Retro Craft: Vintage Resin Lucite Grapes Diy
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
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Retro Craft: Vintage Resin Lucite Grapes DIY
Are yous familiar amongst Resin Grapes? In the 50's this is what the women liked making...it's fun to run across bunches of grapes inwards older ladies homes. Commonly called Lucite grapes. I decided it was the perfect arts and crafts to revive as well as brand a bunch for myself. My woman nurture inwards police has a laid of majestic resin grapes, but I decided to instruct amongst shades of bluish as well as green. I'm obsessed amongst blue. If yous can't already tell!
Supplies Needed:
- 18 Glass Ornaments (preferably clear)
- Blue as well as Green Translucent Dye
- Mixing Cups, Stirring Sticks, Disposable Gloves
- 16 Gauge soft Wire
- 12 inch Tree Branch
- Wire cutters/Pliers
- Egg Carton
- Drill flake to check the wire as well as Drill
DIRECTIONS
Begin past times pulling the ornamentation hardware out of the ornaments. Place them amongst the openings upwards inwards the egg carton tray. I used ornaments that get got a metallic element leafing within the glass…so when I peeled my drinking glass off, some of the silvery leafing stayed behind.
Use clear drinking glass if yous don’t similar the silvery effect. Spray 1 spritz of mold unloose within each ornamentation as well as operate it merely about the inside.
Fill 1 ornamentation amongst H2O as well as pour it out into a measured cup…that volition permit yous know how much liquid each ball holds. Mine were merely over 1 ounce each. I mixed upwards almost vi ounces of resin at a fourth dimension therefore I could mix a multifariousness of colors. Mix the resin according to the packet directions. 1 purpose of resin as well as 1 purpose of the hardener, mix gently for two minutes. Then pour the mixed resin into a 2nd loving cup as well as job a novel stick to stir for 1 to a greater extent than minute.
Next, add together a few drops of greenish as well as 1 or two of blue. I did some mixes darker as well as some lighter…some to a greater extent than greenish as well as some to a greater extent than blue. The multifariousness of the colors inwards my bunch of grapes is surprisingly pleasing. Mix the color inwards thoroughly earlier pouring.
After mixing, carefully pour the resin into each ornament. Then pour piece of cake as well as endeavor to instruct the resin all the means total inwards the ball but non inwards the cervix part…or it volition accept the grinder to take away them later.
Continue filling the ornaments amongst colored resin inwards the same fashion. Then permit them sit down undisturbed for 24 hours. I mixed resin several times to fill upwards all eighteen ornaments, using nearly all the 32 ounce box.
The side past times side solar daytime clank two ornaments together deep within a box. Again: vesture gloves, some oculus protection as well as operate exterior or inwards a garage. The drinking glass these ornaments volition shatter into shards every bit pictured below.
By hitting the ornaments into themselves, they pause as well as the drinking glass peels off significantly easier. Although, I had a few tough spots that I had to scrape amongst a modest spatula. Then construct clean them all inwards warm, soapy water.
See how much silvery leafing stayed behind every bit a result? Regardless, I did non know this would occur until I tried it…but I dearest the consequence too!
Next, I sent my boy out to the garage to sand off the nubs as well as drill a 1 inch hole inwards each ball for vi inches of wire. Then force inwards some wire as well as and then add together a yoke drops of super glue.
Then force a wire through the hole as well as wrap the remaining wire tightly merely about the branch.
Now, drill holes every bit needed as well as hold out on adding resin balls. Ultimately, tuck the wire merely about the grapes every bit yous work.
Next, fill upwards inwards gaps besides past times adding colorful resin balls. Keep the resin grapes every bit unopen to the stick every bit possible at the destination as well as gradually farther away every bit yous operate your means up…giving it an plainly distinct grape cluster look.
The arrive at of colors is uniquely stunning–I dearest the brilliant pops of aqua! Awesome, right?! It's similar a fourth dimension machine taking yous dorsum to the 1950's! I dearest reviving fun vintage crafts.
