I ordered some epoxy resin for a table that I was making, it was so much cheaper to buy a large bottle and now I have some left over to play around with. And making door knobs came to mind.
Epoxy Resin Door Knobs
I had ordered some gears and watch mechanisms for Wish and when they arrive they were a bit smaller than I thought they would be, but they were perfect for this.
For my moulds I used silicone cup cake trays. I am hopeless at baking and cooking so it was nice to see them used after years in the cupboard. I arrange the gears in the moulds and for my second row I used unicorn Spit stain and glaze and some color pigment.
My epoxy resin is 2:1 so I used 300ml in total which was double what I needed. I had some long brass bolts with nuts on them which worked great. To hold my bolts in place I used chop sticks that I taped together with the bolts in between. It is a good idea to set that up before you start, which I did not do, so it was a mad dash to do it before the epoxy started to set. Mix resin to manufacturers instructions. Don't worry about bubbles--you'll later.
This is what my set up looked like in the end. The resin had lots of bubbles in it which is why it looks white. I by waving a creme Brulee torch ( Another useless item in my kitchen) quickly over the surface and they all disapeared.
Your resin should look like this after the bubbles are removed. I let them sit for 24 Hours and then just turned the moulds inside out to get the out.
The back of mine had some fine rough edges. I used a sanding block with 320grit to remove them, the front came out perfect.
The unicorn spit door knobs did not work as great as I wanted, because I did not mix it in enough with the resin. But was so impressed with the steampunk door knobs, I just need to make a piece of furniture to go with them.
Besides being door knobs these can have many uses. They would make great hooks for a coat rack, great for hanging up your necklaces and many more.
The possibilities for these door knobs are endless as to what you can add to the resin.
To see more uses for the doorknobs visit
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Really can't cost this because the amount of resin was so small and all the other items I had. And only too 20 minutes to do excluding resin drying time.
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Jan Moore on Aug 15, 2020
Do you think you could use small flowers?
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Maude LaFountain on Jan 09, 2021
I wonder if you can use this same concept to make DOOR KNOBS ?...Take the piece from the middle of the door knob and add it to the center to be able to connect the doorknob back on ....That would be so cool to have these pretty knobs on your bedroom doors / pantry doors bathroom doors ...Ect. Ect. Ect ...
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Unique Creations By Anita on Jan 09, 2021
I don't see why it would not work. You would just have to make sure the post is perfectly straight.
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Jeannie 7 days ago
I love this idea!
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Karen Hardesty 2 days ago
The balls look all round but the way they are made they should have a flat bottom. Is that right?
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Unique Creations By Anita Yesterday
They are only half a ball so one side is flat.
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Linda on Dec 18, 2019
This is one of the most ingenious ideas I've ever seen!! I can picture how much you'd pay for door knobs in a hardware store, like these! Love it
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Unique Creations By Anita on Dec 19, 2019
Thank you so much for the lovely comment, and you can add just about anything to the resin.😁
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Diane on Dec 18, 2019
Love it!
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Unique Creations By Anita on Dec 19, 2019
Thank you 😁
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Phyllis MacKinnon on Dec 18, 2019
I'm pretty impressed. I want to give it a go as I just priced knobs and was dumbfounded at how expensive they are, even just plain ones!
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Unique Creations By Anita on Dec 18, 2019
Thank you so much, that is why I make my own😁
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Debra Marlow Rowe on Dec 18, 2019
clever ... I would use this.
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Unique Creations By Anita on Dec 18, 2019
Thank you 😁
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Lois edaburn on Dec 18, 2019
after christmas when I have some time I definitely try this. So many possibilities. Thank you.
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Unique Creations By Anita on Dec 18, 2019
Thank you so much, I have another post where I added other items if you want to check it out.
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Linda on Dec 18, 2019
You are hired!!!
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Unique Creations By Anita on Dec 19, 2019
Thank you so much😁
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Linda Burton Gants on Dec 18, 2019
What an awesome idea. I have been wanting to make a towel rack and this is perfect. Thanks for sharing!
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Unique Creations By Anita on Dec 19, 2019
Thank you and you are very welcome 😁
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Natasha Morgan Allen on Dec 26, 2019
Awesome thanks for sharing will work in y Spa room
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Unique Creations By Anita on Dec 29, 2019
You are very welcome
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Jenny on Aug 15, 2020
Wonderful result, what a great idea.
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Unique Creations By Anita on Aug 15, 2020
Thank you
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Lja23984216 on Sep 20, 2020
I am new to epoxy and was wondering, can I use nail polish to color epoxy?
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Unique Creations By Anita on Sep 21, 2020
I would say no. The chemicals could cause a reaction. I used normal acrylic paint and it bubbled over. Mica powder or pigments work best. I only use the really cheap ones from china and they work great.
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KC 3 days ago
You can but you have to watch the amount you use, just like any additives. If you use too much, it won't set up. I've made keychains with fingernail polish as colorant. It will be a light version of what it looks like in the bottle. I've also used cocoa powder, kool-aid, powdered cheese, chalk. Dry is better than wet but you can use acrylic paint, polish, etc.
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I personally have not tried it but I have seen it done. So not sure if there is so prep work involved.
They would have to be dry. Or fake. Real ones not dried would still turn black and moldy in the resin.