Popular Post Hawk Posted Sunday at 06:53 PM Popular Post Report Posted Sunday at 06:53 PM Not so much bragging rights. I'm posting this as a "lesson learned ". As y'all know, we learn from our mistakes, not out victories. I was working on this hummingbird, ⅛ ply frame ans attempting to use stained glass for the colors. It was not going well. Between trying to fit the small pieces and the shear cost of the glass, not to mention the "cut you" factor, I bailed on using glass. So I'm giving another run with epoxy resin and have learned much with this hummingbird . As you can see in the pic, bleed out from the epoxy was crazy, something I hadn't counted on, but learned something which, in my opinion is a win. I know I didn't get a solid, full bond between the hummingbird frame and the backer board (painted silver). I plan to try to paint the frame to cover up the epoxy bleed, at any rate, wanted to share for anyone wanting to try or if you have suggestions on how to improve the process ChelCass, jerry walters, JackJones and 8 others 11 Quote
ChelCass Posted Sunday at 09:01 PM Report Posted Sunday at 09:01 PM The thing with Stained Glass is when you are doing such small pieces you will need a glass grinder. I have done many items with small pieces that is the way to go. I also have a glass saw which helps a lot. Yes glass is gotten expensive which is why I save all my scraps. Hawk 1 Quote
rjweb Posted Sunday at 11:11 PM Report Posted Sunday at 11:11 PM It still looks good even with your troubles, RJ Hawk 1 Quote
Hawk Posted Sunday at 11:19 PM Author Report Posted Sunday at 11:19 PM 2 hours ago, ChelCass said: The thing with Stained Glass is when you are doing such small pieces you will need a glass grinder. I have done many items with small pieces that is the way to go. I also have a glass saw which helps a lot. Yes glass is gotten expensive which is why I save all my scraps. I do have a grinder, and it helps. I was looking at the saws, but more than I'm comfortable spending. So I figure I'll see what I can do with the epoxy for now. Always like learning new things ChelCass 1 Quote
Dan Posted Monday at 10:11 AM Report Posted Monday at 10:11 AM I've had success preventing bleeding into the wood by putting two coats of sanding sealer on the wood before pouring the resin. BadBob and Hawk 2 Quote
Scrappile Posted Monday at 02:42 PM Report Posted Monday at 02:42 PM If you get the few bugs worked out, it looks like a real winner. In fact, had I not read your message, It would have been a real winner as is. Like many things, people don't know the bobos if you don't mention them. Hawk and barb.j.enders 1 1 Quote
Hawk Posted Monday at 09:56 PM Author Report Posted Monday at 09:56 PM 11 hours ago, Dan said: I've had success preventing bleeding into the wood by putting two coats of sanding sealer on the wood before pouring the resin. Never considered that, Thanks! I'm trying another one this week this time using hard maple but I do have sanding sealer, so I may put a couple of coats on half of it to see how it does. Very much still in the experiment stages. Quote
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