Epoxy Bottle Cap Coasters

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.

Epoxy bottle cap coasters.

Bottle cap coasters are the perfect man cave gift. I am going to explain to you how to make your own personally designed coaster. A touch of tay. If a part of a cap sticks off the edge just take pliers and carefully push in the.

By doing this you ensure that you won t get your bottle caps floating to the top of the coasters. You can use cardboard sheets cork board resin molds concrete etc as your base. Easycast clear casting epoxy is a two component low odor solvent free clear casting epoxy. After you have all the bottle caps glued down make sure you allow the glue to dry for at least 24 hours.

They are inexpensive and a great recycling project to put your old discarded bottle caps in use. You can easily create different colors and effects. Round beverage coaster mold 431. Make bottle cap coasters.

The next step is to pour the epoxy evenly over the beer bottle caps. The resin can be poured onto the coaster without dripping over the sides. Let these set for about 10 20 minutes before moving on to the next step. This is similar to the river tables just on a much smaller scale.

Approximately 1 oz of resin was enough to fill nine bottle caps. How to make beer bottle cap coasters the perfect gift for the beer lover in your life. Begin placing caps on coasters. 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. Although this epoxy sets up clear you can add color dyes to it to create a transparent or opaque appearance. Use it to encase or embed items to create jewelry figurines paperweights coasters drawer pulls and more. It is easy to use and ideal for casting small decorative items and jewelry in molds.

To prep the bottle caps i turned them over and filled them all with resin. Originally published may 2013. You can use live edge.