 Here at Art Risen we are so proud that we have a product that is water clear But we are not going to talk about that today. In fact today. We are going to talk about what nobody wants to talk about It's true that Art Risen has a shelf life just like lots of other art materials that you may find in the art store You can find our manufacturing date on the label and basically the shelf life is 12 months unopened or six months once it's been opened And this date just refers to the length of time that you can expect the product to remain water clear After that you may see some yellowing in the hardener, but that doesn't mean it's fit for the garbage In fact in this video, we are going to show you four different ways that you can use up that yellowed hardener Art Risen shelf life begins to shorten once it comes in contact with oxygen That's why the shelf life is only six months once you open it So just like when you open milk and it starts to go bad rather quickly or when you cut an apple and it starts to turn brown That's oxidization as well and to a certain extent there's nothing we can really do about it Except for making sure we always put the lids back on the bottles Now just to be clear yellowing that happens due to oxidization is a lot different from other yellowing that can sometimes happen Due to UV light damage one happens in the liquid state and it's due to oxygen The other happens in the cured state and again, that's due to UV light damage But we got you covered there too art resin is chemically engineered to offer the best yellowing protection on the market So what do you do with art resin that may be past its shelf life? Well, first of all, don't throw it out It will still operate as intended, which means the chemical reaction will still take place So long as you measure and mix appropriately That chemical reaction will happen and it doesn't matter if that hardener has turned a little yellow or not Secondly, the yellowing that you do see in the hardener bottle probably looks a lot worse than it really is Because you're looking at it in bulk by the time you spread it out It won't look quite so yellow and don't forget you're going to dilute that hardener anyways with your 50 50 resin hardener mixture So you're cutting it in half yet again But let's get on with it. Let's see what projects you can make with your resin that is past the shelf life Here's Joanne to show us what she's got Okay, let's get started. So you can see here. I've got two sets of art resin This one is brand new. I just pulled it out of the warehouse and it says fresh as can be This one here you can tell the label is quite a bit older and this is from 2016 Dave gave me these bottles when I started in september 2016. So that's how old they are And you can see the hardener has significantly yellowed now You might look at this and think You can't do anything with it that it's a waste but that is not true at all In fact, once you mix the resin with it, which stays clear as you can see The resin will dilute this yellow color quite a bit and you can see it on this piece here This was done with yellowed hardener and the clear resin and the yellow color actually isn't too bad And it's really only when you hold it up against a piece that was done with fresh art resin that you can see It does have a bit of a yellow tinge to it So although you might not want to use yellowed hardener over a white piece There are lots of different ways you can use it and you'll never know there was ever a yellow issue So i'm going to walk you through a few of those today including resigning over wood Using alcohol ink to make coasters Tinting the resin with resin tint to make some flow art And then last we're going to resin over some brightly colored artwork that has no white in it at all Okay, so let's get started Okay, so here is a perfect way to use your yellow resin If you get a piece of artwork that is really brightly colored that has very little to no white Or even one that's painted using dark colors. It's really going to disguise Any yellowing you're not going to know at all and Just to show you we're going to do a side-by-side comparison So we've got two pieces of artwork here. They're both really really brightly colored almost the same One i'm going to coat with fresh resin The other one i'm going to coat with the resin with the yellowed hardener and I guarantee you you won't be able to tell the Difference what i'm done. So let's get started. I've got my clear resin here and they put my gloves on Now i'm going to dome this which means i'm just going to bring the resin right up to the edges without going over So I haven't taped the back or anything like that. I love doming myself because it keeps my work Surface nice and clean and there's less cleanup And it's easier. I think Okay, so for this size these are 12 by 12 So i'm going to need five ounces. So two and a half ounces of resin two and half ounces of hardener Okay, and i'm going to mix I'm going to stir for three minutes scrape the sides and bottom As I go. Okay next i'm going to do the yellowed hardener with the resin But remember I said when you add the clear resin and it's going to dilute this So watch when I start mixing It's already starting to clear up quite a bit now. I want to show you The resin in the bottle and how yellow it looks and then compared to The mixed resin and hardener together and how diluted it has become so that's quite a significant difference there between the Mixed and the hardener in the bottle Okay, and then next I want to show you the fresh resin Compared to the yellowed So really it's not a huge difference at all. It looks looks far worse in the bottle than it does Actually mixed up so I honestly when you put it on this brightly colored artwork you will not be able to tell the difference So that's what we're going to do next. Okay, so we'll start with The fresh resin and hardener on here And i'm just going to grab my spreader And again i'm going to dome it so i'm going to spread it out without going over Okay, now you can use this big spreader for doming, but I like using a smaller Spatula just gives me a little more control So all i'm doing is just i'm not using a lot of pressure I'm just nudging literally just nudging the resin Right up to the edges and not letting it go over the sides And because art resin is so nice and thick it kind of just stays where you put it Perfect, so i've got my piece domed and now i'm going to pour The yellowed hardener All right, so I am done the doming and honestly I cannot tell the difference at all So i'm just going to torch now I'll get rid of those bubbles Okay, beautiful That is it So i'm going to get my desk cover I'm going to cover these up and let them cure overnight tomorrow. We'll reveal them to you and I Promise you you will not be able to tell the difference between The painting with the fresh resin and the painting with the yellowed Hardener so we will see you tomorrow Okay, so we have our cured paintings here Now not only does the resin make the colors absolutely pop on these paintings But you also cannot tell which one had the fresh resin and which one had the yellowed hardener So just in case it was this one And in fact, I actually had to make a mark for myself so I could tell the difference between the two They both look beautiful absolutely look identical So again using yellowed hardener on brightly colored paintings is the way to go for sure Another perfect way of using up your yellowed hardener is to make coasters using alcohol ink Very similar to these ones here once you've got the alcohol ink in the resin I promise you won't be able to tell that you ever had any yellow hardener Okay, so side by side comparison once again using the Fresh art resin and using this older art resin with the yellow hardener I've already got it measured and mixed in my cups here This one obviously is the fresh art resin This one here is the older with the yellowed hardener and really I mean side by side You can tell that this one has a bit of a yellow tinge, but really if you compare it again to the one in the bottle It's really diluted. So here we go I'm using two ounces total so one ounce of resin and one ounce of hardener And as I normally always do when I'm making coasters I warmed up my resin and hardener first before I measured and mixed And warming it up just really helps to thin out the resin and you'll get far less bubbles Okay, so I've got my alcohol ink here and whatever colors you want to use It's totally fine. It's up to you But always make sure when working with alcohol ink and resin if you want to get that really cool effect Make sure you have white on hand The reason being is that white is heavier than the other colors And it will drive the color down and create those really cool tendrils that you get with alcohol ink posters Okay, so we'll start with pink and I'm going to do exactly the same thing in both coasters just to really show an equal comparison So whenever you add a color always make sure you add white immediately afterwards and as I said it's going to drive that color down Okay, so wherever you have a dot of color make sure you put a dot of white on top You can just keep layering your alcohol ink And with each layer of ink it's going to create more and more patterns And depth in your alcohol ink coaster All right, if you want to you can even like take a toothpick and you can even like, you know, make some swirls As well. So that kind of creates a really cool look as well. So we'll do the same thing on this side I think this looks really great and we'll see what they look like tomorrow when we unmold them And just an important note Always remember when you're working with alcohol ink and resin You don't ever want to use your torch because as we know alcohol is a solvent and highly flammable Okay, so we'll just leave them like this. We'll cover them up from the night and we'll see how they look tomorrow Okay, so let's reveal our alcohol ink coasters. I'm going to demold this one first. This was made with a clear art resin And it is beautiful Okay, now let's compare the one made with the yellowed hardener and They look identical. Honestly, you cannot tell which is which the white alcohol ink is super white And they both look beautiful. So alcohol ink coasters another perfect way to use up yellowed hardener So now we've got probably my favorite way to use up yellowed resin and that is to tint it So I've got my resin tint bottles here and I'm going to create some flow art So I've already measured and mixed and separated out my art resin. So here we've got the clear Fresh art resin and here we've got the yellowed art resin. You can see Side by side, this one does have that bit of that yellow tinge But once we add these beautiful colors, you will never know this was ever yellow. So let's get started So I'm going to do kind of an ocean inspired palette I've got my blues and greens and bronze and white And I've already measured and mixed and separated out my art resin is separate cups So now I'm going to go ahead and add my resin tint. Now the resin tint is really really saturated You don't need very much at all. So I'm going to start with a pearl green So we'll just add maybe a dozen drops or so Okay, so that looks good And you know what I love to do is just to punch up the color a little bit I love adding a drop or two of the original Green just to kind of give a little bit of a boost as well So I'm just going to add a couple of drops of original green and now I'm going to move on to blue So I've got my pearl blue here. I love this one. This one of my favorites And next we've got original blue Add a little dark blue in there next is bronze I always love adding a little bit of metallic either gold or bronze Okay, and finally uh white Okay, so I've got all my colors mixed up. I'm just going to grab my stir stick here and start stirring All right, so I'm going to start with the green I've poured on my resin now So I'm going to grab my heat gun and just blow the resin around a little bit to create some cool effects Okay, that looks awesome. I'm just going to torch those bubbles out And because resin tint is non flammable remember you can use a torch with it Bring to these bubbles here awesome, and I'll just look in the light Okay, those look awesome So I don't know if you can see from here and we're going to show you some more after they've cured But these look identical you cannot tell which one had the fresh resin and which one had the yellowed hardener But we will show you tomorrow after they've cured Okay, so here we have our flow art that we made using resin tinted with resin tint You can see they both look absolutely identical And this one actually is my favorite project out of all of them And here's why take a peek at the white tinted resin It's still white and if you compare it to the one made with the fresh art resin they look identical So tinting your resin is another great solution for working with the yellowed hardener Okay, so now we have probably the easiest way to use up your yellowed hardener and that is to apply it over wood Again, I'm going to do a side-by-side comparison using fresh art resin and the older art resin with the yellowed hardener I've got my wood already prepped and in fact this was one piece of wood It was a piece of walnut and just to keep everything absolutely equal we cut it in half I've got it sealed and it's already propped up on blocks here ready to be resined And I'm just going to grab my level to make sure it's nice and horizontal this one is perfect And that one is good too Okay, so I've got my resin already measured and mixed. That's the clear This one is with the older resin again. It's got that yellowish tinge But just you wait and see once I pour it over the wood you will never ever know that this was ever yellow Okay, so that's it. I'm ready to pour so let's start with our fresh art resin so I'm just gonna Spread it out this one I'm going to let the resin run right over the sides on this one just because it's it's just much easier And I think it looks nice on the bark as well Spread her here Just spread it out and then I'm going to get right in there with my glove tans And I'm just going to work it in So I always love keeping one of these foam brushes handy whenever I'm doing something with a live edge And just work it into all of those little nooks and crannies In the bark Now I'm going to grab my torch. Okay, we'll get rid of these bubbles Now sealing your wood is really going to help prevent off-gassing and off-gassing is when the wood releases its trapped air into the resin in the form of bubbles so Sealing it first really helps to minimize any off-gassing All right, so that looks good now. We're going to move on to our yellowed art resin And honestly, you cannot tell the difference Art resin looks so beautiful over wood Just makes the grain pop and the color pop Okay, so that's all poured on. I'm just going to grab my spreader here And spread it out to the edges And just be careful too when you are Using your gloved hands or the brush on the sides All these little bits and pieces are going to come off So you don't want to be careful you don't get it mixed into resin on the top of your board Otherwise, they're going to cure right into your resin and keep it moving at all times See all those bubbles popping All right So we're all done They look amazing and honestly they look identical to me I can't tell which has the fresh art resin in which has The older art resin so tomorrow after they've cured we'll show them to you and we'll see if you can spot the difference Okay, so we have our dried wood pieces here now if you remember it was one piece of wood that we cut into two And they both look gorgeous In fact, I cannot tell the difference between the side that was made with the yellowed hardener and the one that was made with The fresh art resin so it was this one this one had the yellowed hardener It looks gorgeous as does this piece here that have the fresh art resin So applying over wood is a fantastic way a super easy way of using up your yellowed hardener And you will never ever be able to tell the difference So there you have it for great projects that you can try out on your own Now just a friendly word of advice this oxidization issue no longer becomes an issue once the product is cured So that's a good thing if you are concerned about it Then always always always put your lids back on right away And it also makes sense to buy a size of art resin that fits the size of project that you're working on Now if you do find yourself a proud owner of some yellowed hardener Then you can put it on a charcuterie board you can use it tinted and flow art or on petri dish art Or just use it over some dark or colorful artwork And whatever you do enjoy and have fun