Epoxy Bottle Cap Coasters

After you have all the bottle caps glued down make sure you allow the glue to dry for at least 24 hours.

Epoxy bottle cap coasters.

To prep the bottle caps i turned them over and filled them all with resin. Begin placing caps on coasters. They are inexpensive and a great recycling project to put your old discarded bottle caps in use. Although this epoxy sets up clear you can add color dyes to it to create a transparent or opaque appearance.

Bottle cap coasters are the perfect man cave gift. Use it to encase or embed items to create jewelry figurines paperweights coasters drawer pulls and more. You can purchase ready made non drip wooden coasters that have a rim around the edge. You can use cardboard sheets cork board resin molds concrete etc as your base.

I found it easiest to place the center cap first then the other caps around it. Let these set for about 10 20 minutes before moving on to the next step. Resin obsession super clear epoxy resin 6 ounce kit. Get a few bottle caps off your guy s favorite adult beverage add some resin and you have an instant favorite gift.

It is easy to use and ideal for casting small decorative items and jewelry in molds. Approximately 1 oz of resin was enough to fill nine bottle caps. Bottle cap coasters are sturdy and are perfect for protecting your wooden furniture from heat and stains. If a part of a cap sticks off the edge just take pliers and carefully push in the.

You can use live edge. You can easily create different colors and effects. By doing this you ensure that you won t get your bottle caps floating to the top of the coasters. This is similar to the river tables just on a much smaller scale.

Make bottle cap coasters. A touch of tay. The resin can be poured onto the coaster without dripping over the sides. The next step is to pour the epoxy evenly over the beer bottle caps.

Originally published may 2013. Round beverage coaster mold 431. The project consists of using an epoxy resin mixture to seal in whatever objects you would like to be displayed on your coaster such as bottle caps golf tees an american flag or whatever objects you choose.