Making a Chroma Cube from Epoxy Resin with Dichroic Film | As seen in Guardians of the Galaxy

For this project you will need to make small shiny cubes - and lots of them! I bought a 1cm optical cube off eBay and made a silicone mould from it I did buy a mini ice cube mould first, but it wasn't shiny and the resulting cubes were not fully transparent :( This only needs a tiny bit of moulding silicone so I combined it with another project, which is why there is so much in that dish! I used the mould to create a cube each time I had a bit of leftover polyurethane resin, simply because it cures faster than epoxy I kept making cubes until I had 36, and then used those to make a 36-up mould 27 would have been enough but I like to have some spares :) Turning this many cubes into a single mould meant that I only had to do 1 epoxy resin pour For this project I'm using my usual epoxy art resin, which has a 2A:1B mix ratio by weight If you use a pipette to fill the cavities, and touch the bottom of the mould with the pipette, it will help to avoid bubbles getting trapped in the corners Let the resin dome very slightly so it levels off as it cures Lots and lots of small, optically clear cubes :) Now you need to cover 3 sides of each cube in dichroic window film I found the easiest way to do this was to place the cubes onto the sticky side of the film, then cut around them with a sharp knife The only rule here is to not cover opposite faces of the cube, as per the illustration coming up Cover these 3 sides on each cube This took about a week Or maybe it just felt like it did :/ This a 50mm cube mould off eBay. Pour 5mm of resin and let it firm up. Get them bubbles! Pour a little more resin into the mould, and then add your cubes The idea is that they will all have the dichroic film facing in the same direction... But I managed to get some in the wrong way around :/ You can use a small flashlight to see which sides reflect gold Top up with more resin until it covers the cubes by 5mm, then straighten them up Allow that to firm up, then repeat the process for another two layers What did the ice cube say to the water? I'm cooler than you XD Sorry.... it's the only cube joke I can think of This project did suffer with micro bubbles, but you really need a pressure pot to deal with those Just get as many as you can with the lighter flame Final layer I wonder if I could make a resin Rubik's cube? Apparently the more you play with it the harder it gets :/ That's it we're done - 24 hours to cure and then it's ready :) Watch your knuckles on those sharp top edges Looks great, and no post-finishing required :D I'll make a stand for it... Drill 6 holes in a hexagon pattern to suit some 3mm dowel This is actually a piece of scrap oak flooring Cut some 40mm lengths of 3mm dowel They literally flew 10 feet You can use wood glue or epoxy, anything suitable really I usually go for whatever dries fastest Finished! Be sure to leave any suggestions for a future video in the comments :) Thanks for watching! Oh no here she comes... [Alexa] I'm actually impressed [Alexa] But I don't think you'll be putting Jack Storms out of a job any time soon

Channel: resinAce

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Keywords: Epoxy Resin Project, Tutorial, Resin Art, Resin Artist, Resin Pour, Resin Mixing, Resin Craft, Resin Project, Resin Ideas, Resinace, Resin Paperweight, Resin Mould, Resin Mold, Resin Ace, jedrek29t, Buzzing Fish

Id: 3OAJpOygS9Y

Length: 10min 9sec (609 seconds)

Published: Wed Jul 24 2019