Making an Air-themed Resin SWORD (it glows!)
34,974We made an air themed resin sword that glows in the dark! Thanks to our sponsor Squarespace, go to https://www.squarespace.com/evanandkatelyn for 10% off your first purchase.
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TotalBoat: check out the resin we use: https://www.totalboat.com/evanandkatelyn (sponsored affiliate link) (search for high performance)
Want behind-the-scenes content? Check out the Aftershow for:
• How we almost melted the sword
• What caused us panic
• Other materials we bought and never tested
• Why we chose this sword in particular
• Other themes/weapons we considered
• Our secret about when we demolded the sword
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TOOLS & MATERIALS (affiliate & sponsor links)
Sword https://amzn.to/47YgPm6
High performance epoxy resin (slow) https://www.totalboat.com/evanandkatelyn (sponsored affiliate link)
UV Resin https://amzn.to/3R9J4Z1
Silicone https://amzn.to/3sNus7F (smaller volume, very similar to ours which was Sorta-Clear 12)
PVC foam board used to make molds https://amzn.to/3PcwRAo
Blue alcohol ink https://amzn.to/43jVYWV
Pink alcohol ink (from this kit) https://amzn.to/46HabjK
Japanese air dry clay https://amzn.to/3ZaTSrY
Foam clays https://amzn.to/3O6IfhC, https://amzn.to/3O7z8O1, https://amzn.to/3PQOOpY
Pressure pot (Pascal) https://amzn.to/3Ex7IeA
Pressure pot large (Max) https://amzn.to/3sE5Iyu
IR Thermometer https://amzn.to/45HKnTA
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0:00 Resin sword intro
0:51 Paper Clay testing
2:57 do do do do resin time
5:14 Weird cotton ball tests
8:23 Introducing Max
8:56 Cotton ball test results
9:50 Air dry clay (aka claaaay)
11:10 American vs Japanese air dry clay
15:00 Resin & air dry clay adventures
17:08 Trying to make clouds with resin!
20:32 Sword disassembly
24:27 Making a silicone mold
26:55 Using a DIY pressure pot
30:35 Introducing Long Boi
31:10 The Resin Sword™
36:10 Let’s go crazy, ready?
37:10 Demolding starts
38:25 We’re not very patient
39:44 Assembly & Reveal
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🎼 MUSIC
Enigma, Deuces, George Street Shuffle, Firebrandby Kevin MacLeod
A Brazilian Lover, Bossa of Brazil Shores, Bossa of Margie by MusicLFiles
Pizzicato Minuet, Bumbling in the Dark, Well This is Awkward by Steven O’Brien
Retro Party, Comedy Short 1 by Rafael Krux
Jailbreak Whispers, Smooth Criminal by John Bartmant
Sneaky Snooper, Panama Hat by Audionautix
Also Sprach Zarathustra by Sascha Ende
Crime Thriller Podcast by Dave Deville
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