The Do's and Don'ts of UV Resin and Alcohol inks

In this video I am using NicPro uv resin for the first time and experimenting with alcohol ink in uv resin. What works and what doesn't.
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[@lindahamm193]

Thank you so much for this tutorial. I know that you have helped me in many ways with sharing your experiments. Great lessons for us all. Have a blessed day .

[@TheBlueElephantGifts]

Thank you so much Linda ❤️🥰 I’m glad I can help you 😊

[@Pookie19721]

I've never tried jewelry . I have a mold and uv resin..... just scared I guess. You have happy mail coming on Monday..... slow as a snail I am. Keep being you girl!

[@TheBlueElephantGifts]

Thank you so much Pam ❤️❤️❤️ don’t be scared. You never know until you try something 😊😊

[@Prettynotpurrfectcrafts]

Loved your tip of mixing the colours with resin first. Thanks so much

[@TheBlueElephantGifts]

❤️❤️❤️🥰

[@carolynfrancis-mclucas6185]

Thank you for this video. I just bought a little kit and your video shows a way forward. 😊

[@TheBlueElephantGifts]

I’m glad I am able to help ❤️

[@cwv-artistry]

The issue with the petree isn't that the UV resin is too thick sweetie it's because your inks are too saturated with color try thinning your inks with 99% alcohol and give it another go. Let your inks sink for 30 mins to 1 hr before curing but you got this!! And the reason Daniel is able to back his in black is due to it being a transparent black that again has a low pigment saturation! Keep going girl always beautiful work! Much love 💕🥰💛🧡🩷♥️

[@TheBlueElephantGifts]

Ok I will try that. Thank you so much 😊 Have you been able to do petri with uv resin?

[@cwv-artistry]

@@TheBlueElephantGifts yes, I had STRUGGLED with it so much that I had completely given up then after Julie from pouring your heart out did a piece and walked through what would cause the inks to leave a funky film over the backs and the pigments not to drop I ordered some of the decorom pigments and what a difference!! Plus I learned to wait an hour before moving to the swirl or curing (if UV resin) which I believe was the biggest game changer of all! Give it another go but with either thinning your inks or the decorom pigments and see what you think. I believe it will help you a lot!

[@TheBlueElephantGifts]

@@cwv-artistry ok I will try. Thank you so much. I really appreciate it

[@Jellybean_Craftz]

Thank you 🙏 for sharing ❤❤❤

[@TheBlueElephantGifts]

❤️🥰❤️

[@silkefiedler5605]

Thanks for sharing this ❤ I just thought perhaps you could use the "Mistake" with Marabu Ink to your advantage... Use the normal inks on the outside and create kind of a window i the middle with the marabu where you can put something after curing before putting the back colour on. Don't know if I explained good enough 😅 greetings from Germany ☺️

[@TheBlueElephantGifts]

That’s a possibility. Honestly even though the ones with the marabu didn’t turn out how I wanted I still think they are really pretty. Especially when the lights hit the glitter that’s in there they just shine. ❤️❤️❤️

[@JuliasCraftyChaos]

Thank you for the advice🥰

[@TheBlueElephantGifts]

You’re welcome. I hope it’s helpful 🥰

[@marybeth17]

Thanks. I’m so new, I haven’t even done my 1st piece yet. I’m disabled on a fixed income. So it’s been taking a while to get everything I need. My last item is finally in today. Hooray, sometime today I will finally get to do my very 1st piece. Wishing you a great Monday. 💐

[@TheBlueElephantGifts]

That’s awesome. I was very intimidated when I first started. Good luck with it and most importantly have fun 🥰❤️🥰

[@yvettepurdy5723]

I really enjoyed watching your experiments and the yellowy one looks like amber

[@TheBlueElephantGifts]

Thank you so much Yvette ❤️❤️ I did a piece of jewelry in the past with the golden, brown and orange alcohol inks and it turned out kinda like a tiger pattern. I really loved the look of it. That’s what I was going for but it obviously didn’t turn out right 😢

[@yvettepurdy5723]

But you tried your hardest and thats what counts and some of the pieces where very pretty and def liked the amber colour maybe you could put a dryed bug in it next time would look mad

[@TheBlueElephantGifts]

@@yvettepurdy5723 lol yeah as long as I don’t have to touch it 🤣

[@yvettepurdy5723]

That's why tweezers where invented lol I could not touch it either I have a phobia about insects lol

[@TheBlueElephantGifts]

@@yvettepurdy5723 you and me both

[@rebeccamoerno8356]

It's good to know what to do and not do. Thank you for the tutorial.

[@TheBlueElephantGifts]

❤️❤️❤️

[@BoredWifesProductions]

Thanks for all the tips. I have a love-hate relationship with UV.😂❤

[@TheBlueElephantGifts]

🤣🤣 me too

[@michelleheiss7630]

I did too until I realized my bargain shopping and not realizing the wattage of my light was entirely too weak to fully cure the pieces

[@TheBlueElephantGifts]

@@michelleheiss7630 yes… one of my members gifted me the let’s resin dual uv light and omg it makes such a difference in everything!!

[@Ali-H3444]

Have you ever tried the nail polish like Daniel did? I'm glad you like the light. Have a blessed day😊❤

[@TheBlueElephantGifts]

No I haven’t yet. At some point I want to. I also really like the cats eye effect that he does. It’s on my list of things to get to at some point lol

[@Ali-H3444]

@TheBlueElephantGifts yeah that's what I meant. The cat's eye. I bought just 2 colors to give it a go. I have so much jewelry here, I could probably give each person in my town a piece and still have more to go around 😆 🤣 😂

[@TheBlueElephantGifts]

@@Ali-H3444 lmao I know what you mean 🤣🤣you’ll have to lmk how it goes

[@hankieski1549]

Omg I want that light so bad but it’s so expensive…😢. Thanks for the advice on holding the light farther away for a first cure then using the higher wattage to finish. I will definitely try that. Love the pieces you made! I wonder if fewer drops of the colorant/ink might work better, like just three or four drops, especially with such small pieces. And for a flame effect maybe try putting all the color at the bottom in the resin and dragging it upwards? Not sure. Thanks for the vid! ❤❤❤

[@TheBlueElephantGifts]

It’s fantastic I love it so much. Honestly in my opinion and from my experience when you drop the alcohol ink in like that you typically are going for the petri effect and it really doesn’t work with uv resin. Not that I am a master of it by any means because I’m not but you need a lower viscosity resin so that the inks can drop down. If the resin is too thick the inks won’t drop right. Uv resin it’s typically a thicker viscosity so it doesn’t really move. At least in my experience.

[@valerierasnake2312]

I have not tried UV resin yet, so this really helped!! Thanks!

[@TheBlueElephantGifts]

No problem 😌 I’m glad it helped. Personally I like 2 part best but uv does have its place and can come in handy

[@valerierasnake2312]

True I think I am so used to 2 part I have been putting off trying UV.

[@deannspringer9108]

Thanks ❤❤❤

[@TheBlueElephantGifts]

❤️🥰

[@michelleheiss7630]

What if you don’t put the black on until after a first cure? I think Daniel uses mica powder for his black. Not positive though

[@TheBlueElephantGifts]

I’m going to have to mess around with it again and try it that way too. I was able to do it last year but I don’t remember how I did it and of course it was before I was recording or writing it down.

[@LauraCastro-df1cn]

👍🏻😊

[@TheBlueElephantGifts]

❤️