[Katherine Swift]

This question comes through email by Kim:

Hi!

I watched your YouTube video (AWESOME!) because I recently saw some jewelry where the jeweler painted colored resin on brass bead caps.  I love the look (see below), and I have a lot of bead caps I?d like to try this technique on.  However, I cannot figure out what kind of resin to purchase and what kind of brush to use?  Do you know?  And if so, do you sell it and/or have any advice?

Thank you very much!

[Katherine Swift]

[Katherine Swift]

Hi Kim,

What a neat look!

I suggest using a doming epoxy resin.  We have several in our store here:

https://shop.resinobsession.com/collections/resin/doming

Wait until it starts to cure a bit to make sure it is thick enough.  It looks like your surfaces are curved, so you want to be sure there is enough surface tension for the resin to stay on.

I don’t know that you need a brush so much as a toothpick and a steady hand.  The resin should spread out where it needs to go.  Go slowly — put on a bit of resin and let it spread out.  Once you break the surface tension by the resin going over the side, you will have to wipe it off and start over.

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