Learn how To Dirty Pour Resin with Paul Morris Epoxy Guru of Resinzwood, Resin Wood Tables NZ, and our special guests and clients who come to have fun lessons with us. Simply click on any of the links below, grab a cup of coffee, and let's get PassionArt, having sticky fun with resin in the resin room. To create amazing effects, be guided through how to dirty pour with our Highest-Quality Resins, Pigments, Pastes, Powders, and Tints.
What Do I Need to do a Dirty Pour
Here is a list of Key things you need to do a Dirty Pour with links to our stock items.
- You need an Art Base Board - We have a selection available for purchase
- Painters Tape - To line the edges to create a wall, rim
- High Quality 1;1 Colour Passion Art Resin or 1:1 PassionArt Craft Resin
- Colour Passion Pastes Pigments especially Top cell white or Base cell White
- A quality set of scales to weigh your resin / Precision Scales for color
- A small Level
- Rubber gloves for your hands
- A protective apron to cover your clothes
- Heat Gun / Gas Torch is best
- Eye protection, especially if you are messy
- Plastic or cardboard cups
- A warm work area above 23c is ideal
Basic Method of Construction
- Place your stand for the board on your bench
- Run tape around the outside edge of the board to create a rim 8mm high
- Place the board on your stand and ensure it is level
- Calculate how much resin you need - Resin Calculator
- Mix your resin by adding the hardener first, then the resin to the mixing container
- Divide your resin into smaller cups for your colors
- Pour your colors in layers into your pouring container
- Pour your resin over your board in the style/effect you desire
- Gas torch of heat gun the resin for effect
- Wait till resin starts to cure, then remove the tape to allow for runoff over the sides of the artboard
- Smooth off runs on sides with your hands
- Scrape or cut off excess run-off resin with the back of a craft knife
- Leave to cure fully
- You may wish to lightly sand and then do a final flood coat over your artwork
- Now you have created a Masterpiece Dirty Pour
Video Tutorials Affects Ideas
Dirty Pour Epoxy Art For Beginners—In this video, Paul shows a customer, Richard, how to do a PassionArt Dirty Pour with Colour Passion products.How to Top Coat Your Artwork—This is a quick video showing how Paul helped out a lovely lady who needed help getting her top coat perfect. Tips and Tricks Do's and Don'ts...
PassionArt Cosmic Sunrise Dirty Pour—Paul and Jenny of PassionArt Resin Art Supplies spent a day crafting Dirty Pours. Watch the video here for Tips, tricks, Do's, and Don'ts.
