4 WAYS TO SEAL SHRINK PLASTIC [Glaze & Sealant Comparison]

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[@HungUpOnADream1122]

DONT USE CLEAR NAIL POLISH if you used sharpie. Absolutely wrecks it

[@lookfor_rescue6528]

I use sharpie as a line art then go over it with black prismacolor - will that still ruin it??

[@indiayatesmusic]

lookfor_Rescue YES it’ll make it run!

[@minxysutliff6267]

Yes it will ruin your piece. Unfortunately other then using uv resin or stick on laminate paper I have found nothing to work without ruining a piece.

[@dontfollowmethanks6980]

Was about to mention that, but your covered it so good job lol

[@avapappas3650]

that happened to me too!!! It was rlly annoying

[@kittyXrebellion]

This is literally the video I've been dying to find after discovering shrinky dinks. SUPER helpful. Thanks sooo much for making it! Can you maybe try a few other methods in another vid? Like mod podge gloss or another craft sealer?

[@maryla108]

with anything that bleeds... (e.g. permanent makers would bleed when touched with anything that has a solvent in it like nail polish has because the solvent keeps it fluid)... you all might like to try sealing the artwork first with an Spray Sealant specifically made for Art Works, then when that is dry, it should not smudge anymore, and you could then try to varnish it without it bleeding... just a thought.

[@thepipes]

Personally, I don't like to use nail polish for a craft in this way, because nail varnish is made to not last very long. It can discolor with age and over time it can start to come right off. It will especially peel off if you are using it in a way where it will be handled at all. In a charm, on a necklace or ring for example. The other options are all great, but I think the uv resin looks the best and would probably last longer too. Plus you have the option of adding glitter, like you mentioned. ❤️ Love your craft videos! It's great to see you doing them regularly again!

[@LoriensCraftBox]

UV resin also yellows over time, unfortunately. I'm not a huge fan of using nail polish as a sealant because it's hard to get an even coat on larger pieces.

[@thepipes]

atelierlorien none of my uv resin pieces are old enough to see the discoloration yet! Didn't know! 😂

[@aardmangeek]

I second the thumbs down on nail polish top coat. There's a good reason so many companies are coming out with non-toxic nail polish formulas: the chemicals in regular nail polish are seriously bad and cancer causing. Why expose yourself to that?

[@melissad8824]

I've seen a lot of videos showing the UV resin will not stick to the shrink plastic long term and your dome will eventually pop right off unless you basically sandwich the shrink plastic inside the UV resin (by doing a UV coat on both sides of the shrink plastic and making sure the two coats wrap around the edges of the plastic enough to touch at the edges and seal together). The videos showed this problem happening with both cheap and expensive UV resins. One video suggested coating the shrink plastic piece with mod podge first, letting that completely dry, then doming with UV resin. But then you have to deal with trying to get the mod podge on evenly without any bubbles. So I'm guessing the spray would be the best route to take as long as you use the right protective gear and work in a well ventilated area.

[@emberrose82]

I can confirm the uv resin does not work at all

[@ItsMisterBluray]

I like this and I liked his too... great job... I just got the materials now I am just finding what to make

[@morganhawkins4034]

I'm curious if you still have these and how they have worn over time? I make earrings with inkjet shrink plastic and I'm still experimenting with different methods to make sure they last as long as possible!

[@MeganWangart]

hi!! do you know if padico sealer super gloss is toxic?

[@amimyfavoritethings]

so beautiful

[@FrankandNicoleGarcia1031]

Does the UV resin work well with the inkjet shrink plastic? I want to seal my pieces but am afraid of bleed out

[@isabelle5643]

Your videos are amazing,they helped me so much ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@LoriensCraftBox]

Thanks for watching :D

[@stephanniedelgado]

hello I have a question for you I'm wanting to make a key chain baby foot prints can I do the samething like this to preserve color or can I use modge podge it's a kind of glue for things like puzzles

[@1MEMIMI]

i love your videos

[@servaltea3689]

Can you use that acrylic spray?

[@melanieviens6083]

Do you touch the lighter right onto the resin? I was hovering above it and it was doing nothing.

[@mes8696]

I have tried mod podge and it still lifts the color of sharpies and colord pencils. And I tried using dimensional magic and if it is not sealed with something before it will lift colors and reacts badly with crayola maroon colord pencil. And I tried vu resin with and without a midge podge layer first and it still moves colors around. I’m at. Loss for what to do! Does mr. super clear react if you try and dome it with us resin or dimensional magic?

[@miaumiau6373]

for padico seal matte> is that non toxic? do you use mask when paint that?

[@tilyarmccraney1442]

Where can I purchase the uv resin you are using

[@Tiarah1999]

Will the gel clear coat nail polish be better plz answer back asap

[@monicamcortez8771]

I'm totally gonna start using the word domeage

[@rokyochan]

Hello! I'd need to know how big do I have to draw it in order to get a 2cm piece? Thank you

[@LolaClark86]

Put dawn dish soap on your brush before using sealant, frisket or anything that can ruin it gunk your brush and itll protect the hairs and be easily cleaned

[@LoriensCraftBox]

Thanks!! Great advice!! 😍

[@soostark3719]

hi just wondered if you had actually done the scratch test on any of these? ive been into shrinky plastic for years , but then stopped as coouldnt find suitable sealant, that wouldnt scratch or wear off. like i love the embossing podwer and heat gun method and looks good, but it scratches off so easily, everything ive tried, polyurethane sealants modg podge triple thick or triple x whatever its called and many many more all of therm have just scratched off, only things i havent tried are the uv resin and the mister super clear. so have you done scratch test on either of those? many thanks, heres hoping you manage to see this and respond x

[@ZBrokenAngel]

I was hoping you would see how well the hold up like trying to scratch them and dropping them etc. Durability is my main concern when making shrinky dink keychains

[@sheilajohnson7519]

Please tell me the difference between the UV cut gloss and the gloss without the UV cut. Also do you put the UV under the UV lamp?

[@Ishayharold]

What plastic do you use for your shrinks ???

[@ildikolaszlo595]

I don't know if its just me but out of all these the 1st one seemed to be the only one that didn't make the colors splotchy, the yellow is the only one that looks like it didn't change the consistency of the color

[@kellytaylor7041]

Where did you get your uv lamp at?

[@krisparulan5161]

Gud am! Ask ko lang po san po kmi puede magpagawa ng shrinkable film labels pra s bote ng food suplement tnx danny

[@RivreShappire]

I use shrink plastic and use expoy resin to seal and dom

[@sheenalumayaga6290]

I'm here for the "but!" hypes me up!

[@princealizone7606]

I want shrink plastic link for purchasing please

[@Queenofdamned13]

Nice video! ¡ would love to see another test video maybe modpodge or embossing powder polyurethane waterbased just examples Thanks for sharing your Talent with me! 😊

[@LoriensCraftBox]

Ooh, those are great ones to try! I'll see what I can do :)

[@jiminletmeholdyosmolhands1130]

i use mod podge dimensional magic

[@jellocat9244]

I use embossing powder on one side and resin on the other side.

[@Dsxcfgyuikj]

How do you use embossing powder? I bought it without anything I don’t have a heat gun

[@jellocat9244]

@@Dsxcfgyuikj I shake the bottle to put a layer of it then I put that in a toaster oven / oven and it melts

[@Dsxcfgyuikj]

@@jellocat9244 thanks

[@emberrose82]

The uv resin does not actually work. I have tried it multiple times, thin, thick, cheap, expensive. The color liquefied and the resin popped up during the light process.

[@hayleygregory8800]

what about the inkjet shrink plastic ? how do you seal them without the ink blurring or blotching as ive tried mod podge/glossy accents and liquid glass gloss...please can anyone help me with this? i let the sheet dry for 24 hours before trying the sealers aswell and I lowered the opacity of the images so it would be less ink but all the sealers ive tried ruined all my pieces :( xx

[@rubydragonjd1]

That's precisely what brought me to this video, too! If anyone has found an answer for this, I, and I'm sure many other folks, would love to hear it!

[@agasmaskdude7777]

So I’m here, I’ll update my comment if anything’s changed and i found a clear answer But basically here because i used permanent marker and nail polish before on my shrinky dinks and I’ve gotten it to work without bleeding but usually it bleeds My one theory is I’ve put one of them under a led lamp for awhile and it kind of “cooked” the marker lines but i have yet to figure out how long it takes for it to set under a lamp without it bleeding I hope my comment can be of some help or guidance to someone Update: thin sharpie marker and clear polish will bleed the least, just put it under a lamp or sunlight for a while after it’s done baking

[@moschaperle8413]

Nice natural fingernails

[@malakotoom5025]

From wjere to buy uv craft resin please? I didn't find it on amazon

[@PsychoMantisss]

Malak Otoom Miniature Sweet and eBay have it for decent prices.

[@moonstone2903]

I use embossing powder on 1 side and resin on the other side

[@LoriensCraftBox]

+MoonStone ohh, I've never used embossing powder. I've been wanting to invest in a heat gun

[@changetonight6422]

Do You Get problems with the piece being flat, and then curling when the embossing power heats on it

[@Pellow-princess]

i need a little help with my shrinky dinks. I used ultra fine point sharpies for my shrink plastic and i used a nail polish top coat to seal it but it makes the sharpies bleed. is there anything i can use to seal them that wont make the markers bleed?

[@harvestkitty]

jennifer mellon I've heard from others that using a clear coat spray for paint works to help prevent bleeding. I'm new to this, so I haven't confirmed it for myself.

[@susijune5117]

jennifer mellon i tried it today for the first time and I stipple or dot it more on rather than Paint it on and it Works pretty Well. I Hope that makes sense 😂

[@suehunny70]

I did the sharpie and nail varnish top. Mine bled slightly too. So was hoping to find solution on here!!

[@oswaldr656]

Try mod podge

[@suehunny70]

Rory Rising yes I have got some mod podge. Thought I was going to have to buy from eBay as sold in the states. But found some in our hobbyshop here in the UK! I will say it has a very slight tacky feel to it though when dry. Any suggestions to what I could put on top of the mod podge to stop this?

[@MrLuisRamirezC]

Hi! I've tried some of these myself and I have a few "questions"; I used Resin (but not UV resin; it's called "Crystal Resin" here) and it gets quite sticky even after curing. Is that normal with any kind of resin, or should I use another type? Also, when I used nail polish it smudged all the charm :c well, just the parts that were drawn with permanent marker. Is that normal? Does anything of these makes sense, happened to anyone or am I just a failure at crafting? jajaja

[@LoriensCraftBox]

If you're using 2 part resin, it may need to be mixed a bit more! Are you using alcohol based markers? That's the only reason I can think of :/

[@dontfollowmethanks6980]

Will the super gloss ruin it if you use marker?

[@LoriensCraftBox]

If you use a thinner based sealant, yes.

[@nicoleheck7038]

I have been trying for so long to get my shrinky dinks to come out. The shrink plastic paper I got had break reviews but every single time I do it it's doesn't really shrink, it doesn't get hard. Not like it should be. And it curls to the point where there's no wait to flatten it out. I don't understand what I'm doing wrong. What type do you use?

[@minimissmai]

I think you didn’t let it bake in the oven long enough. I normally ignore the minutes directions. I let it stay in the oven until it curls up and goes back down flat and quickly take it out of the oven and flat it with something hard like my wooden cutting board. If you take it out while it’s curling then you can’t go back and bake it anymore and it won’t shrink. It only shrinks after it curls if that makes sense. I hope this helps.

[@sumaliworld]

Has anyone tried curing uv resin with sunlight? does that actually work? Does that mean you could cure say a cabochon by leaving it out in the sun or would this only really work with thin layers?

[@sumaliworld]

A video testing the limitations of sunlight to cure uv resin would be awesome. :) (like varies thickness of cabochons, doming etc)

[@LoriensCraftBox]

UV resin will cure in sunlight :) It just takes a lot longer than using the lamp. It can take about 30 ~ 60 minutes depending on the size of your piece.

[@PsychoMantisss]

Sunlight contains UV Rays so yes it will cure in sunlight, however you may get bugs or dust on it more so than with a UV light/lamp.

[@bunnyaika2278]

Do you have to seal them?

[@maya455]

For me, I use sharpie and and over time it tends to chip off the sharpie, but it maybe depends the type of shrink plastic u use

[@amenab.studio]

Hi, where can we get the resin you used? Thanks

[@AzureFusion4]

you can get it on Amazon. It's called Kiyohara UV craft resin

[@LoriensCraftBox]

Thanks! :)

[@MomoDearestt]

WHERE DO I FIND UV RESIN!?!?!

[@LoriensCraftBox]

Miniature Sweet!

[@dracoisthebest6347]

I'm here cause my shrink film bleeds after using my Mod Podge. I'm sure I can use a sealer to separate the ink and mod podge from mixing together. If anyone reads this text and has been in my situation can help me? I'm trying to figure out which sealer would best help me. I do wanna sell Shrink Film pins but I really don't wanna go wasting my money on some sealer I can't rely on. For whoever reads I would like to say thank you

[@JulyssaMT]

I only recently got into shrink plastic and I used dimensional mod podge. The first 4 pieces I did were fine but I did experience color bleeding with the last one I did. The person I made it for didn't mind, at least. I'm considering going for resin or something similar even if it might be more expensive. I wish I could help a little bit more, but at least this issue isn't uncommon.

[@dracoisthebest6347]

@@JulyssaMT Hey thanks abunch :) Just yesterday my sister bought me Elmer's Multipurpose Spray Adhesive in hopes to use it as a sort of sealer to divide the shrink and mod podge away so the ink doesn't have the chance to smudge. I also get a sort of cloudy effect as well. In case the spray doesn't work for me after today I'll be heading to hobby lobby and trying the Mod Podge Acrylic Sealer. Do tell me how the resin goes for you and I wish you luck in your shrink film ^^

[@natalie2637]

Spray sealers or resin have worked the best for me.

[@dracoisthebest6347]

@@natalie2637 Yeah I used a spray sealer too. Afterwards I use the mod podge in thin coats and layer it when I want to give it a bigger dome

[@dulceele2967]

I like how lazy she is, she reminds me of myself

[@esjaybee5555]

??? Where's your tutorial???

[@noahr.7144]

The fact that the spray paint made me laught is a really bad sign that I should probably go to sleep

[@angelamperez1167]

where can get shrink plastic can't find it .? thanks.

[@buckyxcharms]

you can normally find it at craft stores (michael's, hobby lobby, etc.), places like walmart or kmart or maybe even target, but you can always find it online, like on amazon or something.

[@LoriensCraftBox]

They're definitely on Amazon. Most craft stores I've been to have them though :D

[@PsychoMantisss]

It's also called Shrinky Dinks.

[@Tiarah1999]

Have u ever tried to use embossing powder and if so how do u make the powder stick without versaink plzzz answer quick❤❤❤❤❤

[@TheFeliceSkye]

mashae brodie I love using embossing powder. It makes it shiny and rock hard. After shrinking my pieces I use a clear embossing ink in a stamper bottle by STAMPENDOUS, then use a spoon to sprinkle a moderate amount of CLEAR ULTRA THICK EMBOSSING POWDER by RANGER on top. I place it on parchment paper and stick it back in my toaster oven at the same temperature I shrunk them at originally. I keep an eye on them and just let it melt completely then remove from the oven and let cool. Hope this helps😊

[@changetonight6422]

@@TheFeliceSkye Do You Get problems with the piece being flat, and then curling when the embossing power heats on it

[@TheFeliceSkye]

@@changetonight6422 it doesn’t do anything to the pieces except melt the embossing powder. Keep an eye on them though because you don’t want it to burn or bubble. Hope that helps💗

[@tinatorcressa9801]

I'm using Touchliit markers and uhmmmmmm I'm having so much trouble sealing them. I used nail polish and the colours started mixing together >< I really don't know what to do ;;-;;

[@anissaperez1273]

Well u have to seal the ink before u actually top coat them.. use clear matte spray paint and let it dry for 45 mins.. then put ur top coat on.

[@NadineTheQueen765]

what kind of uv lamp do you use?

[@LoriensCraftBox]

I use a 36w lamp :)

[@FrankandNicoleGarcia1031]

Can u use the kind used for gel nail polish?

[@ibellabear712]

the nail polish ruined my piece.

[@avapappas3650]

Same!!! I’ve used it before and since I used sharpie and markers it absolutely smudged it and ruined everything!

[@mangamango5569]

I made a lovely little BTS logo charm. It was two pretty shades of blue sharrpie and I absolutely loved it. To preserve the colour, I decide to use some clear nail polish and it was *fucking ruined.* The colours and lines got smudged and completely bled into each other, there was no saving it. With a heavy heart, I wiped the design away with rubbing alcohol. I am left with a blank charm that I don't know what to do with. I'm fucking pissed.

[@stormXviper]

you are looking for the word "Bevel". Domage is not a word.

[@suwaidpuccini6918]

Again great only if you could create better designs. Its so boring an cheap. My taste is obviously way out of your taste league but try something impressive next time, do something different, dont follow a norm