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Easy eco-resin coasters

Easy eco-resin coasters

A few weeks I got to try a new to me craft – eco resin! I won a Eco Resin craft book and eco resin coaster craft kit from MAKEetc on Instagram and I couldn’t wait to try it out at home. It feels like a while since I was able to try something new.

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Easy eco-resin coasters

The eco resin coaster craft kit from Badger and Birch contained almost everything I needed to make two large coasters in a white coaster base colour with ‘speckle’ terrazzo coloured chips.

There was a bottle of epoxy resin, a bag of hardener, a bag of terrazzo chips, biodegradable mixing pots, mixing sticks, a reusable round coaster mould and sandpaper for finishing the coasters. Everything was packaged in sustainable packaging with a reusable amber glass bottle and recyclable mould.

All I needed to provide was scales. I roughly measured half of the coaster making powdered hardener.

eco resin

And mixed it with half of the epoxy resin liquid from the bottle in one of the paper cups.

eco resin

Then I poured in half of the colourful terrazzo coloured chips.

eco resin coasters

When everything was thoroughly mixed I poured it into the plastic mould and left it for 30 minutes. When the two components are mixed a chemical reaction takes place so that the liquid resin gradually hardens to a solid plastic within hours. When it had set hard I removed it from the mould and repeated the process with the rest of the kit contents.

eco resin coasters

When I had two coasters I was able to sand them to remove any rough bits. I used different strengths of sand paper with water which helped sand the surface and reveal the colourful terrazzo chips inside. You can see the difference between the coaster I sanded on the left, and the un-sanded coaster on the right.

eco resin coasters

I loved the little workshop kit in a box. Everything was biodegradable and compostable and all elements of the kit could either be reused or recycled. It was a fun couple of hours and now I have two handmade eco resin coasters to use at home.

eco resin coasters

2 Comments

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    Karletta
    August 12, 2022 at 4:39 pm

    Your coasters turned out gorgeous. Love them. I’d like see a table top with wood elements done using this method.

  • Reply
    Sarupa Shah
    August 17, 2022 at 4:28 pm

    Your coasters look great and what a great kit – I would love to try my hand at making them – though I suspect my sanding might not be as neat as yours!

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