Dvd Mosaic High Gloss Resin Tray

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DVD Mosaic High Gloss Resin Tray
I dearest the reflective shine of a DVD. I guide maintain been fascinated yesteryear them since I was inwards ninth bird as well as my dad bought a estimator amongst a CD rom. I know, right!? It was high tech, CD's. Since as well as thence we've watched tech come upwards as well as go. DVD's are basically out now, right? Do y'all withal purpose DVD's? We used to dorsum upwards our computer, but thence much tin simply hold out done on dorsum upwards drives or on a cloud...so DVD's sit, useless inwards a pile. Let's purpose them for this awesome craft!
Isn't this mosaic tray incredible! It's thence shiny as well as sparkly!

You volition need:
Tray (mine is 8 yesteryear eighteen inches)
DVD's (I used ix or 10)
Hot Glue/gun
Envirotex Lite High Gloss
Scissors

Start yesteryear cutting your DVD's inwards one-half amongst some rigid pair of scissors or clippers.
DVD's guide maintain 2 layers amongst the metallic element foil inwards betwixt the layers. Gently pry them apart amongst your fingers.

Then cutting the halves thence they are inwards piffling pieces amongst the shiny rainbow metallic element side up. Try non to deportment upon the shiny metallic element surface every bit it volition larn out finger prints.

Then hot gum each slice on the within of the tray. Cut pieces to fill upwards spaces.

It takes a lot to a greater extent than DVD's than y'all intend it volition take. I had my kids approximate how many disks I used as well as they guessed 3. I used ix for my eighteen yesteryear 8" tray.

The empty spaces betwixt the tiles await similar grout, thence effort to croak along a uniform spacing closed to all the piffling "tiles".

Now, I caput out to the garage, but larn somewhere that volition hold out undisturbed for 24 hours.
You volition require the EnviroTex Lite High Gloss Finish. I used 8 oz.
Read the directions carefully as well as follow it exactly. This is a 1 to 1 ratio. It needs to hold out mixed inwards 1 loving cup for 2 minutes as well as and thence poured into a 2nd loving cup amongst a unlike stirring stick as well as and thence mixed for some other minute.

Then pour the high gloss inwards the tray. Gently motion the tray closed to thence the resin fills the base of operations of the tray all the agency to the corners.

Instantly in that place are bubbles forming. Cover amongst a board as well as hold off xx minutes.

Then purpose a oestrus gun on depression oestrus as well as gently blow over the tray, it volition straight off popular the bubbles.

Cover amongst the board in 1 lawsuit to a greater extent than to preclude dust from settling on the surface of the resin. Then hold off 24 hours. This is the difficult part.

My tray has close a 1/4" thick glossy resin coating all the tile pieces. Nothing but a smooth, wonderful texture--and thence shiny! Be careful walking exterior amongst this blinding piece!

I dearest the make of rainbow colors it shows. By simply moving slightly the colors change.

Isn't it simply the best? I know, I dearest it! Perfect for the entry tabular array every bit a choose guide maintain of all. Great for serving meals on. Perfect for habitation decor!
Cool textured vases are from Oriental Trading!