In this video I used a real quartz crystal to make a silicone rubber mold. Then I poured epoxy resin to make an exact duplicate. I then turned a base out of basswood, to place my little epoxy rock.
I used a plastic container from yogurt in which I hot glued the quartz rock. I then prepared some silicone rubber in which I added a drop of red pigment. I then poured the rubber into the mold and de-gassed in the vacuum chamber.
Next I cut the mold open to remove the crystal.
I then prepared some epoxy resin which I dyed transparent green.
I first degassed the resin itself and then poured it into the mold. I de-gassed again. I should insist on de-gassing more because I still got a few bubbles in the final cast.
I flattened the bottom of the crystal on the belt sander. Then I turned a base on the lathe out of basswood. I carved some decoration on it.
I epoxied the crystal on the base and painted the upper part of the base with latex paint.
And my little fake crystal was ready. I hope you liked my little Kryptonite project, but that was it. See you soon with a new project video.
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