Thanks Mary for trying this! My heat mat does not have a temp gauge. I see some differences I may try to test in a video soon from yours to mine. My tray was way bigger than yours and I thing the shape has something to do with it as well, (granted I had a successful bloom on it before a few months ago though...weird). I used the fast cure 3x and on the 4th try I used the epoxy with a heat gun to keep the viscosity down, still no luck. I did notice on your tray that the middle as well didn't pull in like the sides did. Kind of the same thing mine did but mine was on a larger scale. At least you didn't waste your resin LOL! Yours came out really nice, thanks for trying!!
I watched all her trials. It was sad to see her get so frustrated. It’s so nice of you to try to help her figure the problem out. It shows the kind heart you have
I love the backing color! Good to see what water does in resin! Nice to see artists helping artists! Makes the art community a great place to spend time!
That's so thoughtful of you and help her....I am sure your temperature theory is right and sure it would work for her and anyone else too who wants to try big blooms...thanks a lot dear for sharing your knowledge...it will surely help a lot...love from India... stay blessed.
Michelle, of @glitznglitterbymichelle , used a large rectangular tray, rather than a square or circle. I do know EVERY rectangle shape used for blooms does much the same really weird thing with any bloom, even on the small trinket trays. It's just that on large rect. mold shapes, the effect is greatly exaggerated. I believe SHAPE is the key. I truly do not think it has very much to do with consistent heat, unless the various areas are wildly different from each other. * There IS a possible solution I thought of while watching. I noticed that square shapes will provide a consistent bloom, just as do round, or any symmetrical shape. Therefore, if the two short sides of any rectangle were blocked off with something (clay?) to create a SQUARE (or even a round) shape inside the rectangle where the bloom was to be created (top, bottom, or middle), the results should be a perfect bloom. I, too, watched her 3 attempts feeling so bad for her, that nothing worked!
I haven’t watched Michelle’s tray videos yet, I’ll have to go check them out. I watched her Carousel and pigment paste video last night, that turned out really cute. Julie Cutts tried to do a bloom in her large clock mold a while ago, she attempted it a few times. I’m guessing Michelle had the same issue Julie did.. the resin stopped blooming from about mid to center point? I think you’re right about the heat. Great job figuring that out Mary!❤
Thank you Annette. It took alot of thought and whole bunch of note taking so I wouldn't forget anything, but I did do a test run just for my own sanity🤣🤣🥰🤗
It would be interesting if someone could time lapse a bloom with a thermal camera. Also, doing a bloom with the mold half on the mat and half off and see how that alters things. Thanks for doing this and sharing your thoughts and results!
@@melaber77 I love her channel & watch loyally. What made me take pause was the suggestion to use a thermal camera time lapse! Don’t think that’s been thought of b4 or done yet on YT. I think it would be a really interesting experiment. Especially for the exact scenario Michelle ran into with her tray. I thought possibly it was the large surface area making the resin cure at different temps as it cures from outside edge to inside & that she prefers to pour shallow blooms, causing it to take longer to cure. Wonder if it throws off the curing process in such a large area? Loved ur suggestion Cz that would really get into the niddy gritty of what’s happening. I’m not super tech savy so I don’t know if there’s a thermal camera that does time lapse or not. GR8 Idea!
They definitely have those cameras that you can attach to your phone and use while recording, but they are costly, depending on the model they start at $150 and go up from there. Not sure a 3d bloom is worth all that, but I agree it would be interesting. A little out of my league price wise though😊
MY only concern is that the shape of the rectangular mold might be an issue... since the circular molds the resin will pull in equally from the entire outer edge, whereas the rectangular molds will cause the resin to pull in unequally (and will take longer from the sides than from top and bottom). I hope I'm making sense. LOL. Regardless, I love this experiment and have also been pondering this issue since watching Michelle's attempts!!
I agree that the shape will definitely affect the flow of the resin as well as the temperature control. I think the bigger the pour the greater the temperature variation.
I absolutely agree with the consistent heat. Heat seems to be a key to any bloom. However, do you think it could have something to do with the square mold Michelle was using also? I've been told that resin acts like a "pond with bulkheads" while it's curing. So do you think there could be something to your mold being round as well? BTW, it turned out very nice! And thanks for helping, we've all been trying to figure this out. 😀
I have a rectangle mold now so I will be trying the exact same experiment here soon, so then I can give a solid answer on that question. I do believe that there are a few factors that play into getting this to work and I will figure it out. I have 9 years of experience with working with resin and its been all Lets Resin. Its how I got started with resin. But thank you😊
@@resinmeup I have that large rectangular one too..I've done a lot of trays with it, but I haven't ventured into blooms with it. I'll look forward to watching your video. Thanks so much!
How kind of you, Mary, and clever. I think making the lines on the edges thicker would help,too! (Because that has so much farther to travel than the center lines.)
Very nice Mary, nice work as always, I think you are differently on to something with the heat. And you no longer need to worry about the camouflage chess board ❤
I thought the heat was the issue as well. I also loved that plum. I've been chasing a dusty plum across three different types of craft involving dying.👏😂
@@AlpacaMade thank you. Did you like the plum color alone or when I mixed it with the dark purple? Either way the mica powder is linked in my description box🤗
Lol, rules are never set in stone with resin my dear. It changes all the time with tested experiments like these. All you can tell yourself is...now you know🤣🤣 thank you🤗🥰
@@angeladonohoe1935 If you mean on the dirty pours like I did in this video, its a cool technique and it does work. I've only seen it done with mica powders and have only tried it that. But you can add color to your white even on a normal bloom if you want. It doesn't have to be white, you just have to use white pigment paste as your base. Does that make.sense?
Its actually a reptile mat, I have had if since 2022 and have tried many other mats and end up going back to this one because it can be controlled and the heat is consistent. KABASI Reptile Heating Pad with... www.amazon.com/dp/B09TRMYRWL?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
@resinmeup Thank you so much! I love the silicone drip tray too. I thought it might be part of the mat. It seems the little indents would help distribute the heat more evenly as well. Thanks for the great video. 👍
Well, I just got mine and its doing the same thing, so I went back to my reptile mat. I don't know if the plastic they are using just cant withstand the heating and cooling. Im not sure. Wish I had a quick fix for you.😔🥰
@@yvonne1967roberts yvonne, you are correct, but she couldn't get it to fully bloom all the way. So that's why I tried this experiment to see if it would help.🤗
@@resinmeup yeah I understand that Hun I was just hoping that's what you was trying if I had big mold I would try it I lost all my molds 😭 in a micro bust winds of 75 miles an hr last yr what was not blown away in my storage building was ram sacked by ppl and storage owner didn't realize the back of my building was gone it was 6 days before he told me after the storm so as I can manage to get a few new molds here and there and inks i have a few I've gotten to try and build back my inks and micro powders and molds and resin I think I have 15 molds now an small box of alcohol inks and powders but I love watching your videos I apologize if my comment seemed harsh or rude keep up the great works you do and blessed be
@@yvonne1967roberts awe, I am so sorry to hear that, we just had one of those micro bursts blow through our town in Kansas, winds were 95mph. I've never experienced those before. So was this your home or a rented home? Either way, does Insurance cover the damage and loss? I would think it would, homeowners or rental insurance??? Where abouts do you live?
I've always done this with my blooms to pop bubbles, most do, because if you don't pop them, the powders cant go through them and goes around them and leaves holes in your bloom. 😊
I love your results here but I want to be totally honest with you and say that I don’t think this is a proper way to confirm/prove whether Michelle’s pour was down to heat control or not, simply for 2 reasons: a) the shape of your mould was entirely different, b) you poured your colours in a different shape to the way Michelle did. I think that temperature was definitely part of the reason for the lack of bloom for Michelle but also the fact that the rectangular shape she used meant that the resin from the left and right sides had further to travel to bloom than the resin at the top and bottom of the shape which meant that the work time for the different areas is also different. I definitely think that the amount of white that Michelle uses without measuring the amount of resin, makes all the difference in terms of the blobs of white that drop through but again that’s all about the temperature/thickness of the resin at the time of piping. Just to be clear, I’m not criticising your work in any way because it’s beautiful but I think there’s more to be figured out by doing this experiment again using the same shape as Michelle and also the same pattern she used to pour the colours. When you think what scientists do to test theories, they have to be the same to get statistical analysis but also, it’s an entirely different experiment if you use a round shape or a rectangle! Each area of resin has exactly the same distance to travel in a circle but in a rectangle it’s different. 😊
I appreciate your feedback, but to be fair, in the beginning of the video I did mention that this was an experiment. There are other artists that are struggling with the same issue but in large round molds as well, that's my bad, I should have explained that better in my video. I did mention that I didn't have a rectangle mold, but I am ordering one. As far as the piping goes, I honestly don't think that makes any difference on the design as much as it does on the consistent lines laid down, but I will test it all when I get the mold. I do agree that the more of the white pigment paste you use, the higher your chances are for it just dropping straight to the bottom and adding mica powder to it just adds to the heaviness. I do agree there is much to be determined on this mystery, but at this point, I haven't heard a word from her, so don't know if I will even pursue it any further, I was hoping we could put our thoughts together on it and possibly come up with a solution. Again thank you for your feed back I do appreciate it, and no criticism was taken.🤗🥰
Thanks Mary for trying this! My heat mat does not have a temp gauge. I see some differences I may try to test in a video soon from yours to mine. My tray was way bigger than yours and I thing the shape has something to do with it as well, (granted I had a successful bloom on it before a few months ago though...weird). I used the fast cure 3x and on the 4th try I used the epoxy with a heat gun to keep the viscosity down, still no luck. I did notice on your tray that the middle as well didn't pull in like the sides did. Kind of the same thing mine did but mine was on a larger scale. At least you didn't waste your resin LOL! Yours came out really nice, thanks for trying!!
Your welcome❤
I watched all her trials. It was sad to see her get so frustrated. It’s so nice of you to try to help her figure the problem out. It shows the kind heart you have
Thank you Rosemarie🥰🤗
WOW, that is very pretty. Thanks for sharing your experiment and the results with the resin community.❤🎉
Thank you Edith and your welcome🤗🥰
Oh, I love love love the keychain extras! Super nice!!!
Thank you Jennifer🤗🥰
Thank You for helping her figure this out. For all of us Newbies, its a very good tutorial! Your video was wonderful. Thank You for sharing this!
Thank you Rose🤗🥰 She used my technique tonight in her video and it worked for her and she was happy with the results. Yay!!!
Elephant is a great idea to show the glazed colors!
And the mat placement is working excellent on keeping in frame! Love when things come together ❤️!
Thank you Jennifer🤗🥰
This came out beautifully 😍 Consistent heat sounds like the key. ❤Gail
Thank you Gail🥰🤗
Great experiment! Very informative. Thank you very much. The plate is so pretty. ❤❤❤
Thank you Vonelle🤗🥰
I love the backing color! Good to see what water does in resin!
Nice to see artists helping artists! Makes the art community a great place to spend time!
Thank you Jennifer🤗🥰
Beautiful Bloom love how this bloomed now you put my brains on work 😂 I have go see Michelle video to see the issue ❤😊.
Shalina, thank you so much🤗🥰. Its definitely a brain teaser for sure. 😊
That's so thoughtful of you and help her....I am sure your temperature theory is right and sure it would work for her and anyone else too who wants to try big blooms...thanks a lot dear for sharing your knowledge...it will surely help a lot...love from India... stay blessed.
@@salonigandhi1608 thank you Saloni🥰🤗
I think you figured it out! I hope Michelle sees this.
@@MrsLisaCrow thank you Lisa🥰🤗
I watched all of those that Michelle did.I do believe you are correct about the heat.Being the controlling factor and this turned out beautiful ❤
@@cherylabrams7590 thank you Cheryl🥰🤗
Wow blooming mad 😍 that was very informative and very well executed thank you 🙏 ❤❤❤❤
Thank you and your welcome🥰🤗
Michelle, of @glitznglitterbymichelle , used a large rectangular tray, rather than a square or circle.
I do know EVERY rectangle shape used for blooms does much the same really weird thing with any bloom, even on the small trinket trays. It's just that on large rect. mold shapes, the effect is greatly exaggerated.
I believe SHAPE is the key. I truly do not think it has very much to do with consistent heat, unless the various areas are wildly different from each other.
* There IS a possible solution I thought of while watching. I noticed that square shapes will provide a consistent bloom, just as do round, or any symmetrical shape. Therefore, if the two short sides of any rectangle were blocked off with something (clay?) to create a SQUARE (or even a round) shape inside the rectangle where the bloom was to be created (top, bottom, or middle), the results should be a perfect bloom.
I, too, watched her 3 attempts feeling so bad for her, that nothing worked!
I haven’t watched Michelle’s tray videos yet, I’ll have to go check them out. I watched her Carousel and pigment paste video last night, that turned out really cute. Julie Cutts tried to do a bloom in her large clock mold a while ago, she attempted it a few times. I’m guessing Michelle had the same issue Julie did.. the resin stopped blooming from about mid to center point? I think you’re right about the heat. Great job figuring that out Mary!❤
Thank you Annette. It took alot of thought and whole bunch of note taking so I wouldn't forget anything, but I did do a test run just for my own sanity🤣🤣🥰🤗
Viewing from the caribbean your bloom came out beautiful mary i hope michelle tries this
@@josetteforde6817 thank you Josette🥰🤗
I agree with you Mary, I do think that is the problem. You are awesome for helping find the issue and a resolution as well!! -Beverly
Thank you Beverly🥰🤗
I think your experiment worked. I think your temperature experiment is exactly correct. Love it!!!
@@Debbles216 thank you Deb🥰🤗
Hello from Nova Scotia I really enjoyed your video❤❤❤
Thank you Geneva🥰🤗
Beautiful! 😮 We live and we learn
Great tutorial! 😊
Thank you Mari,🥰🤗
Beautiful outcome and a great idea. ❤
Thank you Kathy🤗🥰
Gorgeous ❤❤❤. Ty for sharing all your knowledge and info that was so helpful of you to do ❤❤❤
Thank you🥰🤗
Beautiful piece. Nicely executed 🧡🧡
@@maddieadams75 thank you Maddie🥰🤗
It would be interesting if someone could time lapse a bloom with a thermal camera. Also, doing a bloom with the mold half on the mat and half off and see how that alters things. Thanks for doing this and sharing your thoughts and results!
That’s a smart idea😊
Check out Petra Gebracht, she does time lapses on many of her blooms, and she makes beautiful pieces.
@@melaber77 I love her channel & watch loyally. What made me take pause was the suggestion to use a thermal camera time lapse!
Don’t think that’s been thought of b4 or done yet on YT. I think it would be a really interesting experiment. Especially for the exact scenario Michelle ran into with her tray. I thought possibly it was the large surface area making the resin cure at different temps as it cures from outside edge to inside & that she prefers to pour shallow blooms, causing it to take longer to cure. Wonder if it throws off the curing process in such a large area?
Loved ur suggestion Cz that would really get into the niddy gritty of what’s happening. I’m not super tech savy so I don’t know if there’s a thermal camera that does time lapse or not. GR8 Idea!
They definitely have those cameras that you can attach to your phone and use while recording, but they are costly, depending on the model they start at $150 and go up from there.
Not sure a 3d bloom is worth all that, but I agree it would be interesting. A little out of my league price wise though😊
I think he was meaning doing a time lapse with a thermal imaging camera. They show where hot and cold spots are.😊
Very nice Mary, that was awsome.😊
Thank you Laura🥰🤗
Thank you so much for this video. I felt awful for Michelle when she couldn't get the large tray bloom to work. This piece turned out beautiful
@@HelenHywater thank you Helen and your welcome🥰🤗
MY only concern is that the shape of the rectangular mold might be an issue... since the circular molds the resin will pull in equally from the entire outer edge, whereas the rectangular molds will cause the resin to pull in unequally (and will take longer from the sides than from top and bottom). I hope I'm making sense. LOL. Regardless, I love this experiment and have also been pondering this issue since watching Michelle's attempts!!
I agree that the shape will definitely affect the flow of the resin as well as the temperature control. I think the bigger the pour the greater the temperature variation.
Thank you Jennifer and it does make sense, I wish I had a rectangle mold to test this theory. 🤗🥰
I do agree with that 100%
I absolutely agree with the consistent heat. Heat seems to be a key to any bloom. However, do you think it could have something to do with the square mold Michelle was using also? I've been told that resin acts like a "pond with bulkheads" while it's curing. So do you think there could be something to your mold being round as well? BTW, it turned out very nice! And thanks for helping, we've all been trying to figure this out. 😀
I have a rectangle mold now so I will be trying the exact same experiment here soon, so then I can give a solid answer on that question. I do believe that there are a few factors that play into getting this to work and I will figure it out. I have 9 years of experience with working with resin and its been all Lets Resin. Its how I got started with resin. But thank you😊
@@resinmeup I have that large rectangular one too..I've done a lot of trays with it, but I haven't ventured into blooms with it. I'll look forward to watching your video. Thanks so much!
How kind of you, Mary, and clever. I think making the lines on the edges thicker would help,too! (Because that has so much farther to travel than the center lines.)
I think you are right about that too🥰🤗
Very nice Mary, nice work as always, I think you are differently on to something with the heat.
And you no longer need to worry about the camouflage chess board ❤
@@embraceyourchaos thank you Kimberly. Awe, Did you attempt it yourself? I make one anyway since I gathered some stuff to make one. 🥰🤗
@resinmeup yes I did. I'm inpatient like that, lol. I can't wait to see what you come up with. You have such great ideas.
I love this video, Michelle did use powder colors but it shouldn't make a difference, the heat issue gets my vote. 🎉
Thank you Tami🥰🤗
Yay love it. ❤❤❤
Thank you Carol🤗🥰
I thought the heat was the issue as well. I also loved that plum. I've been chasing a dusty plum across three different types of craft involving dying.👏😂
@@AlpacaMade thank you. Did you like the plum color alone or when I mixed it with the dark purple? Either way the mica powder is linked in my description box🤗
@resinmeup I liked both but the first, I liked best. I'll pop up to the description box and grab the link, thanks😉👍
I agree with you and everyone else that temperature is the key. I think you proved that, because I believe the tacky part came from the ~108° corner.
Thank you Carolyn🥰🤗
Heh heh looks like my hair this morning. 😂
Lol, crazy hair, don't care🤣🤣🤣
That's the answer! And I love the extras! 🫶🏻
Thank you Lore🤗🥰
I thought you weren’t supposed to use a heat mat until it was done blooming. Well, that went out the door, it turned out great!
Lol, rules are never set in stone with resin my dear. It changes all the time with tested experiments like these. All you can tell yourself is...now you know🤣🤣 thank you🤗🥰
Stunning! ❤ I think you might be on to something 😊
Thank you🥰🤗
So by putting the white in with the colours makes it bloom better as well?
@@angeladonohoe1935 If you mean on the dirty pours like I did in this video, its a cool technique and it does work. I've only seen it done with mica powders and have only tried it that. But you can add color to your white even on a normal bloom if you want. It doesn't have to be white, you just have to use white pigment paste as your base. Does that make.sense?
Can you tell me where you got this silicone heating mat?
Its actually a reptile mat, I have had if since 2022 and have tried many other mats and end up going back to this one because it can be controlled and the heat is consistent.
KABASI Reptile Heating Pad with... www.amazon.com/dp/B09TRMYRWL?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
@resinmeup Thank you so much! I love the silicone drip tray too. I thought it might be part of the mat. It seems the little indents would help distribute the heat more evenly as well. Thanks for the great video. 👍
what is the white stuff you were using?
@@Kanaketsu two things...pigment paste and alcohol ink mixed.
My eat mat from lets resin has all buckled! Do have any advice to fix this?
Well, I just got mine and its doing the same thing, so I went back to my reptile mat. I don't know if the plastic they are using just cant withstand the heating and cooling. Im not sure. Wish I had a quick fix for you.😔🥰
@@resinmeup ok thanks for that, guess I need to get a reptile mat!
Collect your hair in a pony tail :) because it is in the way of viewing perfectly your steps.
Actually my hair was in a ponytail. Sorry.
@@resinmeupno no. No offence😂. The top of the hair. All is good❤
She was trying to do 3blooms in her tray
@@yvonne1967roberts yvonne, you are correct, but she couldn't get it to fully bloom all the way. So that's why I tried this experiment to see if it would help.🤗
@@resinmeup yeah I understand that Hun I was just hoping that's what you was trying if I had big mold I would try it I lost all my molds 😭 in a micro bust winds of 75 miles an hr last yr what was not blown away in my storage building was ram sacked by ppl and storage owner didn't realize the back of my building was gone it was 6 days before he told me after the storm so as I can manage to get a few new molds here and there and inks i have a few I've gotten to try and build back my inks and micro powders and molds and resin I think I have 15 molds now an small box of alcohol inks and powders but I love watching your videos I apologize if my comment seemed harsh or rude keep up the great works you do and blessed be
@@yvonne1967roberts awe, I am so sorry to hear that, we just had one of those micro bursts blow through our town in Kansas, winds were 95mph. I've never experienced those before.
So was this your home or a rented home? Either way, does Insurance cover the damage and loss? I would think it would, homeowners or rental insurance???
Where abouts do you live?
no need to torch the back?
I've always done this with my blooms to pop bubbles, most do, because if you don't pop them, the powders cant go through them and goes around them and leaves holes in your bloom. 😊
I love your results here but I want to be totally honest with you and say that I don’t think this is a proper way to confirm/prove whether Michelle’s pour was down to heat control or not, simply for 2 reasons: a) the shape of your mould was entirely different, b) you poured your colours in a different shape to the way Michelle did. I think that temperature was definitely part of the reason for the lack of bloom for Michelle but also the fact that the rectangular shape she used meant that the resin from the left and right sides had further to travel to bloom than the resin at the top and bottom of the shape which meant that the work time for the different areas is also different.
I definitely think that the amount of white that Michelle uses without measuring the amount of resin, makes all the difference in terms of the blobs of white that drop through but again that’s all about the temperature/thickness of the resin at the time of piping.
Just to be clear, I’m not criticising your work in any way because it’s beautiful but I think there’s more to be figured out by doing this experiment again using the same shape as Michelle and also the same pattern she used to pour the colours. When you think what scientists do to test theories, they have to be the same to get statistical analysis but also, it’s an entirely different experiment if you use a round shape or a rectangle! Each area of resin has exactly the same distance to travel in a circle but in a rectangle it’s different. 😊
I appreciate your feedback, but to be fair, in the beginning of the video I did mention that this was an experiment.
There are other artists that are struggling with the same issue but in large round molds as well, that's my bad, I should have explained that better in my video. I did mention that I didn't have a rectangle mold, but I am ordering one.
As far as the piping goes, I honestly don't think that makes any difference on the design as much as it does on the consistent lines laid down, but I will test it all when I get the mold. I do agree that the more of the white pigment paste you use, the higher your chances are for it just dropping straight to the bottom and adding mica powder to it just adds to the heaviness. I do agree there is much to be determined on this mystery, but at this point, I haven't heard a word from her, so don't know if I will even pursue it any further, I was hoping we could put our thoughts together on it and possibly come up with a solution. Again thank you for your feed back I do appreciate it, and no criticism was taken.🤗🥰
But it didn’t “bloom”. ????
It didn't???????