[Katherine Swift]

This question comes through email by Donna:

I am making some 25mm bezel necklaces and wanted to make a birthstone necklace with pieces of beads for the birthstone part. I think the beads are a plastic type bead. I made a necklace but it looked as though the beads either melted in the resin or something. What type of a colored bead piece would work?

[Katherine Swift]

Hi Donna,

It is possible your beads melted. When resin and hardener are mixed together, a heat reaction occurs which causes the resin to cure. Sometimes resin can get rather hot! For future castings, I would suggest using glass, metal or gemstone beads. I have used them without any problems.

Good luck!

[Ashutosh]

Hi Katherine,
Further to your reply need your advice.
I too faced similar difficulty as the beads flatened or melted when the beads were submerged under thick layer of resin.Is there any clear transparent resin/liquid plastic material,which will not affect the colour or the characteristics of beads?
I would like to make 5-6 inch thick clear transparent layer with resin or any other material.Please advice..Thanks

[Katherine Swift]

Since resin heats up in order to cure, you are going to have to use beads that are unaffected by heat. Unfortunately, plastic beads generally won’t work.

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