You Won't Believe What GOES WRONG In This Resin Experiment!

You won't believe what happens in this resin experiment! My curiosity led me to an afternoon of tinkering with various combinations and proportions. With each careful measurement and calculated mix, the resin seemed to take on a life of its own. The transformations were unexpected, and the process became a dance between control and chaos. It was a vivid reminder that experimentation isn't just about outcomes, but about embracing the journey of discovery itself.
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You Won't Believe What Goes Wrong In This Resin Experiment!
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[@vickiherman2746]

I have an idea for you. Instead of pouring a lot of resin in the first stage, only pour in enough to hold the first cm of the water-containing sphere in place then you won’t have it moving around where you don’t want it. After that you’re free to pour however much you want without worrying about the sphere moving. Just a thought. Thanks for always being so transparent with us! You’ve always given me much to think about with your projects. I appreciate you!

[@kimveazey9036]

That's what I was going to say! 😁

[@jessicademartino5781]

Another option is once you pour the first small layer, adhere the sphere to the center with a bit of UV resin

[@beverlyangry4767]

Steve; I love how you work out the kinks in projects. This one almost made it. I think that it's great how you show your oops, and how your subscribers give you good suggestions to maybe make it work out for you. Thankx for all of your videos. You always make me think outside the box of the norm.

[@tracicolvis7382]

Vegetable glycerin works well as a liquid. You can also buy the empty baubles that are one piece. The hanger part is a metal cap and it pops off for filling it. It works great because that filling spot is all you need to seal.

[@jaykb6587]

Where do you get the clear, empty ornaments? Here where I live it's a very small town. We do have a Michaels and a Dollar Tree and Dollar General. Looking online hasn't been any more successful than looking in the craft stores. All I have found are the large clear ones. I've been wanting to find the inch, inch and a half sizes.

[@tracicolvis7382]

@@jaykb6587 I got mine from Amazon.

[@teby2077]

Agree! 50/50 glycerin/water works great.

[@karenfane7187]

This is the best craft channel I've ever seen. I love that you show your mistakes as well as your successes. Steve, you are an inspiration 😊😊😊

[@karenlloyd16]

I agree. Some craft videos look so unrealistic - no mistakes, no mess, no fun! Steve's videos are awesome. ❤

[@miniscenesgb]

Nice work Steve. I found it easier to centralise my inner pieces using an overhead gantry frame, can be more precise and see what's going on and it doesn't squash the sides of the mould. I just made a little wooden frame.

[@SkitchBean_aka_Christine_E]

I am so thankful that you share when things don't work out quite right. ❤

[@SkitchBean_aka_Christine_E]

@SteveMcDonaldArtsandCrafts and boy do I have errors. 😂😂😂

[@doloresgreen1563]

They are Adorable just as they are, like snow globes. Practise makes perfect. 👍😻😻😻👍

[@annesalomone8045]

Ben from Ben’s Works did something similar. He anchored the fluid filled balloon to the bottom using thin fishing line held down with UV resin & then the rest as you did. Maybe it will work with oil

[@fairyspunfibers9098]

I love the concept, Steve! Others have given great ideas on how you can change it up a bit, so I won't repeat them. 😊 Love the whole theme and the colors, as well as the idea, itself! 💕😊❤

[@pamelahalliburton5472]

Instead of just water you could try clear PVA glue (Elmer's in the US) and water. About 50-50 of each. The glue gives it a little slower move like the oil would do.

[@Shazian_Fleur]

I love that you show your mistakes/mishaps coz it shows we're only human. I make ALOT of disasters. What I can't fix I keep lol Thanks Steve 🌹

[@ajnormandgroome]

You are honest, talented, and funny

[@gwendolynart8538]

Suggestion; try a small water filled balloon or make a hollow silicone sphere with a plug to create a recess. Fill the mold almost to the top with resin, or too the top of you can make a channel, let harden, remove the recess mold, fill with liquid and close.

[@hopeashleyful]

I love your videos and I love your little screw up videos. It’s the story of my life ! 😂and it just makes your videos that much more relevant and down to earth !! Thank you for being you Steve .♥️ I’m your biggest fan!

[@carlinemaguire453]

This is what I was thinking for a snow globe xx

[@bernadettelawson2916]

Regardless of mistakes, they’re still very pretty

[@cherylburkitt9722]

I love the crystals edged ball.. beautiful ❤

[@bettykaster3077]

You could always add a bit of Elmer's glue to the water mixture to slow things down. Also when pouring cover the lower 1/3 let it start setting then you can adjust the liquid core then finish pouring.

[@grannyof12kids]

I love that you share what doesn't work out, also how you rescue things,, it always gives us thought for what we could do ..

[@lindaeastment4542]

Hi Steve, You said your experiment didn’t turn out as you hoped But my goodness Steve, I fell in love with them I thought they looked absolutely gorgeous & so Pretty when you put them on the light base the only thing I could say was a very big WOW 🤗 Thanks for sharing 💖👍

[@jimkandybadje5859]

Thank you very much for showing things that don't turn out as expected

[@johnnieswearingen283]

I'm liking them off center!

[@beverlyangry4767]

Steve; even your mess-ups still look interesting.

[@melissarmt7330]

They look like groovy eyeballs! Not a loss at all :D

[@RosesResinPeace]

for the cube with the bag in, make a little bit of a base layer. Use the uv resin to attach a little bit if the bag to the base layer, then fill.

[@jenniferdrayer5156]

Use distilled water & glycerin to slow down the glitter. I think it's one-one ration. You have to play with it. Also, pour a small layer, let cure, place your ball & use uv resin to hold it in place.

[@stephaniesanderson9638]

You could pour a base layer of resin, then uv resin the ball onto it to keep it where it’s meant to be before pouring the rest ❤️

[@elenavaccaro339]

Glycerine added to help the glitter suspension. Or Karo syrup. Look for making time out bottles here on KZbin. Possibily not fill the resin as far up in the first pour to help center them?

[@jennyritchie7534]

Try using clear school,glue, like Elmer’s , I use it in sensory bottles and the glitter falls nicely

[@cynthiaswain4070]

You'll get it! Fantastic idea

[@WizardKitty723]

Nice! I’d try to get a seamless bauble

[@kristaholloway7939]

Steve, try putting silicone in the water to slow the stars/glitter down. It works in my snow globes.

[@LisaVornhagen]

That was a really cool idea! Even though it might not have worked as exactly as you wanted at least they didn't leak. Maybe next time you could try adding some glycerin with the water. Funny thing. I noticed a typo on the bottle of epoxy. Instead of gloss it was golss! Lol!

[@theturks8819]

so this is like the calm down jars! soo u can a glitter glue stick into ur glitter water, & that will help slow it down!!

[@paulaskuse559]

how about attaching two pieces of thread or even 3 to different lolly sticks and then sticking them to the top with tape so they dont move when the resin moves about while curing ... might be a bit firmer 😊

[@hayleymariemills]

For the bag, make a base resin level & after cured, uv tesin the bottom edge of the bag to the base. Also, glycerin is water soluble so you can mix it with water to get the slower moving effect.

[@kimsnyder8997]

For my snow globes I use water and glycerin mixture, or water and clear Elmer’s glue. The more glue/glycerin the slower the movement. Hope it helps. 😊

[@UncleRedDog]

Adding 5 drops of Glycerin to the water always works for me when making snowglobes, I suppose the same would apply to these instead of using mineral oil. Great video and great idea, Dr Mcdonald 🤘🖤

[@nilsafaga74]

Love them. Keep. Working at it❤

[@rebeccaledford8202]

I've read if you add some glycerin to the water it will make it more like the traditional snow globe consistency. For centering in the larger molds, if you do them in layers it may be easier to get them centered and to keep the plastic bag toward the bottom. You could also use the plastic filler gems, Saran wrap, Christmas icicles, Easter grass, that sort of thing to fill it in on the bottom and or the sides to help center it.

[@darylpepper2256]

I think if you add just enough resin to touch the bottom or just a 1/4 of the way up the water globe then let cure, it may keep it centered . Just an idea.😊 Just read the other comments and others have the same idea 😂

[@LostSiren13]

Pretty cool effects there even if it didn’t do what you wanted. Maybe glycerin instead? But those orbs look awesome when shaken. ❤ that effect.

[@IFS]

Once possible alternative, change the order of the steps: 1) Glue up bobble, cut hole (or use clear glass bobbles) 2**) put some sticky putty on the end of a pencil or dowel, insert it into the empty bobble so it sticks to the bottom, and use this to position the bobble in the mold 3) pour resin part way and let cure 4**) Remove dowel, fill and seal bobble 5) do second resin pour. It seems that doing things in this order should allow you more control over the bobble positioning without any worries about relative density and curing movement.

[@Shazian_Fleur]

I Use a clear Christmas bulb...I fill the bulb with glycerine or baby oil and add water depending on how much you want the inside to move. I seal the bulb with UV resin

[@mandicoleman7433]

I think u should try to make ur string hard like put some uv in it so it's still transparent but stiff enough to keep it in place. Maybe lol just a thought

[@janicehoehn8203]

Try Glycerin in the ball. It helps to keep items more suspended.

[@willashriver1356]

Cool! 🤗

[@vivienshepherd1836]

I use a small stick of resin made from a filled plastic straw it stops objects moving about and is invisible once in resin and just cut of the excess. Hope this helps

[@belindagalle97]

Thank you. 😊

[@Brandywine6969]

It looked close to working. Maybe you could try it with a thin layer of clear resin in the mold and let that cure. After that, use the spheres like you prepared them in this video and use a small bit of UV resin to make them stay in the center on that thin layer with the UV light. After that is cured, add the rest of the colored resin. It seems like it would work. You were onto something with sealing the spheres with UV resin. Maybe the IV resin is the trick for holding the spheres in the center too.

[@cathee_with_2_ees569]

I think you have to keep trying, or you'll never discover new things...great try! I'm sure you'll have it perfected soon. I always enjoy you!

[@fingerfeller]

Thanks! english subtitles on next video lol

[@beckymcdaniel6402]

Liquid coconut oil works great!

[@gothiccharms]

I have made skulls with suspended orbs in them. I used the round ornaments that are solid and have the metal hanger bit on the end you pull out to fill. I think those work better than the two piece globes like you used. I fill them and use uv resin to set a piece of acetate on to seal. I pour some resin in the mold and let it set, so then I have a solid base to set the orb down on to. Fill halfway with resin, ensuring the orb is upright and not leaking. (I have used baby oil, mineral oil, water and glycerin mix. So far I like the oils best.) once you know it's not leaking fill the rest of the way.

[@kimorbid]

It's giving magic 8 ball vibes 😁

[@PixieBulb]

I wonder if the globes moved around because of temperature differences between the curing resin and the liquid inside the globe? Possibly using something thicker, like a wire, to hold the globe in place might work. A thicker bit of wire attached with a big glob of UV resin should hold without needing a knot or bend, and then you could pluck it out of the resin when you're ready for pour 2.

[@tonylewis9273]

Why not suspend a small balloon sprayed with mould release in the mould and set resin around it. Then pop the balloon leaving a hollow resin ball? You could then fill the liquid and seal the top with UV resin?

[@scottmichaelharris]

Do the pour in two layers. If it floats on the first layer, it will get trapped in that layer?

[@janicelange2160]

I use glycerine when I make my potion bottles.❤Great video.

[@dcruicks1]

Thanks!!

[@torivkm7292]

I love the bobble in the centre. Just wondering if you put in the suspended bobble and just put enough resin in to touch the bottom of the bobble and let it cure then maybe it would stay in the centre? Just a thought but I really like them a lot. I'm going to try this method myself. Thanks for sharing.

[@offairhead]

5:27 is the thermal heat from the resin going to melt the Christmas balls?

[@xsalad_dodgerx8428]

Maybe semi pour the mould allow it to cure to semi softness then place the ball ontop of the semi cured resin in the middle but still use the supporting popsicle stick then fill the mould as usual hopefully with it resting in semi cured resin it wont shift

[@anitapotter2586]

This is very cool. Thanks for sharing your ideas & talent with us

[@Leena79]

Maybe, if you, instead of the nylon thread, used something like a stick, and glued that to the ball temporarily until the first batch of resin cures, then remove the stick and pour the white layer. A stick wouldn't be able to .ove in the resin, and you could have the inner ball exactly where you want it.

[@Cajunkaty]

I’m glad you did this. I’m wanting to try it also. What do you think about adding glycerine?

[@TheResinNerd]

think i will try this

[@nmbbeingintentionallycreative]

Re the ball in the middle not being center in the mould, what if you had filled the mould with resin only so the very bottom of the ball was covered, holding it in place, and then once it cured then doing a second layer of clear resin, and then adding the white on top as you did orginally?

[@teedee478]

Can this be done with glass baubles instead of acrylic?

[@susanagnew8768]

1/2 gliserin and 1/ 2 water. 😊

[@PopArow4702]

Steve Mcdonald im starting my resin crafting with jdiction uv and 4h demold was wondering do you like teexpert better than jdiction deep pour? I have some deep molds I want to use but going to start small and I keep seeing you use both but deep pour is teexpert.

[@BNTmodels]

05:25 that resin is NOT "High Gloss"! It is in fact "High Golss"... says so on the label

[@patriciasnyder9536]

Have you ever tried glycerin? I like it better than baby oil. The only problem with water is that eventually it evaporates and you can't refill them. Over all I did like them especially the faceted one, but then again I'm a diamond girl

[@pjfoltz8810]

Just checked Amazon for the T Expert resin and it is unavailable.😢

[@kesami123]

Could you do a small bottom pour, let it cure, attach your balls/bag with UV resin, cure that, then you don't have to secure them with fishing line and a popsicle stick?

[@theheinzification]

For the floating thingies, add some glycerin to the water to make it sink slower.

[@melaniereisner8375]

What about using glycerine? Or half glycerin in water.

[@bellaannecgoff2335]

❤❤❤

[@janethastings6417]

You could put some weights like silver balls in the bag so it won't float up.

[@lechatbotte.]

Check out Ben’s worx he’s done some amazing things in resin including liquids

[@aprildegele1510]

Why did you use such a large bit on the dremmel for a hole? There are diamond bits that make much smaller holes and tiny little funnels that will fit inside the hole. Doing things like this, I prefer simple mineral oil. It's cheap and gives that viscosity that water doesn't. The weight of the mineral oil also helps to hold the inner bits in place as where water will easily move against where the resin wants to go. However, do you know why the baby oil didn't work? That should be mostly mineral oil. It should have worked if everything was sealed properly. Did you actually drill a hole in the tongue depressor? I'm not clear as to why you did that especially if you were going to use UV to keep it in place. I'm not clear on what you were going for with the baggie, but there should have been no problem sealing with baby oil if you cleaned the zipper bit ... or even if you didn't because, well, zipper. If you want to be absolutely sure the bag stays in place, perhaps you should zap it with a drop of UV resin where you want it to be anchored. Again, water is lighter than resin, so the baggie will move ... unless you match (relatively) the weight and viscosity of the fluid in the baggie to that of the resin, so mineral oil would be better and likely why the water didn't work well. This is simple physics, that most folks don't consider. A thicker liquid will move a thinner one, or , a more massive (more viscous) fluid will displace a less massive (thinner) one. That's oversimplified, but you get it. "Massive" doesn't equal "weight". They're two totally different things in terms of fluid dynamics. Fill a baggie with water and epoxy will displace it. Baby oil (depending on what it's made of) is slightly thinner than mineral oil, so it's going to displace more than plain mineral oil. Honey is about the viscosity and weight of epoxy, but I've never seen clear honey, so that's a problem. The question becomes, how do we make a liquid as viscous as honey without any color? Solve that riddle, and you solve every one of your issues. Except for the gravity part, which is easy to fix. a couple of shims and a level will fix that, and might actually fix it to the point where you don't have to find a fluid that is equally as viscous and massive as the resin. Ya'll didn't know this is all about elementary physics, did you? Well, it is, so chalk it up to education!

[@charmzpix]

Make a solid T shape to suspend your inner balls, rigid so it won't move side to side. Should still be relatively easy to remove once they are cast in the resin.

[@charmzpix]

My pleasure! I had to learn that the hard way.@@SteveMcDonaldArtsandCrafts

[@biancabarbaro801]

turn them into giant eyes for halloween!

[@sorchableu]

Glycerin

[@buxlad88]

Use glycerine instead of water.

[@LorE_aka-midwestmemaw8555]

Ok, love this concept! I’m looking forward to seeing how to make this concept into a reality!! 🫶🏼

[@LorE_aka-midwestmemaw8555]

I’m so excited to see if this works!! What a great idea!! 🫶🏼