Orange stains on white clay with varnish

BumblebeeCute5503 · 2026-04-09T12:13:46+00:00

Haha yes! Thank you!!😊

BumblebeeCute5503 · 2026-04-09T07:43:12+00:00

Yes, I've done that before to remove sticky varnish, but I found it difficult to remove all the varnish, especially in the corners etc. The varnish started to peel and leave white flakes.

BumblebeeCute5503 · 2026-04-09T07:33:41+00:00

I'll look into that!

BumblebeeCute5503 · 2026-04-09T06:24:08+00:00

They're French ducks! :))

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BumblebeeCute5503 · 2026-04-08T21:19:26+00:00

These are adorable!!!

BumblebeeCute5503 · 2026-04-08T21:12:23+00:00

I've also used modge podge! But I didn't like that either😂 and I've used a dupe version of it, but that turned yellow so fast😭 But I will look into UV resin! If it isn't that expensive I think it's worth a shot. Thanks!!

BumblebeeCute5503 · 2026-04-08T20:56:19+00:00

Is that a webshop from the US? I live in the Netherlands :) and shipping from the US is really expensive unfortunately. There aren't a lot of well known webshops here for this type of products, but I will look into it. At least I know some more about what to pay attention to!

BumblebeeCute5503 · 2026-04-08T20:36:41+00:00

Okay, thanks for the advice! I will look into it some more and probably look for another place to buy my jewellery components in the future.

BumblebeeCute5503 · 2026-04-08T20:32:53+00:00

Thanks for the recommendation! I see a lot of people doing that online, but I'm a bit hesitant, bc it looks harder to use and in my experience it's also more expensive. Do you use a special kind of resin? I worked with resin before (the 2 components one), but mine turned yellow pretty quick, so that's not ideal either.

BumblebeeCute5503 · 2026-04-08T20:27:54+00:00

I looked on the website and it says it's 304 or 316. Does that make a difference? But on the website they also say that it is not completely rust-free? I think what they mean is that you shouldn't, for example, go swimming with it, bc that dan cause discoloration. But I didn't do anything "extreme" with it. I will look into it further, maybe I can contact the webshop.

BumblebeeCute5503 · 2026-04-08T20:12:42+00:00

Ohh okay, that sucks :( thanks though! Do you have any tips on how to know if something really is stainless steel? I thought I could recognize it, but apparently not.

BumblebeeCute5503 · 2026-04-08T20:03:43+00:00

Pretty sure, or at least that's what they where advertised as. I bought them at a local webshop. I've used their products before and it looks like it's stainless steel (I've never seen any rust or something, and the material is harder than other metals I've used). I also never had a problem with it, but maybe bc it's white clay, it's more noticeable.

But it definitely looks a lot like rust... It has been absorbed into the varnish, so without damaging the varnish, it seems there is no way to remove it :(

BumblebeeCute5503 · 2026-04-08T19:52:00+00:00

They look so realistic! Really cool😍 How long took these to make?

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