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January 20, 2020: Continued from previous post At some point I need to make my own dice. I'm just going to use the straight forward Trebuchet font, because I'm pretty sure it's free to use. And If I can pay for one set of STLs, then I can size them up or down to whatever size I need and get them printed from a local 3D printing hub. We'll see! Be much cheaper than going to certain people, that's for sure, as nice as their masters are. Plus I wouldn't get the STLs, just the master dice at 300UDS a pop. Big Nah on that. If I mess up the sanding, I'd have to buy another die from him for 50USD. Nah nah nah. But once I have my 3D printed dice I can sand them and then I can make my own molds. Then I have no one to blame but myself when they don't work! Hahaha! #uvresin #uvresincrafts #uvresindice #uvdice #dice #uvresin #uvresincrafts #uvresindice #dicemolds https://www.instagram.com/p/B7jb-3pht8W/?igshid=kaar38vrdlwq

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January 6, 2020: 7 Test runs of Micro Dice and New Lamp So, these were good runs. The longer they sat on the light the more bleached they were, but also more guaranteed that they were totally cured. I determined that placing the mold *on* the lamp was a bad thing. I didn't realize that the bottom had different depths of silicone over the various cavities. So more light was getting through on some than others, specifically the D20 and the D12. So they were going to bleach no matter what I did. In the next video, I hang the light up and put the mold 4-12 inches under it. And it works much better, Hopefully, I'll have that up in a couple of days. :) #uvdice #uvmicrodice #microdice #5mmdice #tinydice #supertinydice #teenytinydice #dice #uvresin #uvresincrafts #uvresindice #uvresinmicrodice #dice #handmadedice #resindice #resincrafts #dicemaking #resin https://www.instagram.com/p/B7ABVl6h6ox/?igshid=i8zc1yewcf9g

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January 6, 2020: 7 Test runs of Micro Dice and New Lamp So, these were good runs. The longer they sat on the light the more bleached they were, but also more guaranteed that they were totally cured. I determined that placing the mold *on* the lamp was a bad thing. I didn't realize that the bottom had different depths of silicone over the various cavities. So more light was getting through on some than others, specifically the D20 and the D12. So they were going to bleach no matter what I did. In the next video, I hang the light up and put the mold 4-12 inches under it. And it works much better, Hopefully, I'll have that up in a couple of days. :) #uvdice #uvmicrodice #microdice #5mmdice #tinydice #supertinydice #teenytinydice #dice #uvresin #uvresincrafts #uvresindice #uvresinmicrodice #dice #handmadedice #resindice #resincrafts #dicemaking #resin https://www.instagram.com/p/B7ABHbWBYXw/?igshid=1xfoa4ropco3

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January 3, 3020: First Pull From the Micro Smoosh Mold Well, it proved to work! But it was horribly bubbly because of how I lit it up. I’m using a giant UV flashlight, and I just set it right on top of the mold. But because the mold itself is soft, the flashlight wobbled until I was able to brace it. That made lots of bubbles and those wiggly lines around the sides. I got that once before in the Sophie and Toffee molds when I tried to jiggle out a few bubbles with the lid. Made for some interesting looking dice, that’s for sure. Anyway, just look at that color, though! So pretty! The colorant didn’t want to mix into the UV resin very well. But we got it going! I was kind of surprised by that. It’s labeled the same as one of the UV resins, so I figured it would mix well. We’ll figure it out. #uvdice #uvmicrodice #microdice #5mmdice #tinydice #supertinydice #teenytinydice #dice #uvresin #uvresincrafts #uvresindice #uvresinmicrodice https://www.instagram.com/p/B63IaF8BEoQ/?igshid=korosfa45l1k

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January 3, 3020: First Pull From the Micro Smoosh Mold Well, it proved to work! But it was horribly bubbly because of how I lit it up. I’m using a giant UV flashlight, and I just set it right on top of the mold. But because the mold itself is soft, the flashlight wobbled until I was able to brace it. That made lots of bubbles and those wiggly lines around the sides. I got that once before in the Sophie and Toffee molds when I tried to jiggle out a few bubbles with the lid. Made for some interesting looking dice, that’s for sure. Anyway, just look at that color, though! So pretty! The colorant didn’t want to mix into the UV resin very well. But we got it going! I was kind of surprised by that. It’s labeled the same as one of the UV resins, so I figured it would mix well. We’ll figure it out. #uvdice #uvmicrodice #microdice #5mmdice #tinydice #supertinydice #teenytinydice #dice #uvresin #uvresincrafts #uvresindice #uvresinmicrodice https://www.instagram.com/p/B63HehSBYaK/?igshid=1xeclj1g030d2

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Well, these came out well! It was a spur of the moment thing! Just sitting here thinking about getting a precision tip bottle off amazon, but I didn’t want a big one. Then remembered I have a bunch of them to sell nail oils in!! Yay! And it seems to have worked pretty well! Next is colored. Andy can use the bottles to color small amounts of resin as well. But I’m going to wait until I have my lamps. Using the giant flashlight is taking to many batteries and it’s a lower wattage than I want. 😊 Lights should be here Friday. Probably Saturday. #uvdice #uvmicrodice #microdice #5mmdice #tinydice #supertinydice #teenytinydice #dice #uvresin #uvresincrafts #uvresindice #uvresinmicrodice https://www.instagram.com/p/B6zhVA7nX0o/?igshid=znffdhbq7tnh

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Made another quick set this morning. These are certainly better, but still full of tiny bubbles. It’s an open faced mold, so they are all missing their 1s face. But they’re so tiny, no one would hopefully notice when they are molded inside other dice! And I’ve come to find that if I jiggle the mold too much, I get that weird striation thing going on. I commented on that with the regular dice. I’d had a couple that had trapped air under the smoosh lid, and trying to bounce the lid to get rid of the bubble made the whole die just weird with wiggly lines. We’ll see what happens. Luckily, these are so tiny it’s not much of a loss when I mess one up. Next up is trying to make a kind of smoosh mold for the babies so they have all their faces! #uvdice #uvmicrodice #microdice #5mmdice #tinydice #supertinydice #teenytinydice #dice #uvresin #uvresincrafts #uvresindice #uvresinmicrodice https://www.instagram.com/p/B6yP4D4B8xF/?igshid=6p63sx2odcgt

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February 7, 2020: Holo Glitter D20 I like how this came out, but it's not quite what I wanted. I think the holo glitter is too fine. You can't really see the sparkle. I'm going to try to find a slightly chunkier glitter. Nothing too chunky, because then it'll sink. But slightly bigger than this. Not that this was bad, It's quite lovely. Just not what I was aiming for. And I've been meaning to get around to doing this for a couple weeks. I've had this glitter in my nail art stash for at least a year. Probably more. :) I even inked this one. And I will definitely not use that paint again! Too matte. This was done with UV resin. I'll try regular 2 part resin if/when I get another glitter. #uvdice #dice #uvresin #uvresincrafts #uvresindice #resincrafts #resin #uvresincrafts #uvresin #crafts #holodice #hologlitter https://www.instagram.com/p/B8SPefABGys/?igshid=1mziads4qt122

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February 7, 2020: Holo Glitter D20 I like how this came out, but it's not quite what I wanted. I think the holo glitter is too fine. You can't really see the sparkle. I'm going to try to find a slightly chunkier glitter. Nothing too chunky, because then it'll sink. But slightly bigger than this. Not that this was bad, It's quite lovely. Just not what I was aiming for. And I've been meaning to get around to doing this for a couple weeks. I've had this glitter in my nail art stash for at least a year. Probably more. :) I even inked this one. And I will definitely not use that paint again! Too matte. This was done with UV resin. I'll try regular 2 part resin if/when I get another glitter. #uvdice #dice #uvresin #uvresincrafts #uvresindice #resincrafts #resin #uvresincrafts #uvresin #crafts #holodice #hologlitter https://www.instagram.com/p/B8SPgnmB30X/?igshid=1mdj2kf1az5i3