[Kim Braley]

I’m involved in the Kindness Project, which involves decorating rocks/stones with encouraging or fun things and hiding them for others to find. Rocks can be decorated with transfers, paint, colored pencils, etc. Being that a lot of these are planted/hidden outdoors (and I live in Florida), what would be the best type of resin to cover them with? Resin-covered rocks are especially pretty, but soft resin-covered rocks – not so pleasant!

[Katherine Swift]

Hi Kim,

Are these rocks going to be outside?

[Kim Braley]

Frequently, yes. Rocks are often hidden in parks, trees, parking lots, etc. They may not stay there for a long time, but can also be re-hidden over and over again (although the really nice ones tend to be kept by the finder). I don’t want to coat my rocks in resin that ends up picking up dirt and leaves because it’s sticky with the heat.

[Katherine Swift]

Hi Kim,

Thanks for the additional information. It is helpful.

In my opinion, I don’t think resin would be a good choice for a project like this. I can’t tell you for sure that it’s not going to get soft or scuff being outside in the heat. I haven’t done a project like this, but I’m concerned your rocks won’t look good after a few days in direct sunlight.

If the rocks were staying inside, I would use our crystal doming resin: https://shop.resinobsession.com/collections/resin/resin-obsession-crystal-doming-resin. Unfortunately, though, I don’t have any experience using it on rocks outside. (but it gives me the inspiration to try!)

[Kim Braley]

Thank you! That’s kind of what I was afraid of. I’ll stick to resin only for rocks that are gifted and not planned for being outdoors.

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