Let’s know some important materials and tools you need to make your first item!
1. Chulimare Resin : super high quality UV-LED Resin (MUST HAVE)
These series of Chulimare resin are Jewel Resin and Melon Resin. They both curing easily and fast with a shiny touch finished, high transperency and resist to yellowish! Plus, Melon resin have such a nice odor, aside the quality mention above, It have slightly sweet smell of melon!! This’s friendly to new beginner or pro users literally!
>> Learn more about How’s different of Jewel and Melon Resin at ..
2. UV-LED lamps (or in a name : LED nail lamps) (MUST HAVE)
UV-LED resin is a single component, no mixing require but they have to exposed to UV lights such as sunlight or using LED nail lamps instead. UV-LED lamps can harden UV-LED resin within 5 minutes and you can choose various of LED lamps amoung the market. And all you need are UV-LED lamp with power range 6W-90W.
>> Read more about how to choose UV-LED lamps here :
3.Tweezers , Silicone brushes, Ice cream stick, wood sticks , meatball sticks (MUST HAVE)
These are basic tools to work with many types of craft, Tweezers to clamp all small materials . Wood sticks, ice cream sticks and meatball sticks to stir resin with colorants or glitters etc,. and last I recommend to use are silicone brushes. These brush heads are silicone meant they won’t stick to resin and easily wash them out with alcohol, acetone or nail remover , More over, how soft of them help you to work with weaky materials like dried flowers, compressed flowers .
>> watch to learn how silicone brushed works! here
4. Silicone molds (optional)
Silicone molds is way of creativity , pleasure and simple to work with UV-LED resin, You can buy as you want to but aware of silicone mold color, since as UV-LED resin need to exposed to UV light, the mold need clear color to let the light on. but if you want to make a piece in colour molds, just layer it and completely dry it by unmold your objects, flip it back and expose to UV light. To get the beautiful and shiny resin pieces, Melon resin from Chulimare is the one of best choice to use. Melon resin can completely dry so fast, literally.
5. Dried flowers, glitters.. jewelry accesory parts materials (optional)
You can any materials to work with UV resin, all they need to be solid and dry stuffs. You can find plenty dainty flowers, glitters, parts in nearby marketplace. Last, This’s my warm warning. These beautiful materials can drain out your money :)
6. pliers (optional)
Pliers are tools you need to work with accesories parts, one thing to consider when buying pliers for handcraft, they have rusty free materials.
7. silicone pads, Resin tape (optional)
It’s better to do resin craft on silicone pads, You can craft UV resin, epoxy resin , glue, paint or clay works with these mat. They can be easily peeled off after curing, which can protect your desk from heat, scratches, burns, etc., freeing you from worries and making your creative production work easier. Great tool for resin accessories and other DIY crafts. Durable and stable, not easy to deform or tear.
8. Electric hand drill
This one is super useful handy tool for all crafters. It can use for cutting, grinding, sanding and drilling small solid objects (not for heavy duty project). Most of electric hand drill can adjust rotary speed which makes it easier to adjust to a suitable speed to meet the power demand in different scenarios and they can change accessories to fit your job. (Please make sure the bits are fixed in the rotary tool every time).
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