Comments on: Magic Glos Addendum

By: Jennifer T.

Jennifer T. — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 08:18:52 +0000

Cindy Lietz, the Polymer Clay Tutor, did a video tutorial on the Ultradome UV Resin. It looks like it’s a lot cheaper than Magic Glos. I haven’t tried it myself yet, though. I’m trying to decide between Ultradome & Magic Glos. I was thinking I should just try both and see which is best. But now you guys are mentioning Solarez, so I’m really confused! Where’s the best place to buy Magic Glos, anyway? Is $9.50 the best price for 1 oz? Thanks for this article, and any help you can give me…

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sun, 16 May 2010 14:26:02 +0000

Allyson– sorry to say I haven’t tried ultradome. The company offered to send me some to try, and then never followed through. Go figure.

By: allyson

allyson — Sat, 08 May 2010 03:23:43 +0000

so has anyone tried the ultradome product?

By: Becky

Becky — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:26:46 +0000

Wow! So much resin info for a newbie like me!
I’ve been reading your posts & had a couple of concerns about using resign in bottle caps for jewelry…
1. Has anyone experienced the ink running when the resin is applied? (I have this problem with a straight gel-medium on collage art)
2. Has anyone solved the issue of the Magic-Glos pulling away or peeling from the sides?
3. what do you all use if there isn’t much of a dam built up to catch the sides? I am toying with the idea of hammering my caps flat for a different look.

Thanks for helping out a newbie! I haven’t bought any of the aforementioned products yet!

By: Loreen

Loreen — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:51:18 +0000

Sara I hope you report back, because I’m having the same issue. I spoke to Gary too and he suggested curing with a layer of plastic over the surface(still sticky though).

Are you using the polyester resin? Or the vinyl ester?

By: Sara

Sara — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:47:11 +0000

I have been testing Solarez and for some reason when it cures, the top layer is still tacky. I have stumbled across other products that cure the same way. But speaking to Gary at solarez, he suggested I get a UV lamp, which since I am in the market for a UV cure epoxy, it will be an investment. Will come back and update with my findings.

By: Sara

Sara — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 07:23:06 +0000

OH and for a 4 oz bottle of Solarez, is $8.25 Which for that price, it wouldn’t hurt to try it out……..

(And this product is safe to use, non toxic and is mainly used for surfboards, but has many, many other uses as well.)

By: Sara

Sara — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 07:20:19 +0000

Looking up Solarez, it sounds very promising and sounds as if it offers the same results as Magic Glos. I just watched a bunch of videos on their site showing how the repaired surf boards and this is a UV cure as well.

In the next week or so, I shall be trying this out as well. I did try to research it to see if anyone else has tried this and nothing…but on their site it is listed for crafts and for castings.

By: Kira

Kira — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:28:06 +0000

I love Magic glos, and even put a video demo of me using it on the website http://polymerclayproductions.com/videos- if you like to seal your clay or do interesting things with clear windows and such, you can’t beat this. EVERY other product either softens in heat, or is not waterproof- just remember that when you’re sealing with UTEE, Future, or Diamond Glaze. In Florida, that stuff is important to me! Also, if you research the UV resins commonly used for jewelry- like the kinds metalclay artists have been using for years, they are 3x the cost of Magic glos, around $30 per oz!!!! Believe me, I checked because I also thought MG was too expensive in the beginning but I guess now I’m a convert

By: Jenny

Jenny — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:30:17 +0000

I just want to say again– that Magic Glos is really the best resin product I’ve found that’s NON-TOXIC. Hooray! PS…. Grand River Beads in Rocky River will be carrying it for use in my steampunk/polymer projects. Double Hooray!