Using resin to bond bicycle chain to wood

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    • March 4, 2017 at 6:28 pm #8205
      Hovawart
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      We are doing a steampunk wedding and want to spell out the bride and groom’s names in bicycle chain. Our idea is to do this on a piece of wood and then pour some type of resin over the chain to bond it to the wood. We don’t want to necessarily make a tabletop with the bicycle chain encased in resin, but just to get the chain to stay in place for the afternoon while hung on a wall. Is this do-able?

    • March 4, 2017 at 6:30 pm #8206
      Hovawart
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      If we had to make a dam around the letters, what material could be used to make the dam that would not adhere to the resin?

    • March 4, 2017 at 7:15 pm #8208
      Katherine Swift
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      Resin won’t stick to masking tape, packing tape or wax. Have you considered using a two-part, quick curing epoxy to bond the chain to the wood? Something from a hardware store could work in this case and you wouldn’t need to dam it up.

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