Can You Reuse Resin Shavings!?

[@swittman9123]

You could take advantage of the fact that the shavings disappear in resin to suspend objects. I think I remember you trying to encase a rose in resin? Something like that might shift around less during the pour if the empty space in the mould is packed with these shavings.

[@PhoenixWA80]

This is a pretty brilliant idea! A new Dip It perhaps?

[@chrisreichart8865]

I know nothing about resin, but to me that seems like a brilliant idea.

[@waltzfantasia]

i was thinking something like that! the first thing that came to mind for me was just using the shavings in clear resin projects as a filler, but this is similar and way more interesting.

[@anonymouswhite7957]

Few downsides of using shavings like that is: It’s prone to tons of air bubbles on the shavings crevices, another is it might have different light refractions. The first one can be solved by vacuum, while the second one is unavoidable if it happens but it could be intentionally integrated into certain works

[@AsAboveISoBelow]

@@anonymouswhite7957 Shaved ice resin!

[@deefdragon]

Have you ever tried colored resin shavings in a clear resin? Thats the mix Ive always wanted to see. I feel like the shavings would go mostly clear, but the dye in them would produce that interesting patterning with a lot lower % of shavings, and a lot less messing arround.

[@joshmoore7074]

I agree with you, but what about the shavings from the luminous tapper he made recently

[@Psammead21]

Yes, thats the mix I've wanted to see since the last time he mixed resin shavings into a project. Coloured shavings in clear would surely... *not*.... disappear???? 🤔 Would they?? 🤔🤷🏻‍♀️ Fun to find out though. And, yes, totally agree - glowing/luminous shavings even better!

[@custos3249]

It'd basically be like putting tinsel in resin. Been done before but you can get interesting results. Especially so long as you get all the air out if you do a full pour rather than just a coating like this.

[@agkwoodworks3136]

Very interesting concept, icicle Christmas ornaments would probably look good using this ?

[@camo_customs_7163]

What if there was long thin(ish) aluminium strands in the resin strands , this might give it enough purchase to twist and hold it together????

[@wilkins67890]

First thing that came to mind seeing the result was lampshades, I think if the light refracts through them well enough it could end up with some really interesting patterns.

[@lowercasesecondchannel]

Just about to comment this. That could look amazing. Could even go for a galaxy pattern. Using a mixture of different pigments. Black and un tinted for stars.

[@krissteel4074]

My idea was similar except to make big blocks of it and put some high lumen output LED's in there as sort of a night-light kind of thing

[@matthewmccalister5594]

Yes! I think it looks like lava and would make a sweet volcano lamp shade or LED night light. Or a fritted-stained-tiffany glass lampshade would be beautiful!

[@maxravenwood3877]

That's a great idea! Like he said, the fact that the resin becomes kind of moldable means there's different potential uses, definitely light would be cool

[@captainmycaptain8334]

thatd be cool to see

[@garybuder4645]

You can definitely pulverize the shavings further and use them as a filler/thickening material. Colored shavings encased in clear would look cool

[@everythingknife8763]

That makes a lot of sense. If the clear shaving disappear in clear resin, then you don't need to pour as much resin for the next project.

[@johnweems4586]

I've seen makers use colored resin shavings in clear resin and wind up with ghostly whisps of color throughout their pieces too. That might be something to try too.

[@basedbane787]

What channel

[@johnweems4586]

@@basedbane787 Bens Worx did it and maybe Pohl barn I can't remember exactly which other channel did it. The results are a little unreliable, but still somewhat interesting.

[@thatdamhippy6937]

The murder bowl is still one of my favorite videos

[@Cyrusleaf]

Same bro same! All the pain and suffering was definitely worth it. Probably not to him but to us it's priceless.

[@nevastarn6394]

SAME!! probably favourite on all of youtube lol

[@EthanNakuma]

Absolutely agree! I watch it often lol.

[@Redman-2490]

I love that he, all these years later, still hasn't figured out exactly how much the mold holds

[@Heartwing37]

Agree!!!! My fav!

[@taitano12]

This is a great POC. You can not only add shavings to resin projects, but using them as a texturing and coloring shortcut. I was expecting you to add clear resin and vacuum out the bubbles. I'd be interested in seeing a video of that.

[@BioGateway]

Seeing how the bottom of that bowl looked, it feels like you could make a really cool Geode effect. Press the outside and edges so they are smooth, but allow the middle to remain rough, maybe even spiking it up a bit by hand before it cures. The inside would have a nice crystallized look, and if it’s done in a simple half circle mold, it’d appear like a geode that’s been broken in two. Could even use a different color mix of shavings in the center to create a more accurate and cool crystal illusion, perhaps purple for amethyst, or white/clear for quartz.

[@LylWren]

THAT'S SUCH A DOPE IDEA

[@rellimnahtan]

That mat idea is so brilliant. What a lovely way to repurpose what would have otherwise been waste. Worst case scenario, the pieces from the mat don't work like you'd think, and you throw them away, which is what you would have done anyway. I like it.

[@silivrengamer]

I’ve actually done this with jewelry! I’ve made small tests that I didn’t like, but then just added them into something larger and usually added in some more inclusions. The hard resin acts as a stop for the other stuff you put it and accentuates the 3D nature of what you’re doing. I would totally use that stuff as a bulk scaffolding for larger pieces I want to keep separated or make sure that something like glitter stays suspended rather than sinking!

[@ChillyJack]

Epoxy shaving snowball ornaments maybe? Mix the shavings with a little bit of white tinted epoxy and cram them into sphere moulds. Might be interesting to see how an LED looks encased in the shavings too. Light up Christmas ornaments.

[@ethanpschwartz]

I always hate to suggest it since it's easier said than done, but this might be a good case of coating a balloon in the mix and popping the balloon after it cures. At the very least, press them into snowflake-shaped molds.

[@Hasmanian]

Packing the shavings more loosely after mixing them with colored resin, letting that mass cure, and submerging it in clear resin might make for an interesting blank to turn. Probably best to use a vacuum chamber during that last part.

[@spiderwrangler4457]

or pressure pot?

[@oliverwjones]

I was going to suggest that, or pouring resin over it while it slowly rotates, like crafter do with those epoxy resin tumblers, would allow it to be built up and potentially smoothed out.

[@Crafter_H]

As a person who recommended one of those mats to you on Instagram I'm glad you got one! Might as well get some useful tools out of leftover resin

[@lorrainewilliams8232]

Please do share where I can get one from 👍

[@Dr._Nicholi_Rasmuson]

Shavings from dyed resins, maybe especially all the neon stuff that glows in a blacklight(that pops under normal light too) like the Turn in the Dark video(the video immediately before this, this is exactly what I thought of)....all those inserted into a mold then filled with clear resin. That would be cool for an up-close view, mostly transparent but with these whisps of color that's not from dye swirled in wet resin, but from the shavings being previously dyed.

[@gabidoescosplaystuff]

What if you made a lamp that looked like shaved ice? I assume the texture would have some really cool light diffusion. Or maybe a glow in the dark powder mixed in? You could possibly get a spacey nebula kind of result with a section of this in a pour

[@Laurpud]

What an amazing idea! 🤩

[@Izzy-cp8yt]

Immediately my thought is to use it to make a never-melt snow cone 😂 more practically, maybe an ice bucket? Like for keeping bottled drinks on ice? It could be amusing to have bottled/canned drinks on ice inside of what looks like a snow cone

[@LylWren]

Sno-cone businesses commissioning resin artists now lol

[@smerk85]

Snow cone lamp maybe? Like cast some LEDs in the middle of a never thaw snow cone?

[@CrimHawk]

I'm honestly really love the textured look it gave it. I think you should try using just and upside down bowl as a form and packing a shavings onto it and then letting it cure.

[@CFGossettAbbasHealingArts]

Way to go Peter. Another adventurous project complete. Love seeing what you create in your shop. Keep the fun going!

[@CatTentacles]

Looks like other people have had the same thought but my mind goes straight to a snow cone lamp or string of lights! Especially if you could get the resin to pool towards the bottom like how gravity pulls the syrup down to the bottom of a snow cone.

[@Cyrusleaf]

Crazy how quick I come and watch when I see peter brown notifications. Love this content

[@domramsey]

I like the idea of coloured shavings in clear resin. How about making 2D art pieces, placemats or coasters? Maybe simply embossed with your logo as a promotional item. It would be fun to have a coster made from the savings of a specific project and help support the channel at the same time.

[@TotalBoat]

It has such a cool effect - love seeing all different ways to reuse resin!

[@shaunacorrigan9372]

I really need to see the blacklight reactive shavings from last video cast in some clear/translucent resin! I feel like that would be a super cool effect

[@bmfd123]

Hey Peter! First, love the video as always, it’s always a good day when a PB video drops. Second, I’ve been suggesting this throughout the years in the hopes that you’ll see it. Here’s my take on what you should do with the leftovers. Make a mold of your hands or your head, something that can accept resin over time, fill it with your leftover resin from each project. You can use the shavings from each project to help give the resin some texture and at the end you’ll have a nice memorial of sorts to display that represents all your hard work. Hope that helps!

[@RoseAlchemist22]

I personally would love to use that bowl to hold wrapped candies in like Starbursts and Jolly Ranchers. Stuff that the resin can't contaminate, but that does look like a candy bowl to me!

[@coffebug]

It reminds me of adding colour to desiccated coconut. I like to put scraps into the next project helps make the resin go a little further and if you have drips and bits in different colours it can make interesting designs.

[@reallifeistoflat]

i think the texture would make really interesting stained glass panels. it would catch the light in really fun ways.

[@tehpanda64]

I kinda like how they look, even just as a filler it makes some sense. the optical qualities worsen but not everything need be a shiny see through type object. the polished shiny stuff often seems "liquid" or watery. but this really does gives a sense of density, like it is something frozen and solid.

[@juanfranciscobrizuela]

You did well Peter.

[@madmanmax120]

I'd be curious how those shavings turn out in some dice or something. I see other folks using glittery substances for cool effects, but I wonder if this can provide an interesting aesthetic as well.

[@FranNyan]

I'd think dice would be tricky because you'd have to make sure there wasn't any difference in density.

[@idyllicart1]

@@FranNyanits all resin, the dye has almost no effect on density! Easiest way to put things in dice is to make them out of the same kind of resin. No balancing issues whatsoever!

[@FranNyan]

@@idyllicart1 Not talking about the dye, thinking more about any density changes that the process of being shaved off may have introduced. You'd have to be very thorough with the pressure pot to insure every tiny spot air might have been introduced in the shavings has been filled and that all possible air voids would similarly be negated. Which would very much negate the effect gotten in this project (unless going with a different color to get some sort of swirl effect.) Just doesn't seem like a good match.

[@idyllicart1]

@@FranNyan fair enough!

[@crated_]

It has a nice rugged texture to it. Reminds me of the Grand Canyon or those salt lamps

[@ericdravenashecorven]

I think it'd be cool to make a blank out of this and then after it dried try to fill it with either full resin or stabilizing resin to give it more rigidity, and then see if you could actually make something out of it. You could do small little layers of it stacked on top of each other too and make micarta with different colors. Maybe if the other two don't work you could put little threads of carbon fiber in while you're mixing it. I'm sure cleaned up and polished with something to give it some more strength, that pattern would look super cool.

[@ericdravenashecorven]

The other thing is, since they come out clear anyway, you could just straight up add shavings to resin projects to give you "more" resin to work with and to cut down on the waste product. If you figure out how much volume x amount of shavings adds to resin you could use x amount less on each project and save yourself some resin and some cash.

[@adrenalinemadness3340]

This is basically the principle of making fiber glass objects. Shavings combine with resin, the possibilities are really endless. You could make a chair, a handle bar, anything as long as you have the rough shape of what you are trying to build

[@IanLConnors]

I've been watching you for years and years Peter. Love the content. Thank you.

[@vindrmasuta]

Reminds me of those weird crumbly lamps from the early 2000's. I would encase it in clear resin so you can keep the look but it still be usable.

[@Jiyuna]

Who needs sleep when there's a new video!

[@subcatboy]

I like how the dyes really formed a nice gradient with the slight mixing, some good potential there.

[@JoshuaSabatino]

I have been watching for quite some time and I think it would be a fun idea to use the resin shavings how you did with this to make pen blanks or jewelry pieces. They have fun colors and it would be interesting. Besides that you could do glow in the dark resin shavings in clear shavings and really see how well they hide after mixing and still be able to see them afterwards.

[@s_ludge]

You said it yourself that it looks like a snowcone and I agree. I think a cute project might be making a whole bunch of tiny little colored and uncolored (white) snowcones and putting LED lights in them. Would make for great Christmas/Holiday lights or something for summer to put outside in a garden.

[@DJBEAST821]

when you first mixed the red resin with the shavings the texture and colored reminded me of Shisha tobacco, the consistency and the texture since the tobacco leaves are coated in reddish molasses. Secondarily at the end of the video, I think the popsicle description was spot on. Super great videos, loved it as always.

[@Quickened1]

Now pour some clear resin back in the mold, put the hardened piece back in, pour a little resin into that, stick the plastic bowl back in, then pour more resin in between them to top it off, and you should have a nice, solid piece to finish off a beautiful bowl...

[@jpendowski7503]

I’m thinking lamp shade, object to cover a light source to create cool patterns. Candle cylinder for electric candles. The light would be amazing.

[@ravenfaebowie]

I only do small resin projects as a hobby, but when I have shavings and little dried flecks etc, I like to throw them into pendant molds or 3D molds (like spheres or eggs etc) and make what I call "psychedelic" or "daydream" pieces. I also sometimes chuck little molded charms/shapes in too. You can sit and look at them, turning them to see all the different shapes, colours, patterns. Some will even glow in the dark depending on what random bits are in there. No two are ever the same, and everyone I've given them to, has loved them as a type of fidget item.

[@deoyx]

I absolutely love the mat! What a wonderful idea by a kickass artist!

[@skyancrile]

I’m excited to see how this turns out!

[@jacobrstout]

That would be a cool lamp shade with that texture

[@Atigeve]

This is super cool and I love the look of that bowl honestly!!

[@NeroNyte]

I assume this was filmed before all the comments on the last video about reusing the UV pigmented resin shavings, still curious to see how that'd work, hopefully they'd appear as suspended ribbons of glow in the blacklight color

[@amberlindsey7112]

You could try mixing alcohol inks directly into the shavings. Then mix those into clear epoxy. That would be kinda cool looking. I have seen projects where they add chunks of epoxy pieces they have messed up and added those into the mold.

[@BrantErickson]

I've done a tiny bit of resin work and a tiny bit of creative concrete work, small bowls and pots, etc. In concrete you can add a small amount of fiberglass strands to help keep the concrete from being more prone to shattering, i wonder if you could use the epoxy stands in a similar manner? 🤔 you should try and and let me know the results. I don't have a lathe so i don't have these stands to try it myself.

[@Emil241f]

Hey Peter I love your curiosity and your talent! A thing I think would take your content to the next level, would be sound and lighting. In my humble opinion, I believe that is an easy step, i would love to see you take😊

[@jasoncarpenter4116]

I see pen and handle projects in the future! It might also be cool to see clear resin in shavings from a color project.

[@NoodleHausColubrids]

I wonder if you could do a very loose first "layer" of different dyed shavings, let it cure, then use something like a vacuum chamber or pressure pot with clear or other colored resin to fill the voids? I also wonder if you could use a high power blender to powderize the shavings before mixing them into resin as a filler, and then if by doing so, you could make "thick" resin that behaves differently when poured, i.e. less unintended mixing in multicolor pours?

[@sandsurfer55]

Wow, watching this process reminded me a lot of some decorations my mom used to put up for different holidays. I have come to learn they are called plastic popcorn decorations (many examples pop up if you google those words). One of the things I remember about them is one side was flat and the other side was very coarse, like the edges and the bottom of the inside of this bowl. My idea is to get a few colors of this shavings in resin made up, and then try to make a picture out of them on a flat surface. It would be interesting to see you try to recreate them with this new shavings in colored resin!

[@jpwoodwork]

that looks cool, lots of potential there, awesome work as usual

[@if1oopthepig990]

Glad to see the Void Mold in another video!

[@krystalfan135]

That bowl looked really cool! Maybe you can try using the shavings to make a landscape scene or something? Can also use up any wood pieces you have to make a frame, fill with some different coloured shavings, then top the front off with a clear resin pour. (I was thinking maybe you can use those mini canvases art and craft stores sell, but Im not sure if the heat from the curing resin would set the canvas on fire or burn a hole through it). Can't wait to see what other ideas you come up with!

[@Me-th3gj]

If you compact it with a lot of weight while it's drying, will it be solid enough to turn on a lathe? Could be good for blanks? Would be a really cool blank if you used resin shavings in an assortment of colors.

[@AdamHowie]

That was fascinating how it turned out. It reminded me of the lava bowls. In fact I wonder how the two would interact?

[@jawa7609]

Food Safe, Mica powdered translucent blue resin(the yellow becomes greenish, the red more purple) in the bowl mold, in a vac/pressure chamber as makes sense. You'd have the hot colors of red and yellow, moderated by the traditional "color of water" blue. In a way it's yin and yang itself. Hot and Cold. Fire and Water. Blended for the sake of beauty. Then turn finish and polish it to a ridiculous degree, coat it to be food safe, and use it like a REAL bowl! :)

[@SkunkApe407]

Always good to see you drop a fresh, crisp video, Mr. Brown. Hope you and yours are doing well!

[@stargazer1682]

I was expect you to have the shavings in the mold and poor the colored resin over it and just fill the space solid and see how the translucent shavings interact with the colored resin once it cures. Would it leaving any kind of pattern in the resin? Would it be noticeable at all? Either would be worth the experiment I think, because if it's the latter, that maybe presents an opportunity to need to poor less resin, by some degree, by using clear shavings as filler. And if it leaves some kind of pattern, that'd be cool too. So I guess that would be tested at least two ways, one with a large quantity of shavings to see if it can be used as filler; throw it in the vacuum chamber to really fill the voids. And the other way would be just a moderate amount of shavings in proportion to colored pour, to see if you get any translucent shapes or patterns. Better still, suspend any shavings from white or light colored shavings that glow in the dark.

[@t.pisani8239]

Definitely need a Version 2. This has potential.

[@LanaDelGato]

It looks like a snowcone! So cool!

[@micaylalynn9281]

I learned a fun word the other day that I think everyone needs to know: swarf. Swarf is what is made when resin (or other material) is machined. So instead of resin shavings, they could be called resin swarf which just more fun to say 😂

[@lorrainewilliams8232]

Oh my god Keith, I need one of them resin mats, how awesome is that, especially for beginners who don't know what they doing 😀

[@StellaFoxxie]

do you have any colored shavings to work with? i'm interested in what colored shavings submerged in clear resin could look like

[@Bexinmo]

Will light shine through the bowl? If you used colored resin on the shavings could you then drop them into clear and have them show up as wispy bits of color? Is it latheable?

[@seanhampson4126]

Looks like a snow cone bowl! Very cool for recycled shavings. Great episode Peter.

[@EweChewBrrr01]

Every time I hear Totalboat the banana boat jingle gets stuck in my head. EVERY...SINGLE...TIME!!

[@camloch]

It definitely has summer vibes with the colouring, but I can easily picture that texture with some blues, purples, and whites for the winter season to make ornaments or other similar items. Outside of snow or shaved ice, it really looks like it would have a texture similar those light-up, "melted jelly" fake Jack-o'-lanterns.

[@bjrn-oskarrnning2740]

Would the rope work if you heated up the resin a bit? Or would it still be too brittle when it's cooled down and in rope from, as it wouldn't need to flex as much?

[@lucarubinstein3907]

Was very much expecting a rendition of Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow when you first poured the yellow resin over the shavings, oops I love the texture you got out of this! It does have a shaved ice look somehow.

[@joshuamcallister4932]

It seems like you get some interesting translucency near the edges, do you think you could get that material thin enough to make a lampshade?

[@doublybubblysoap9734]

Peter, It turned out nice, but, you could spray paint the shavings different colors before adding them to resin. Or even pour in some acrylic paint and letting it dry first. Or, coating the shavings with mica powder before adding clear resin. Just a few thoughts....😀

[@kappagrapes]

I'd be interested in seeing what happens if you poured a third colour of resin over everything once you had the resin-covered shavings in the bowl. Would it seep into all the gaps and make a more solid bowl? Would it end up with a really weird and interesting colour pattern from the resin-covered shavings mingling with the third colour, or would it mostly just diffuse the colours vaguely into each other? What about coloured shavings, like some other people have been suggesting, could you get anything interesting out of those?

[@thecourtlyalchemist]

Our former church used to do a bake sale fundraiser for charity around Easter time every year. My wife would dye coconut with food color to make colorful nests for jellybeans "eggs" for the tops of her best-selling cupcakes. Colored dried resin shavings reminds me a lot of dyeing batches of dried coconut flakes. Add in enough coconut and eventually you get nice pastel colors. Resin flakes seems very similar.

[@KristenK78]

Something I just did the other day -- I had a small amount of shavings, and a half-filled coaster mold. So I put the shavings in the mold, and then added more clear. It looks pretty good so far :)

[@canadian_grim_reaper]

I wonder if the resin shavings add any strength to resin pours/how they change the material properties when used as a filler in different amounts. Might also be a fun experiment with the tools on your new resin mat--do they work better with or without shavings added?

[@KassFireborn]

There's something a little bit crystalline to that texture, which makes me agree it would be interesting with light shining through it. The fact you can so precisely mould the dyed strips interests me too. It suggests you could get more deliberate with your patterns.

[@stanislava_mel]

Just an idea. If you keep the shavings from the uv project you had last time from the blacklight. The ones with the colors that light under blacklight and cast them in clear resin, do you think you'll get a cast that shines like it has colorful dots/confetti when under blacklight? That sounds amazing imo.

[@ez8314]

The shaved ice look is really cool looking !! I kinda love it???

[@jessicaw6217]

Could you blend it into a powder to add to liquid resin? It could fill out volume and cut the cost of creating a large project. Would the powdered cured resin float in the mold?

[@MealikaBrown]

I was thinking it looked like a snow cone. Would it be suitable to make table tops with?

[@DevinJuularValentine]

As others have said, this seems good for lighting shrouds. Could do cylinders, globes, etc, i bet you would get nice mood lighting

[@elslanfear9813]

This would create a great lampshade! Thanks Peter!

[@juneBug412]

it could be really fun to suspend some of the shavings from your previous video in some sort of molded bowl like this one, make it look like glowy flakes are sprinkled throughout the piece. i imagine it'd look almost a peculiar kind of opalescent, though of course not exactly iridescent unless you were to do some additional resin trickery

[@Too_Tall_64]

Maybe find some sort of silicon Rock mold? Just misshaped, oddball shaped rocks, but with the shavings, it could give it a craggily feel to it. Might be cool for miniature landscapes too; Asphalt black, Green bushes, trees, moss, white snow and blue ice... Lots of things could use that kind of texture.

[@distorted_imagination]

Looks like a cool medium to work with. Great video!

[@Photokapi]

Could you put resin with it and then in vacuum chamber have it get sucked into the holes/fill in the weak parts? Maybe add a 3rd color?

[@MUNd0215]

I've been waiting for a video like this pretty cool. If you try it again maybe you could add the colored shavings to the mold without pressing them down and filling the voids with black resin after they set

[@linalinux]

The popsicle look I totally agree with! 😂 I would like to see you put the shavings in black translucent resin and turn a bowl/vase/lamp shade(!) with that, because the clear shavings would be such a cool swirly effect in the black 😍

[@UberAlphaSirus]

will the shavings blend to make an easier to use filler.

[@jayfurnas-campbell4391]

Another fun video! What if you did that with a couple of different sizes bowls, could you turn it into something like a water fountain or a set of planters?

[@paulinebradford4823]

Peter, the colours are lovely and I think that if you don't want to use it as a display piece, then maybe coat the inside with a thin layer of food safe resin, and use it as a fruit bowl? I suppose it could even be used as a lampshade.

[@Zach010ROBLOX]

Definitely be neat to see what pouring resin into the cracks of the resin+shavings would look like

[@vhlaura97]

If you put the transparent shavings into black resin and use it to make a light cover / candle jar, will there be little spots of clear resin? I wonder if it could give a starry galaxy effect.

[@CursedFrogg]

I to got thinking about what would you do if you had to maximise the amount of bubbles in a batch of resin? love your videos!

[@xrat20]

What about adding clear resin after the shavings mix is placed? Could give it some more strength.

[@Bostonbowser]

Shaved ice bowl, very fun. Interested to see what this procedure brings in the future.