowers, shells, photos, memorabilia, sweets, threads. 3/4"high, with an inner diameter of 2 5/8"
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 | Resin Mould - Bangle - Small
Flexible polyethylene bangle mould. A nice wide
bangle which looks great with trapped items. Use with casting resin and trap dried flowers, shells, photos, memorabilia, sweets,
threads. 20mm heigh x 10mm wide (inside diameter 61mm).
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 | Resin Mould - Bangle - Thin, large
Thin version of our flexible polyethylene
bangle mould. Use with casting resin and trap dried flowers, shells, photos, memorabilia, sweets, threads. 18mm height x 4mm width
(inside diameter 72mm).
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 | Resin Mould - Butterflies
Adorable selection of 8 butterflies. Apologies for the bad quality photo, a better will follow soon.
Largest butterfly is 4.25" wide x 1" high. Makes an adorable resin necklace!
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BASE METAL JEWELLERY BEZELS
These solid pewter bezels are perfect for filling with favorite images, drawings, layers of resin, small beads,
glitter, polymer clay or collage ephemera.
The link-bezels make lovely bracelets or necklaces, linked together with jump rings. Or, use them as a charm with a bead added to the
ring on the base, or maybe earrings, with a little cluster of beads or crystals dangled of one end? |
 | Link Bezel - Small Square Antique Silver, 18x18mm. Lead-free pewter.
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Link Bezel - Small Square Antique Gold, 18x18mm. Lead-free pewter.
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 | Pendant Bezel - Rectangle Antique Silver, 33x21mm. Lead-free pewter.
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 | Pendant Bezel - Large Square Antique Silver, 21x21mm. Lead-free pewter.
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 | Link Bezel - Large Rectangle Antique Silver, 42x24mm. Lead-free pewter.
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 | Pendant Bezel - Large Heart Antique Silver, 29x53mm. Lead-free pewter.
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 | Pendant Bezel - Large Heart Antique Gold, 29x53mm. Lead-free pewter.
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 | Patera Small Puffy Heart Antique Silver, 11x9mm. Lead-free pewter.
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 | Patera Ring Blank - Large Oval Antique Silver, Adjustable shank - 13x18mm. Lead-free pewter.
Gorgeous ring blank which can be filled with resin, polymer clay, image transfers - endless possibilities...
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 | Patera Ring Blank - Large Circle Antique Silver, Adjustable shank - 18mm. Lead-free pewter.
Gorgeous ring blank which can be filled with resin, polymer clay, image transfers - endless possibilities...
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 | Patera Ring Blank - Large Oval Bright Silver, Adjustable shank - 13x18mm. Lead-free pewter.
Gorgeous ring blank which can be filled with resin, polymer clay, image transfers - endless possibilities...
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 | Patera Bracelet Blank, Small Rectangles, Antique Silver. Lead-free pewter.
Gorgeous bracelet blank which can be filled with resin, polymer clay, image transfers - endless possibilities...
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SHERRI HAAB BEZELS
This bezels was carefully hand
sculpted by Sherri Haab and then cast in lead-free pewter. It is with deep bezel walls; perfect for filling with favorite images,
drawings, layers of resin, small beads, glitter, polymer clay or collage ephemera.
This photo shows examples designed and created by Sherri Haab, showing the bezels used as pendants. Unfortunately we are
discontinuing this range, the flower bezel is the only one left. |
 | Sherri Haab Bezel - Small Flower. Lead-free pewter.
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UV LIGHT BOXES The UV resin requires a high dose of concentrated UV light to cure, it will not cure in normal sunlight. The UV box named
'UV Light Box' below has been designed especially for jewellery making with UV resin and its quality is outstanding.
You can also cure the resin with a Nail Art UV Box, like the Daylight UV boxes below, but it will require longer curing times. Also,
leave the resin to sit (out of the UV box) for a couple of minutes after curing, as sometimes the heat from the Nail UV Box seems to
inhibit the curing. All Nail Art Boxes aren't made to the same specifications, so it is hard to give any time recommendations. The best
thing is to simply keep trying until you find the time needed.
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 | UV Light
Box
The Rolls Royce of light boxes. Straight from Japan, this is a light box for the serious UV
resin artist. And it is huge inside, so you can fit loads - or large - projects in wihtout any problems. I love this box and use it in
my studio, excellent for curing lots of student's pieces in one go.
The box has a front opening door with a safety switch, which turns off the lights when the door is opened. The door is the full width
of the box, allowing you to access and see the entire curing area - making it is easy to work with large or delicate pieces.
At the top of the front hand right side, there is a dial to set the timer, if you like the lights to turn off automatically after
the time you choose, anything between 1-10 minutes. You can turn off this function using the switch next to the dial. The large red
switch is the on/off switch.
This light box comes with three high-quality Philips 8W UV lights, including two black
lights and one germicidal (used for disinfection) bulb - all to give you the fastest curing. The germicidal tube is the one that makes
this light box outstanding. The tubes are easy to buy in the UK so you'll have no problems if they need replacing. I recommend you
cover the bottom of the box with crinkled up aluminium foil, this helps to reflect light from all angles, which speeds up curing.
Please note, this comes with a Japanese plug, and is wired for 110V, so you'll need a converter. You can get a good
quality converter, like this one here for about £10-15. You simply stick the Japanese plug into the converter,
which comes with a UK plug, which goes straight into your normal main socket.
External dimensions 330(W)x180(D)x220(H)mm.
Weight 5kg. Total 24W (3 x 8W), lamp amperage 0.51A.
This is shipped to order, so delivery time is about 2 weeks, but can be up to 4 weeks. Call us for a confirmed delivery date. NOTE: UV
Boxes generates very strong ultraviolet light, it is important to not look into the light as it may damage your eyes. This UV box comes
with a safety switch, which turns the light off when the door is opened.
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 | UV Light
Box - Daylight Professional
A high-quality lamp from the Daylight company. This is a
professional UV light unit, primarily sold as a nail gel curing light. When I researched UV light I found one that looked very similar
to this eBay, for a much lower price. Sadly it failed half-way through my first curing, and I could never get hold of the seller. It
was an expensive lesson.
The light has a large front opening slot, where you simply slide in your pieces. The bottom and sides are covered in reflective
material to help with even curing. However, I still think that creating a little "nest" of crinkled up aluminium foil at the bottom of
the unit, helps to reflect light from all angles, which speeds up curing.
The box has two timer settings, 90 and 150
seconds. The curing time depends on the thickness of the resin. As a guide I would use about 300 seconds for clear gel, and probably at
least double if I've added colour. Leave the piece to set after curing for a couple of minutes. If the light gets hot it can inhibit
curing, so turn the light off and let it cool off in between curings.
This UV lamp comes with 4 high-quality 9W UV light
tubes. Simple and clean design, with a white cover. Comes with a 12 month manufacturers guarantee. New UV tubes are easy to get in the
UK. NOTE: UV Boxes generates very strong ultraviolet light, it is important to not look into the light as it may damage your eyes.
Total 36W. 220/240V with UK plug.
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