Hello, welcome to Steve McDonald's arts and crafts.
And what I've got today is these molds for making vases or vases.
However, you want to say it.
Now, these are really designed for concrete.
But you know me, I like to push the boundaries of my mold and
see how they're going to come out.
Because I like my molds to be able to be used for more
than one thing, and I will use them for concrete on my other channel.
So check out that video when it comes out, I'm going to be
using the Resincolor ultimate casting resin, because it is
really good casting in a little bit thicker and deeper mold,
all my resins mixed up.
And I've used different things in each of the resins to allow
me to get different effects in these and they do pour
And they're very sturdy these molds so they don't wobble around
when you're pouring in them.
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for that is in the description below so pouring this right up
to the top, I did.
I should have left it a little bit.
So I could squeegee wideegee a little bit more and then top it up.
But actually, it wasn't overflowing, which was great.
And that is the other thing about these molds.
I do actually really like the quality of them topping this right up.
to the very top, tapping it to make sure I've got no trapped
air around the edges and giving it a little bit of more of a squeegee wideegee.
Now, this one I'm going use glitter, because why not?
I love glitter, and I do, but quite a lot of glitter in it.
But if you buy your glitter in larger pots like this, it's
actually really, really cheap, giving that a really good stir in.
So it's all the way through and just pouring it into this mold.
Again.
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description below tapping it, giving it a good old squeegee
wedeegee and then again topping it up.
Now, the next one I really want to try and get some sort of
ombre effect going on.
I'm not really sure if I achieve it.
You will have to see this in the end, but pouring in the red
and then allowing that, as you can see to get about a third of
the way up this mold, then pouring in some gold and
Again getting that up about another third of the way up.
And what I'll do is I will then scrape the bottom using a stick.
So that isn't there.
And it's all into the area.
There we go getting rid of that, because I don't want to pollute
the color that's going to go on there.
And then the next one is a really bright vibrant, kind of
yellowy gold and pouring that right to the top as well.
And again, I will go through this and do some squidgy witty.
I love the shape of this mold.
Look how bright those colors are.
They are beautiful, and I will link those in the description
below going over it with my long neck lighter.
Never a torch.
I always say this because you don't want to be burning you molds.
But there weren't many bubbles there and leave this to cure overnight.
The vases are all nice and cured, and have gone lovely
and hard, and I'm quite looking forward to seeing how well they
come out, and they're coming out this so far the mold really easily.
Yeah, that one's very pretty.
I tried to get an ombre effect with that, and it kind of did
happen a little bit.
The hole in the top is nice size to get a few flowers in,
and they sit really well on their bases.
I'm quite pleased with that one.
I'll definitely be making some of these out, some concrete and
plaster and things on my other channel.
So check that channel out, I do like that.
Now that's really pretty of course.
Look at all that glitter, although of course, a bit there
where there is no glitter.
So it's sunk down a little bit and stayed on the base.
But that in itself is quite pretty.
I think the look of the glitter on there, very good molds, and
they are easy to de-mold.
And this is the one that I did with the translucent pigment.
And again, I think that one came out lovely, nice and
translucent overall, I think we've got a really successful
mold there that has made three lovely vases.
And obviously you can just make whatever you want with them.
You can add whatever colors you want to them and use your mica
powders or glitters and things.
Yeah, I'm really pleased with how they've come out me know in
the comments what you think, or whether you've used this mold before.
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Enjoy your resin, Bye.