Earrings with Undrilled Gaspeite Chips and EnviroTex Lite® Resin
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Design Idea RG2S
-- Designer --
Elaine, Jewelry Designer, Exclusively for Fire Mountain Gems and Beads®
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- Drop, Almost Instant Jewelry®, gold-plated "pewter" (zinc-based alloy), 20x15mm teardrop with 18x13mm pear setting
- Earstud cubic zirconia, 5.5mm round / closed loop / comfort clutch, gold-finished brass / plastic clear
- Gaspeite, undrilled inlay chip natural mini
- Jump ring, gold-plated brass, 4mm round, 2.6mm inside diameter, 22 gauge
- Resin, EnviroTex Lite®, 2-part resin, clear,
Instructions
Step 1
Place gaspeite undrilled inlay chips into the pear setting on an Almost Instant Jewelry® 20x15mm gold-plated teardrop drop.
Step 2
Mix EnviroTex Lite® clear 2-part resin to make about 2 ounces of resin, using silicone mixing cups and stir sticks.
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Step 3
Slowly place the resin over the gaspeite undrilled inlay chips with a silicone stir stick.
Step 4
Apply heat over the resin to eliminate bubbles.
Step 5
Repeat Steps 1 - 4 for the second earring.
Step 6
Let the resin cure for 24 hours.
Step 7
Using a 4mm 22-gauge gold-plated round jump ring, attach the drops to 5.5mm gold-finished brass and clear cubic zirconia comfort clutch round earstuds.
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