Cool Tools | Crushed Opal Inlay in Metal with Karen Trexler | Inlay Crushed Opal with Resin

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In this video, Karen shows how to inlay crushed opal into a silver metal ring. This is a fairly straight forward process, that can be finished with or without resin.
To learn how to create the ring from EZ960 Sterling Silver metal clay, click here: cooltools.us/collections/ez96...

[@NanaNan1]

Love❤ the crushed opal and ing ! TYVM. Not sure if it will work the same but while waiting for my crushed opal - I’m going to use some of pro nail gel supplies - shells, flower clear gel etc , nuke it one my lamps and see what happens!

[@MargaretSchindel]

This is a great option for adding color and life, Karen! Two questions: 1) I know we don’t HAVE to wet-sand the CA glue, but is there any reason not to if I want to minimize airborne particles? 2) Could we mix small amounts of UV resin and crushed opal and cure in layers, topping with a dome of just the UV resin, vs. using CA glue? Thanks for another helpful video! 💗

[@cooltoolsvideos]

Hi Margaret, 1. Yes, you can wet sand the CA glue, I felt like it was a bit slower going than dry sanding, but there’s no reason why you cannot wet sand it. 2. Yes. You can use resin in place of the CA glue that way, because resin is more viscous you may have more open areas without opal, but if you’re topping with a dome and not sanding [and potentially exposing a spot] then I don’t think that would be an issue. Thanks, Karen

[@MargaretSchindel]

@@cooltoolsvideosthanks so much, Karen! ❤