After you re done placing the bottle caps mix another 1 5 oz of resin using a lower amount of catalyst per ounce.
Bottle cap coasters epoxy resin.
Hand made beer bottle cap coasters.
The next step is to pour the epoxy evenly over the beer bottle caps.
Handmade and cast in resin.
These are not embedded into the resin but are given a resin layer to protect and preserve the piece.
These make great gifts as well as beautiful home decorations especially for a bar.
This tutorial will show you how to make decorative bottle cap coasters with an epoxy resin liquid glass coating.
Foil and resin epoxy coasters.
You want to put the resin in first because placing the bottle caps first then pouring the resin may cause you to trap air bubbles underneath the bottle caps.
These coasters are made from 8 beer caps each then poured with several layers of epoxy.
Two are 10cm across x 1cm thick and two 9cm x 0 7cm.
The bottom layer of resin will be a little sticky now so be careful of how you place them.
Take a natural round or square piece of wood rock or metal.
Bottle cap coasters are sturdy and are perfect for protecting your wooden furniture from heat and stains.
You can use cardboard sheets cork board resin molds concrete etc as your base and glue on the caps using a hot glue gun.
Place them in the exact places that you want them.
Coca cola bottle cap coaster.
Epoxy gives these coasters a see through almost glasslike appearance.
Use your stir stix to gently push the bottle caps into the desired placement.
You can use different resin pigment colors and a piece of foil added into the mix creates a more textured appearance.
Some of the images in this tutorial will be drawings as i was not able to take pictures during some parts of the process.
Unique piece of home decor and a perfect gift.
A touch of tay.
After you have all the bottle caps glued down make sure you allow the glue to dry for at least 24 hours.
Bottle caps can very often be a work of art in themselves and what better way to display them than in a functional bottle opener.
Once your mold is half full or a little more gently place your bottle caps into the resin.
They are inexpensive and a great recycling project to put your old discarded bottle caps in use.