(ghostly sound) (keyboard click) What's that? (ghostly sound) (keyboard clicks) (loud typing noise) (screaming) And then we can pop up, "Hey
guys, we're Evan & Katelyn." Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Boop. Hey guys we are,
Evan and Katelyn and we own a lot of
mechanical keyboards. And they were our gateway
into custom keycaps. I got this for Katelyn a
year ago for her birthday and then I very
generously bought one, two, three, four five for myself,
for my own birthday. No, six, seven. Those were for you too and then they were the rejects, which you gave to me. Ooh. Anyways, today we're
each gonna be making our own various
special resin keycap. And we've been wanting
to do this idea for months, maybe even a year For even longer than you
guys have been requesting it in the comments. We even bought a
set of keycap molds that has been sitting
on our shelves waiting for this very moment until we realized that we're not even
gonna use these because we did a test piece. And the test piece ended
up being kind of short. I mean, technically, it's
the size of a typical key but not the height of most of the resin
key caps we've bought which are extra tall to
fit all the cool stuff. Yeah, we wanna to put
some cool stuff in there. I wanna put an entire planet in this keycap. I wanna put Joob. We need space. So we're gonna have to
make our own custom mold. Yeah, and instead of
using the poury silicone that takes a long time. We're gonna go with
the really quick stuff where we just smashed
to pieces together, which takes 20 minutes. That's what I'm talking about. That's what I'm talking about. (laughter) (suspenseful music) So Evan has
volunteered my key cap to be the sacrificial one we
use for the silicone mold. Mine's part of a set. Yeah. And mine are limited edition. And these, I think we
can buy another one. (laughter) Call me out like that (laughs) Boop. Just need to make sure that you're super precise
about quantities I think. KATELYN: I think this
is pretty close in size. EVAN: Yeah. I smash. EVAN: I smash. KATELYN: This is my best part. Also, you only have, 20 minutes? Two to three minutes
of work time. Oh, Oh, Oh That's okay, that's
okay, it's okay. I'm almost done. Okay. Please don't panic. It's too early for a panic. Too early in the project? Yeah. Because it's 7:12 at night. So I feel like it's a little
late enough to panic for sure. Oh, is that a cat hair? (chuckling) We're in the garage. She's rarely out here. It's cause it's from me. Oh yeah. Okay, I think I gotta go though. That's pretty dang smooth. Let's do it. EVAN: Oh, that
looks like an egg. It does. I wonder if it can cook resin. If it can cook resin? (laughter) Yeah, opposite of the last one. (laughter) Can this egg cook resin? Are you ready? Yes, yes, yes. That's satisfying. It's like a hat. Oh and then you should level it at a flat surface on the bottom. Oh yeah. Is it flat? We can maybe balance it later as long as there's
a flat surface that we could level. (laughter) That's not gonna work. Oh, its not. (laughter) Okay, yeah. I'll hope that its level enough. Yeah, I think the working time is like probably done anyways. So we'll just have dinner come back and see
how your egg did. Yeah. (funny sounds) Okay. Should I try to
pop this out first? EVAN: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh yeah, ooh, it popped. KATELYN: It popped, okay. Look. EVAN: It looks perfect. Let's see, lets see. Are there any cracks
or anything in there? Oh yeah. Oh no. Oh, big cracks, big cracks on all the outer
corners right here. EVAN: That's so strange. Maybe it's because
we took just a blob and we squished it over and the corners are where
it had to recompress. That's weird. Yeah, that's not usable. No, it's not usable at all. Not at all. Dang it, dang it, dang it. Can I try? Yeah, sure. So what are you
gonna do differently? Push in more. Just really try to like, I don't know. I actually honestly panicked cause I realized that it had been over two
minutes of mixing and I know it doesn't have
that long of a working time. So mine is not gonna have
any flat bottom or anything. I kind of did it all in a panic. (laughter) I thought I was gonna
have more of a plan. All right. Let's see if this worked. Good thing that there's a few holes to COMPUTER VOICE:
Let resin escape. Oh, yeah. EVAN: Whoa. KATELYN: Ooh. That really dented it. Is it because it's too thick? Is it because this was
sealed against the bottom? What? I don't know. EVAN: Oh man. Mine is not that dentable right? Oh, mine is. What? Did this expire? Is it too cold out here? It's not that cold. EVAN: No, I'm
leaving fingerprints. No, that's wrong. No, that's wrong. It does say, that if it's cold it may
take 30 to 40 minutes. It's 72 degrees in this garage and this has been going
for like two hours. I haven't given up yet. I'm not giving up on you. So you've been out here for the past like 20
minutes heat gunning it. By heat gunning I mean, you sat the heat gun here, I came in to check on you and first I was startled because the heat gun was
going and you were invisible. And then I hear, "Hey Katelyn," from the other
side of the garage and you scared the
crap out of me. I was planning for alternatives. I'll tell you about it later. Okay EVAN: So good news. So you see that big
dent right there, so that was just
from a light scratch. Now, I can definitely
drag it along and it's better. So it was the heat. It was the heat. So let's pop this out and let's- Whoa, whoa. Oh no. KATELYN: Oh, still the
cracks in the corners. EVAN: Okay, so for
something this long and tall we just weren't able
to make it work. What do we do? Should we just make a
normal silicone mold. Maybe that's just- we tried to save time. Sometimes you try to save
time and you waste time. Check this out, I did a little like planning. The hole at the bottom just happens to
be the exact size as a toothpick. You can just perfectly lower
it down into the silicone and make a really easy mold. God, dang it. EVAN: It's solid. I just wanna make the mold by the end of the night
before it's tomorrow. It's 11:30. I just want a mold. Oh. Poopy, poopy. Poopy, poopy. Go ahead and start, recording in case
anything else goes wrong? (upbeat music) EVAN: Hopefully, pouring it out will remove some of the bubbles. KATELYN: I hope so. I mean, we have
the vacuum chamber but I never get it
ready or prepared. Yeah and it's all right.
Before we need it. Our 15 minutes is already going. It's fine. It could totally be fine. (upbeat music) KATELYN: Careful. EVAN: A little bit more. KATELYN: That looks
pretty even to me. EVAN: That looks pretty good. KATELYN: I would
say don't touch it. EVAN: I'm gonna leave it. KATELYN: Let it settle. Okay a little bit more. I think, I think that's it. Oh, look at that. Look at that. So flush. KATELYN: So flush. And great news too. Great, great, great news. This cures in 75 minutes. So we don't have to
wait a whole day. We'll see you guys
in 75 minutes. Gosh, I hope these work. And turn the heat in here. Yeah. It's getting hot in here. So all your molds would cure. I am getting so hot. I wanna- sorry, go ahead. Please, molds cure. Yeah. (laughter) (ticking) I certainly hope that
these molds work. This is a little
hard to get into. Oh, no. Bubbles. I mean, we have
the vacuum chamber. You know it's fine. It could totally be fine. Maybe for some
reason, miraculously- Yours is perfect and then we just both use yours. Yeah. Ooh. KATELYN: Even more bubbles. Curses. We could do what we should
have done from the beginning and use the vacuum. Honestly, if we have to do that, we're just cutting this scene, because like the trials and
tribulations are too long. Katelyn, but I wanna
show the people what this is really like. We need to try to
show the truth, even though it's painful. We're like 10 minutes
into this video and we haven't
done any resin yet and I just wanna
get to the resin. (laughter) (upbeat music) KATELYN: There it goes. EVAN: Oh, it is expanding
a lot this time. (upbeat music) Definitely thicker. KATELYN: I'll admit the footage I'm
getting is impeccable. As long as our viewers are getting the highest
quality possible. Your turn. I'm still getting
bubbles raising on mine. I'm still worried. If this one doesn't work, the bubbles will be a feature. The bubbles will be a
star spangled galaxy orb. The bubbles could be stars. Maybe the bubbles are the stars. They're the stars of the show. Maybe after this it's gonna
be a trend and everyone is gonna be doing
keycaps with bubbles. Oh, that's our timer. All right, that's it. KATELYN: Okay. Really doesn't wanna come loose. And I have stubby fingers so I'm gonna hurt my nails. Here we go. Oh, look at that. KATELYN: There's one
minor bubble on the side but I'm cool with it. EVAN: I'm cool with it. That looks beautiful. KATELYN: Nicem two for two. EVAN: There's a slight
imperfection that side. I'm cool with it. I'm cool with it. At this point- One thing that almost
always trips us up with silicone molds. Bubbles. So I thought maybe we should learn a
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try something new that we've never done before. Cause I am. We're gonna make some embeds. Yeah. For our resin keys. You looked confused
for a second there-- It's been such a journey and I didn't know where
you're going with it. It's finally time
for the fun part. You haven't been having fun? Anyways, I see you have
for some samples there. Yeah, so let me explain
my vision first. Don't give it away
by this glorious art. Let me explain my vision. EVAN: Okay, okay, okay. So we wanna do a pair
of space themed key caps and for mine, I of course wanted to include
the Supurrvisor as well. So I thought I do
Supurrvisor in space in a keycap. So that means I'm gonna have
to mold her out of clay. I did a few practices and
it's not going super well. Let me show you the
evolution we have. One, two and three, and I will say, this one was done with
just my fingers, no tools. This one was done by
fingers and a tweezer and this one was also
fingers and a tweezer. So, you can see my
impeccable skills, but it did improve
slightly by this last one. Like, it kind of looks
like Joob in a space suit. Also, to mold this, I use old clay. This old clay that is unlabeled and we just had
in our craft stuff and I thought it'd
be smart to bake it. Figured out the timing,
the temperature, we looked up some
some common ones. The way you're saying this, I think I'm guessing
that it didn't go well. KATELYN: It melted. EVAN: Oh my god. KATELYN: It melted
into a puddle. EVAN: Oh my god. KATELYN: This was a ball and it melted- Oh, it's still kind of usable. So I guess this is not
the type of clay you bake. That hardens, oh my gosh. So we got some oven baked clay. And so, I just picked
that up just in case while I was getting
those supplies. I picked it up as a
just-in-case measure. I know, I know. We're very lucky. I'm also glad I didn't
spend like hours on the perfect little embed, and then melted
it into a puddle. I don't think I'd be able
to handle that emotionally after how this project
has gone so far. Crisis averted hopefully and now it should
all go smoothly. Also like, look at these
heckin' cute tools. KATELYN: I know EVAN: They're like bull
silicone little like Doobly dops Let's see if they help me. Yeah. So this is gonna be her body. With something this tiny, it's almost better
to like carve in to a single blob then try to attach
multiple blobs. Technical terms in
the clay community. Are you part of the
clay community now? I am now. EVAN: I don't
understand what is what but I'm sure it'll
come together. I'm sure it'll come together. KATELYN: Yeah, this
is gonna be her arm. EVAN: Oh, I see the arm. Cute stubby arms. (techno music) It looks like a
poopy on the head. KATELYN: It'll look like an
ear when there's two of them. EVAN: It'll look
like two poopies. KATELYN: No, its
got two poopies. EVAN: Okay, cat ear, cat ear. I see it now. (techno music) Let's bake it bebe. Please don't melt. Please don't melt. (techno music) It didn't melt, now it's time to paint. I'm a little bit nervous but I'm gonna do my best. (techno music) So cute. It's so cute. Here's her little, her little tail. I think like she looks
like she's in a space suit. Yeah, definitely. I think that the shiny
silver helps a ton. All right. My turn for the my embed. Yes. So I definitely
went through a phase where I just painted a
whole bunch of planets. Today, I'm gonna
pay tribute to that by making a tiny little planet, doing an acrylic pour over it, and then embedding that
inside of the keycap. I'm gonna take
some ball bearings and I'm gonna scuff
them up a little bit because I want the
paint to stick. And then I'm gonna take a
little dab of hot glue, whoop, and then I'm gonna
take some flow acrylic. A little bit of- Oh, you're gonna add brown? Oh, oh, should I not? You could do brown if you want. It's just brave. It's a brave move. Maybe I'll do brown
for like the last one. I have a few of these prepared. Ooh, check it out, check it out. Just so they mix a bit. Okay. Now, I'm just gonna dip it. Ooh, I think that might
end up looking cool. Oh, that's so cool. That looks like a tiny marble. EVAN: Yeah, that worked
out surprisingly well. Wow, wow. Do you have different
sized ball-bearings. Could you fit multiple? Could you have like
a whole solar system? Am I getting carried away? (laughter) I do have multiple balls. Tiny ball going in. KATELYN: Oh, cute. EVAN: Let it dry. I'm just gonna go
ahead and dip a few in. KATELYN: Yeah like try
some different colors or something. Oh, I like this color scheme. Oh, okay. And it's already done. You're not gonna do the brown? (laughing) Okay, I'll do one brown. Now, that's a very green one. If you wanted to with the brown, you could like dip a toothpick and just dot it on, as like little land masses. (gasping) (sobbing) Oh no. Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, no my nice pants. KATELYN: Oh, baby. Brown was a bad idea. Brown is always a bad idea. (vocalizing show break) Anyways, look at how beautiful these little planets came out. There's the little
one and the big one with a little patch of brown. I knew it works. It works. After that went so smoothly. What could ever go
wrong with resin time. ♪ Resin time ♪ ♪ Resin time ♪ ♪ Do do do ♪ Are you starting
or I'm I starting. I'm sorry guys. For we have resined
without you guys. KATELYN: We resined for
like three hours last night without you. But our intentions were so good. We just wanted to do
a really quick test to see if the UV
resin would work with this opaque mold that was so deep. We have done UV resin and opaque molds before
but shallow ones. Our theory was if we do a thin layer at a time cure it from the top it should work. Yeah. Well guess what? It didn't work. Didn't work. We just kept failing EVAN: Each layer, like
barely bonded to the next And failing. EVAN: We tried letting
it cure from longer from a farther distance. And failing. To totally be laminated. Just like the
others and failing. EVAN: Oh, it's juicy. And failing. EVAN: I tried just
curing one layer. And even that didn't work. It got like all weird
and warpy and stuff. The whole reason we
were using UV resin was to save time
because typically it is faster than
using 2 part epoxy But as they say, Sometimes you try to save
time and you waste time. I said that. Yeah, yeah that was you. We can just change the whole
title of this video to that. Yeah, basically, yeah. So after all of these
failed UV resin attempts, we poured a 2 part epoxy one and it's been curing overnight so now we will demold it and hopefully that works cause otherwise
we're using these. No, this has always
worked for us. I have faith. (drum roll) Ooh, Oh my gosh. That is what I'm talking about. Oh, that's a cool
keycap right there. That's a cool keycap Huge relief, it works. I'm ready to go for
out final designs. Yeah so if we can finally get to resin time. Do do do do resin time!! (laughing) DO DO DO DO! (laughing Should we do one more that's
a little less chaotic? No. This is truth. Let us speak our truth Katelyn. (gentle music) Okay, so first we're both
just gonna do a clear layer which will be the
top of the key. That'll give us something
to stick in beds too. Should be nice and easy to do. Though I am a little
worried about, I have to make mine so thin because my embeds kind of big. Like, is that enough? I don't know. EVAN: I think that was good. I've gotta have room
for her tail, you know? And we just realized we have to like pop
the bubbles on this. Quick. Okay, that definitely helped
reduce the bubbles though. Okay. Scary. Yeah. That was one of the easiest
resin layers we've ever done. Wow, it's going so smoothly. This project is so easy. Don't say that. Okay, so let this
cure for a little bit and then we'll come
place our embeds. Layer two. This is where
I'm gonna place her. If you pout the resin around her it might generate bubbles. Okay, can dip her in resin because she does have places
where bubbles can catch. I'll do it like a slight angle. And that's pretty cute. EVAN: She's in there. KATELYN: I do a
little bit of clear and a little bit
of swirly pigment. EVAN: Precision KATELYN: Add a few glitters kind of in the foreground. Oh wow, tricky. Especially because it's
the fast resin too.. It's already getting
a little toasty. Oh, that means like, if
it's already getting hot you gotta pour. KATELYN: I'm pouring. EVAN: You're dripping. I'm pouring. KATELYN: That could be it. It's really hard to tell I'd err on the side of less. Okay then that's it. I can't wait to see
what it looks like on the other side. KATELYN: I know. EVAN: It already looks cool. Like the pigment
you put in there is like definitely
making an appearance. So for my next layer, I'm gonna do something
a little unplanned. I'm going to draw on some stars. This is extremely
nerve wracking. I did one Now I'm committed. EVAN: I'm so excited for
when you pop this out. KATELYN: I know. I can't wait. It's either gonna be a
little tiny work of art or-- EVAN: It's gonna be mess. It's gonna be mess. I think that that level's good. That level's good. I don't wanna do too much. (laughter) Okay, so this layer is actually, there's a little risk
going into this layer because we're gonna have
to embed this top lid. We don't want the resin
to already be too deep at the time we do the top lid. So I'm gonna do a
little bit of resin and then do a test and
lowering of the lid. If the lid touches resin that means I just
need to fill it up. And in case I do have to
do that additional pour that layer I want it to
be my dark galaxy layer. So I have to like take the
time to prepare it now. I can already feel the
resin like heating up. uh oh, uh oh. Don't say Don't say, uh oh. You stress me out
when you say, "uh oh." Yay. Thanks. I feel great. You're welcome. KATELYN: I'm gonna
place some glitter. I really don't want this to be
any higher than it has to be. EVAN: I think it
might just barely fit. Maybe that's it. Okay, let's do the test. EVAN: So. You so scared me. If it touches, we need to go through
the whole thing. If it doesn't touch-- That's why I gotta go cause it's curing. Okay, it's in. There's no resin on it There's good, yay. There's good. Okay, here let's get
some of this clear. I'm gonna go ahead and
make two resin posts. Yeah, for our next rounds. Final layer, its
the final layer. Well I guess we still
have to do yours later EVAN: So you're gonna do black? You say that like
it's a question. Oh yeah, no sorry, black and- So you're gonna do black. Yeah, black and this
kind of purpley color. I do worry that
my previous layer was maybe a little
bit too opaque and the black won't
show through enough but-- We'll see. We'll see. It just needs more glitter. Okay. EVAN: That looks cool. KATELYN: That looks good. Did I overfill? Yes. EVAN: Is that okay? KATELYN: Yes. Actually, is it too much? No, no, no that's fine. Just as long as its centered. Yeah, that looks great. Doing the embeds. I see you have them positioned
on a lowering device. We're getting very
official with our like COMPUTER VOICE: Popsicle sticks. EVAN: May be a little bit
of clear at the bottom. Are you adding any
color to this layer? I think I might. The smallest hint. KATELYN: The smallest hint? Oopsie. (laughing) (indistinct) Now the height of this
is very important. It's really hard to see. Okay, I think that's
the best I can do. Cross your fingers. Get out the little snips. Oh, wow. Those shot up high. KATELYN: Safety squint. EVAN: Okay. Pull this off. Yay. The bottoms are exposed,
but that's okay. KATELYN: Yeah, that's awesome Alrighty. A little bit of clear. A little bit of color. Just gonna do like, Oh no, this is
right in the middle. I don't know if I liked that. Might need to spread it out, Kind of like a diagonal streak. That's cool, that's cool. I like it kind of as a streak. I think that's good. Do you wanna see if it fits? I can tell. I have a good amount
of height left. Yeah. Okay, cool. Yeah, yeah. All right. I think there's one
layer left right. Yes. All right, time for my black void of space. In the void no one can hear you resin. A little bit of blue. Yeah, that's right. (space music) Okay, cool. Oh yeah. There you go. Yeah baby! Oh my gosh. I cannot wait to remove these. I know. Will it all be worth it? Will they be horrible? I don't know. Cause we literally
can't see them. We can't see them. The molds are opaque. I don't know. I'm so excited. We'll find out with you guys. Well, it's been an adventure,
this entire project. I hope that the
adventures are done and that this just
looks amazing now and we don't have to
redo anything else. Are you ready? I'm ready. Is this recording? No, I'm not ready. You are not ready. (laughing) I had a decent amount
of spillover on mine, which I'm slightly worried- Oh, oh its ready. Oh my gosh. Oh, she's so cute. Oh, she's cute. EVAN: Oh, she made it. She survived her
journey into space. So my fear was that I
went a little too much on the shiny bluish white so that you wouldn't be able
to see the galaxy behind her and I think that
is what happened, but she's just floating
in a cloud in the galaxy. EVAN: Yeah, a cloud
in the galaxy. I still think it
looks beautiful. She's like facing
the right direction. She survived her space. KATELYN: I'm pretty
pleased with it, I gotta say. EVAN: Should we clean
her up and pop her on? KATELYN: Yeah. EVAN: Is the stem intact. KATELYN: Yeah. Yes. EVAN: Yay. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. That looks amazing. That's like it's ready. Oh, its ready, oh. EVAN: I could use
just my fingers But I have a specialized
tool, so might as well. Oh, and she glows
with the colors. KATELYN: She does glow. It's a subtle glow, but she glowing. She's glowing. She's thriving in space. She's thriving. Honestly, I'm pleased. I think for like my
first real attempt at a fancy key cap
with a fancy embed, I'm very pleased with that
little Supurrvisor in space. She turned out okay. I'm representing. Oh, yes you are. Now, I'll do my next. Your poor planets. They've been through so much. EVAN: I'm just
gonna remove this. I'm just cleaning off
the edges in advance. Oh, yeah. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. EVAN: That so works. KATELYN: Yours looks amazing. Your planets look like planets EVAN: They look like
they're cushioned in a little bed of galaxy. KATELYN: I know. That is awesome, baby. EVAN: That is so cool. I could like totally just like spend time making
the whole series of like little planets. KATELYN: I know. Honestly, I feel like
we've learned so much now that we have
some working molds, it'll be so easy. The main thing that
I've thought of that I kind of wanna do is I kind of wanna try
doing more experimentation with this like-- KATELYN: Look at
that with the color. I'm sorry, I wanna hear
what you're saying. I just don't wanna miss this. Those galaxies are
having a party. I don't want this to be the
end of our resin journey. I have more thoughts. Did anyone ever think this was the end of
our resin journey? Resin key cap, resin
key cap journey. Because despite all the ups
and downs, this was really fun. And I love how these turned out. They look awesome
baby, you did great. We have so many more keys
that we need to customize. We need to do the
entire keyboard. Maybe that's a little extra but I definitely wanna
make them more with you. I have an idea. I'm not gonna share. The people who are subscribed will get it eventually. Thank you guys for joining us on our very first resin
key cap experience. If you want maybe
some less stressful Evan and Katelyn
videos to watch, Did you know that we
have a second channel where we post multi-hour
long uncut live streams of crafting stuff. It's just us in our
garage, making stuff. With you guys. More candle making,
some ornaments. We also live stream on
twitch.tv/EvanAndKatelyn but if you don't have Twitch our Evan and Katelyn 2 channel
is where they also live. Yes, so I hope to
see you around, Bye. Bye. Boop. No, I'm just rubbing it
into the words are hard. I don't really know
what else to do, at least it's a black shirt. Pants might be better to dab. You could change
pants if you want. Boop. Today we are- So anyways, today we're- (laughing) It's at same point, halfway through actually. Boop. Anyways, today we're act- Anyways, today we're both- (laughing)
