Scrabble Tile Pendants in the making...

Oops...got my finger print on this one! Good thing it's hard cured, it polishes right off!! lol.






Now this is a fun hobby I picked up! I finally applied the epoxy resin to a few of my scrabble tile pendants. The first few were a mess (some ended up in the garbage lol), but I got the hang of the process eventually. It's best to do them in small batches of 8-10 in my opinion.

Apply the resin right away after mixing! Believe it or not the bigger bubbles are super easy to get rid of, if the mixture sits a bit you develop these micro bubbles that are hard to eliminate. I suggest wearing gloves to protect your hands from the mess and chemicals. You can wear saftey glasses too if your worried about somehow getting the resin in your eyes. I didn't wear eye protection, but I did manage to get it in my hair? LOL. I let them sit, covered, for 24 hours and they hard cured very well!

I mixed the resin and hardener for two minutes with a craft stick, switching to a fresh stick once it was time to apply the resin. Despite the instructions I did not shift the mixture to a new cup after the two minutes. It still worked wonderfully, although I would suggest you do what you want.

Follow the instructions or not in terms of switching over to a new container, however you must, must, must, ensure you use equal amounts of the resin and hardener to avoid sticky cures. Do not touch your pendants while they are curing till at least the 24 hour mark...you will leave permanent finger prints on the soft resin...Trust me I did it! ;)

I have fun painting my own work on the backs of these scrabble tiles, however you can use decorative paper images too. You just have to modge podge the front and back of the paper to avoid the resin from absorbing the inks. You can glue bails to the back of your pendants or drill a tiny hole at the top and use screw eyes instead. Est Voila, you have your very own pendant!

**Whatever you do, regardless of what the instructions say; Do not use a hair dryer to remove the bubbles!!!! Think about the physics of that scenario...tiny wooden wet blocks and strong hair dryer...not good. Again....I learned this the hard way! I'm smart but not always quick to think about these things first LOL! Gently blow on the surface of wet resin, a straw helps. The CO2 helps raise the bubbles to the top where they can pop!