There will be a lot of these. I hope y’all enjoy them. Maybe I’ll figure out how to link them all together one day. Lol

So! I unmolded them! I learned a lot! Here they are first, then I’ll talk about them.

Here they are: Diamond in silicone mold, flat in blister pack, and pendant in silicone form. The silicone mold was really easy to use, and I did have to destroy the blister pack to get it out.

Blister oack: definitely easy to use, but you destroy it in the process, but as long as you keep as many blister packs as I have, you’re fine. 😉

It was a little less shiny and smooth than the silicone molded one, but if I plan on sanding them anyways, I’m not sure that is a deal breaker.

Silicone mold came loose easily, smooth edges, top is clear as glass. The part of this diamond that was under the mold kept the bubbles. I guess they couldn’t escape. I also used the lighter method to pop the bubbles on the top, but obviously couldn’t get underneath to pop those.

the bottom is definitely more shiny than the blister pack, but the point has a bubble. Blast! (this mold is not the one I’m planning on using ultimately, just a practice one.)

with the pendant mold, I overfilled it. I thought that it would even out, but it ended up spilling over.

but, it came out super smooth, almost no bubbles!

The experiment for tonight is a cube with some plants and a little color in it. I used one drop of Christmas green and one of blackened brown. I discovered that the cube mold needs more than 100mL of resin, which is as big as my measuring cup will do. So it will require 2 pours. As soon as I have results of that, I’ll post them!

Thanks for coming along for the ride with me!

-marinealRose