After cracking two finished pieces while cleaning off the excess resin from the underside, I decided to rethink the process of dealing with the resin seepage. Clearly the backer glass I’m using is prone to flexing, and I’m putting too much muscle into the scraping. I decided to try to avoid having to do so much scraping in the future by taping the undersides of the edges of the next piece. I also experimented with some resin pigment, as it looks like my favorite source of coloring has been discontinued by Michaels. I even wrote to their customer service department with a desperate plea, only to be informed that there was no more and would be no more. Oh well…..
Overall, the tape seemed to help quite a bit, though this one is still too tacky to completely examine. Today was spent getting the next glass out of its frame to try another seahorse.
