[Renee Howard]

I have been doing mosaic projects for years using tile, glass and garbage. They’ve all been on walls so I have grouted (not prettily) and then verathaned to seal as they have all been outdoors. The problem is that over the years the weather and sun cause the grout to crumble and the verathane to yellow so constant upkeep is required. Last year I did a sidewalk and could see that it wasn’t going to work with that process. So I put down dry cement three to four inches deep, placed the objects in the dry cement and watered the cement until it was soaked in and dried hard. I then took epoxy resin and poured it over the entire 31 foot stretch of sidewalk. It’s beautiful shiny and hard enough to walk on and wash it. I so love it, I would like to try it on a wall. I did a smaller section vertically and the drips were pretty crazy. Are their thickeners to make a more jellied consistency? Or do I just deal with drips? This is a crazy question, but if you go to pastichegardens.com you can see my challenge.

[Katherine Swift]

HI Renee,

Yes, there are ‘thick’ hardeners out there that will help to prevent drips on a curved surface, but I’m afraid even those won’t keep resin from dripping on a vertical wall surface.

[Frances Laube]

Hello again, I have a couple of questions. 1) when coloring resin with acrylics I know you stated a 1 part paint to 10 part resin how do you calculate how much harder to use?
Question 2) when using resin as grout . I have made a collage of resin leaves that I than will place on a glass frame. I want the resin to replace the grout, is there any advice you can give me? Some of my leaves are thick and some thin I was tring to think of how I can build up the thin ones so they dont get lost possibly building up with clear glue first? Should I poor multiple pours for the grout or just one? This is something for my sons wedding next week. I tend to just go for it no time for redos any help you can offer will be greatly appreciated.

Thanx
Frances

[Katherine Swift]

Hi Frances,

The amount of hardener you use is specified with the kit instructions. It will tell you so much resin to so much hardener by either weight or volume. A clear-drying glue will help to build up your leaves.

I don’t know how many pours it will take, but plan on one. You can always add more resin if it’s not thick enough for you.

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