[Katherine Swift]

This question comes from Angela:

Could you offer your advise? I have made a sculpture using polymer clay and Pebeo fantasy paints.

It’s inside a base and I want to put about an inch of resin on top. Any complications? Should I pre-seal?

[Katherine Swift]

Hi Angela,

I’m not quite clear on what you want to do. Do you want to cover the sculpture with resin or the base in resin?

[Angela]

Hi Katherine!

The sculpture is inside of a wooden base (think like a drawer) that I want to completely cover with the resin. The sculpture (made of polymer) completely fills the base and some areas are filled with Pebeo paint. The walls of the drawer are high enough that I can completely fill the base with resin and create an “under glass” effect with the drawer. I’ll need about an inch of resin on top to accomplish this. I’m concerned about resin reacting with the Pebeo paint and I’m concerned about the heat that an inch will generate on cure. Will it be too much heat, causing a reaction with the Pebeo’s? I know that I can’t bake Pebeo’s, so made me hesitate.

Also, is it better to pour that deep of an amount of resin at once, or should I layer it? I’ve rarely used resin other than in small amounts for jewelry and this large of pour scares me. The drawer is 10 x 7 x 3.

Thank you so much for any advise 🙂

[Katherine Swift]

Thanks for the clarification. This helps a lot.

Using the formula in this article: https://resinobsession.com/resin-art/how-to-apply-a-glossy-resin-layer-to-a-painting and your measurements of 10 inches by 7 inches by 1 inch of resin, I get that you need 39 ounces of mixed resin to get the depth you need. Heat shouldn’t be a problem provided the resin manufacturer says you can mix that much at once. Otherwise, you may need to do a couple of pours. An epoxy resin would be my choice for this project.

I haven’t poured resin over Pebeo paints. I would think that if they were dry, applying resin over them shouldn’t be a problem. You might want to ask Pebeo about this though — specifically how long do the paints need to cure to ensure they don’t react/mix with resin.

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