#apply epoxy

[andrewpcannon]

Tips for DIY Epoxy Resin and DIY Epoxy Resin Coverage and Cost Calculator

Skip to Calculator I’ve worked with epoxy resins for years. I started working with epoxy knowing I would invest a lot of time and money learning different techniques to develop patterns, produce durability, prevent yellowing, limit cracking, and stop warping. As a result, I get to offer top-of-the-line epoxy products to my clients. There are some trade secrets I want to keep to myself, but I…

[stigmatacunnilingus]

I suck at textile stuff but I’m gonna start a mold embroidery project thing soon

[gangawaterproofing]

[epoxygoldcoast]

Epoxy Flooring

Epoxy floors are an ideal option for both indoor and outdoor settings. It is especially effective in high wear and high traffic areas as it extremely durable. As well as being very tough and low maintenance, epoxy floors look fantastic and come in an exciting range of colours and finishes. 

[ritumistry11]

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[fromthedust]

. . . all the tentacles complete — but no, the front one is not right! Some surgery required. Out comes the hacksaw, but only to the wire armature so the arm can be shaped into the correct curves. Then like Dr. Frankenstein I fasten it back together with staples and recover with more resin putty.

And now is time to sand . . .

and sand and sand and sand until it is time for the little sucker cups . . . M2, M2.5, M3, M4, M5, M6, M8, M10, M12 white nylon washers

I pulled out my collection of plastic seals and off we went for days of cupping  —15 days spent modeling the contours of each of the 663 suction cups 

The Blessed Virgin had to be sanded very delicately to give it back some of its immaculateness.

The happiness of some is the dust of others.

Take advantage of this white octopus, it seems that it is very rare to come across one. Shortly after I did my little experiments with paintings — 

A few days to finish the color, but because it will have to go through a few coats of a special glossy glossy varnish, which makes the viscosity so good... mmm yum. Given the size of the room I could not apply it in one go. The drying takes between 24 and 48 hours, so it will probably take me a week to complete the application of this varnish-resin.

If your head is spinning too much, don't look at this indecent image.

Soasig Chamaillard (French, b.1977)

Notre dame du poulpe (Our Lady of the Octopus) - recovery statue with illegible signature, aluminum wire frame, plaster strip, polystyrene, resin (epoxy putty), plumbing seals (plastic washers), acrylic paint, resin varnish - 47 cm high x 70 cm wide - 12 kg - work-in-progress March 20 to May 31, 2015

“I grew up in a Christian Western society. My perspective on life has been a result of my environment and background. The playful interaction of society’s many icons, physical transformations, and the resulting improbable combinations, have culminated in my vision of a woman’s role and place in our society. This inner questioning of a woman’s role, has led me to use one of the most sacred icons in my work, namely, the Virgin Mary. Initially, I begin with damaged statues, either donated or discovered in garage sales, which I then restore and transform. I surely do not mean to shock those who believe but rather to move those who see.”  —  Soasig Chamaillard

http://www.soasig-chamaillard.com/sculpture-sainte-vierge

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http://chamailleries.blogspot.com/

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[blogport]

EPOXYSHİNE - DRAGON+ (3)

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Furthermore, the installation process for epoxy floor coating is relatively quick, often completed within a few days. However, it’s essential to hire professionals who have the expertise and equipment to ensure a flawless application. The right team will properly prepare the surface, allowing for optimal adhesion and longevity of the coating.

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[ryonello]

HIIIIIIII my new dunmeshi fixation has resulted in me churning out a bunch of new charms for next month's cons :3 they r also available for preorder now AND i have a code for 10% off everything this month :D

✧ assorted little guys on glitter epoxy with a white u-shaped clasp, measuring 5.5cm-7cm depending on design :3

❥ code PREORDERPARTY for 10% off til april! 💕

i hope u like em!! 🥰

[cruelfeline]

Well, I think I'm about done. It's not perfect, and I don't think I can make it such, with my skills and the design of the model I used. But it's what I can do.

The whole project has been A Struggle. The process being as follows:

Find 3D model online

Try to find someone to print it for me. Fail.

End up purchasing my own 3D printer.

Learn how to 3D print. Including figuring out resin and printer settings, supports, positioning, washing, curing, etc. Spend a whole three-day weekend trying to get a proper print. Each print take 4-8 hours depending on how I've sliced it. Multiple failures occur because I don't really know how to 3D print. Finally, after three days, have a print I can work with.

Use air-cure epoxy, a dremel, and pieces scavenged from failed prints to try to bring the model closer to accurate. While I am deeply thankful that someone made the 3D model, they clearly did so using a few photos and screenshots. There are multiple pattern errors. A whole sun is missing, and his little tail tip, too. Understandable mistakes made by someone who isn't quite Obsessed enough to go fishing for details.

I can fix some of this to a point, but it looks imperfect, and I can't fix some patterns being in the wrong order. I do my best. There is resin and epoxy dust everywhere.

Finally finish editing the model to the best of my ability. Start trying to apply color. Try gold leaf - fail. Try various gold paints - wrong hue, not shiny enough. Use an absurd amount of acetone to remove paint over and over. Finally settle on Montana Gold goldchrome spray; it has an almost mirror reflective finish, isn't weirdly yellow, and is the closest to the gorgeous artbook rendering I could find.

So. Now we're done. It's been like... two weeks? I am tired. And I have some more metallic paint on the way, so depending on how that compares to what I've got now, I may be stripping him and repainting again. But maybe not. The current paint isn't terrible.

Anyway. It was A Process. I hated it.

But I do think that the little bastard was worth it.

[valeriaarts]

Carnotaurus sastrei sculpture

I've wanted to make a post about this sculpture's process, so I will take advantage of how Tumblr works to show photos of the phases and my experience using Milliput for the first time.

Unfortunately, I don't have photos of the exact beginning, but here's an image from a story I posted on Instagram. You can see that the sculpture is at a very early stage and is a general volume of what would later become the final figure, the whole inner part is made with aluminum foil, cardboard, and painter's tape, while the first outer layer is made with cold porcelain.

Once the bust was covered with cold porcelain and it had dried I could start sculpting the first details using Milliput, an epoxy mass that gives you 3 to 4 hours to sculpt and the truth is that I was pleasantly surprised because it allows it to work very well small details and is very easy to handle, the only thing I should have taken more into account is that once dry the Milliput gives a lot of weight to the figure.

In this first phase of detailing I focused on working in those areas that were going to require more time due to the type of texture of each one. For example, in the eyes, there are a lot of folds and wrinkles, in the horns I wanted to achieve the growth of the keratin.

For the next phase, the whole part of the skin of the face, I was guided by the images of the study of the scales of the Carnotaurus of 2021_ The scaly skin of the abelisaurid Carnotaurus sastrei (Theropoda: Ceratosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia.

I also used them as a reference for the paleoart scales that in my opinion showed me very well or at least gave me an idea of how I could work the skin of my bust. For example one of my mains references while doing this sculpture was the art of Fred Wierum

Now how I've tried to apply what I search about the scales.

At first I was not sure if I was going to make a neck, but as I progressed with the sculpture I could see that I was going to need the neck to give it more shape and put it on a good base.

With all the sculpting part done It was time to prime the dino!

For the painting part of the bust I wanted to try to get away from the red and yellow that is usually painted, so I decided to do some research on the types of lizards that live in Argentina and see if any of them had a pattern and colors that would fit what I was looking for. In the end I discovered Fitzinger's tree iguana, an animal with very nice colors and pattern that moved away from the reds and mixed greens with oranges and blues.

Photo credit: Roman Montero

And finally, the complete sculpture!

So here it is, I am very happy with this bust and the learning process I have gone through to make it as correct as possible.

Hope you like it!

[theshitpostcalligrapher]

so. im sanding down the fake wood grain layer on my conksuck desk so that i can apply some damn paint and epoxy into this thing so its not constantly leaking particle board dust into my mouse and causing clogs (shhh i know its gonna be ugly as sin i just need this thing to be flat and not create dust by existing)

and i

am

so

out of shape

I'm like barely 50% of the way through and i feel like incredibly hot garbage

i will likely not be making the sunday deadline and chat's just gonna have to deal with stream being done at my kitchen table on the laptop

im so tired but i must keep sanding

[ultrainfinitepit]

hi! i hope you dont mind me asking a question about the pin manufacturing process as i know you are not personally involved in the actual physical production of your pins, but i was wondering if you knew why rainbow plated pins are always (or at the very least near always) soft enamel? is there something in the iodizing process that renders them incompatible with the way hard enamel is put in the pin frame? what makes epoxy different that allows it to be used? no worries at all if you can't answer, i was just curious :]

Hi there Anon, no worries, I love talking about pin stuff and I'd be happy to explain.

Pin manufacturing basically has two major components: enamel fill and metal plating. The order in which these take place is different depending on the type of enamel: hard or soft.

All pins start out as metal "pin blanks" or "embryos", without enamel or plating.

In hard enamel pins, the pins are overfilled with enamel and then polished down to a smooth surface. Below is an example of an in-progress hard enamel pin, notice how the enamel is spilling over in some places. After the enamel is polished the pin is plated, only certain plating options are available that would not affect the enamel.

In soft enamel pins, the plating comes first and then the enamel fill. Soft enamel pins are never polished so more plating options are available, such as anodized and dyed metal. Dyed metal is actually just paint that is sprayed onto the metal pin blanks: so you can imagine it would come off if the pin was polished, and could not be applied after the enamel is filled in.

The tradeoff is, because the enamel is never polished, soft enamel pins do not have a smooth surface. In the below image, the first two pins are hard enamel, and the third pin is soft enamel with rainbow (anodized) plating.

I prefer a smooth finish on my pins, I think it makes them feel more high quality. So what is a pin maker to do? Well after the enamel and plating is done, we can add a layer of epoxy over the surface of the soft enamel pin to give it that smooth finish.

In the below image, the gray pin is hard enamel and the indigo pin is soft enamel with epoxy.

So basically: hard enamel pins get enamel, polishing, then plating. While soft enamel pins get plating, enamel, and then optionally epoxy.

One last important difference I'll mention is cost, for anyone who is looking into making pins. Hard enamel pins are more expensive to make because of the polishing step. Soft enamel pins without epoxy are cheaper, but if you add epoxy the cost can be about the same as hard enamel because of the additional work needed.

Anodized plating can easily triple the cost of a pin because the materials are expensive, and they have a higher plating flaw rate, requiring the factory to make extras.

If you let me I'll easily continue talking about pin manufacturing, but I'll stop here for now ahahaha - hope that answers your question Anon!

For more details and videos, you can find a great article by WizardPins.

[kaplerrr]

Uhm, idk ?

TW: self indulgent, fluff mainly, tiny bit of angst, talking about insecurities through a mug, slight mention of scars, obnoxious lack of self esteem, Kintsugi, bad grammar bc english is not my first language, probably ooc

König can defend himself alone but im ready to throw a fit if anyone disrespect him, even if "anyone" is him

I just wanna hug this giant gremlin tightly and never let him go, is this too much to ask ???

____

The sound of something breaking in the kitchen makes you jump.

You rush to the kitchen and see König sheepishly starring at a broken mug on the floor.

Your mug.

"Kö, are you all right ?" You ask, already grabbing a broom to gather the pieces.

He nods stiffly before taking the broom from your hand, slight guilt and frustration in his pale blue eyes. "Ja... I'm sorry, I dropped it. I didn't mean to, I just-.. Sorry." He sighs as he lowers himself to pick up the shattered mug.

You shake you head with a soft smile as you reassure him "Hey, it's not that deep. I can buy a new one."

"But I know you liked that one. It was your favourite..."

He sounds upset and you're not sure to know why. It was just a mug. Sage green on the outside, white inside. Not the hardest mug to find you thought.

Your gaze travel from his troubled eyes to the remaining of the mug and you see clean cuts. You watch the shattered glass and smile, an idea blossoming in your mind. You grap his wrist as he was about to throw them away.

He stills, waiting for you to say something as he looks at you with curiosity.

"Don't throw them away yet, I have an idea !" You quickly grab a few items in your room and go back to the kitchen, a mischievous grin plastered on your face "Let's fix it!"

You sit and start to pour epoxy in a little container. As you grab a brush, you notice that König is not moving, looking at you awkwardly.

"Well ? Why don't you sit down and grab a brush ? We're doing it together." You say softly. You can't feel totally satisfied as you notice he hasn't gotten rid off that guilty look. You try to lighten the mood.

"I feel like in a Grey's Anatomy episode. "It's a beautiful day to save lives" Oh, I've always dreamt of saying those words" you giggle as you see König chuckle lightly.

Here we go.

"You should smile more often, you're absolutely precious when you do" you said matter-of-factly, still smiling. You see König blush but his smile doesn't leave his face.

Good.

"So, ready to save M. Mug ?"

He nods and adds bashfully "We should name it.."

Again, you laugh. Delighted.

"Absolutely ! Any idea ?" When he shakes his head, you pause to think about it. "What about Steve ?"

"Steve ?"

"Steve." You say with confidence. You see König's shoulders shake as he laugh quietly, a warm feeling blossoming in your chest.

"Steve it is then."

You both start to glue the pieces back together as you explain the concept of Kintsugi to König. He listens to you religiously as he tried his best to be delicate with the pieces he was holding.

As you pause your talking, he sighs and apologies again for breaking Steve in the first place.

"König, it's alright, you did nothing wrong. Steve fell, Steve broke but Steve's strong, he's gonna survive and be the most unique mug of the kitchen." As you were applying golden powder on the cracks, you look at him, knowing he wasn't done talking.

"But what if Steve couldn't be fixed ?"

You felt an unwelcome feeling pinch your heart as you answered "It would have been an accident. Accidents happen." You add "But see ? We are giving him a second chance to live. Not because he was shattered before means he's useless now."

You don't resist the temptation to take his hand and brush your thumb against his scarred knuckles, leaving traces of golden powder. You were always hesitant when touching König because you didn't want to force your touch on him, knowing full well he wasn't always comfortable with it. You often wondered if he was tolerating your touch or if he was too gentle to say something. However, you know it was ok when you feel him squeeze your hand delicately.

"There's beauty in flaws, Kö. A beauty you want to embrace and highlight. That's the art of Kintsugi" you say softly. He nods, throat feeling tight.

You quickly finish to apply the golden powder, your hand still wrapped with König's. You smile widely "Good as new !" König watches the green and golden mug with a soft gaze before looking at you, awe and gratefulness overwhelming him.

You blush slightly as you're putting the epoxy and the powder away. You smile at him.

He smiles back, eyes free of any guilt or any other negative emotions.

You silently vow to yourself to protect this smile.

_______

I do have a mug named Steve 👁️👄👁️

[hometoursandotherstuff]

Wow, speaking of cottagecore, look at the countertop Brianna’s husband made out of hundreds of real flowers, for their kitchen. The instructions and how he did it are on her FB group’s page below.

This is amazing- Brianna says that the blue spots are reflections from the window.

I love this, you can use any color flowers to match your kitchen. or herbs, etc.

Apparently, you can’t access the link unless you’re a group member, so I copied the instructions. 

3/4" 4'x8' sheets of MDF, cut to shape. Plain white primer or primer/paint of your choice. Flat sheen will have the best bond for the epoxy. Cover the MDF until one solid color (white in this case). There should be no peek through of the original brown of the MDF. Do a thin "seal coat" of the epoxy, brushed on by a chip brush or generally cheap brush. As soon as the seal coat has been applied, gently press the flattened flowers into it. This will help secure them so they don't float when you do the flood coat of epoxy. You may want to also do the seal coat and flowers in sections, depending on how much area you are covering. Once the seal coat is dried, you get everything prepped according to the epoxy manufacturers instructions and do the flood coat! Epoxies are typically self-leveling, so if everything is in good condition regarding your cabinets and subfloor, you should have a nice even coat across the whole thing. With our sunflowers in particular, the disc flowers of the center sat a tad above the epoxy coat. We decided to leave this as a stylistic choice, but you may want to do more coats until it is completely level.

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[ritumistry11]

Enhance Your Tiles Beauty with Epoxy Grout - UltraTech Cement

Epoxy grout is a special type of grout that fills the gaps between tiles and provides a shiny, top-quality finish. Read here to know how to apply epoxy grout correctly.