Everyone love those little Altoid tins, but now they are embossed with the logo and can be hard to alter. I came up with an easy solution....pour a coat of resin over the top to even it out.
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Add regular scotch tape around the edges of the tin. Burnish well! |
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Pour resin mixture. I used the white resin. |
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After it sets up, remove the tape and begin to file edges to a slight curve. |
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Close up of thickness. Mine was a little thick but it came out just fine. |
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Filing edges with a giant fingernail file |
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Make some molds of embellishments. These were molds I had already made of a clock and water meter cover |
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Cover top, bottom and inside with scrapbook paper. Coat with a layer of 3d Crystal Lacquer. Edges are painted with enamel paint |
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Edges are painted with enamel paint. |
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Cover surface with a coat of 3d Crystal Lacquer. Some metal pieces will bleed a blue tint under the 3d Crystal Lacquer so you may want to test your findings. I also used some watch parts as embellishments. |
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(the New Orleans Water Meter cover is popular here) |
Tanya Ruffin
Create Studios
www.tanyaruffin.com
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