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How to Make a Floating Crushed Opal Pen Step up your glitter craft projects with Crushed Opal! Take a look at the process of making a floating crushed opal pen... The Materials & Tools: Amber Crushed Opal - Size Medium Black Fire Crushed Opal - Size Medium Dragon's Egg Crushed Opal - Size Medium Sleepy Lavender Crushed Opal - Size Medium Empty Tube Floating Pens Vegetable Glycerin  Water Glue Eye Dropper Tube Mixing Cup The Process: 🌟 We first started by mixing our water and vegetable glycerin. We used mainly water with a little bit of glycerin to help prevent the...

  How to Make a Crushed Opal Vial Necklace Learn how to use crushed opal in a new way!  The Materials we used for the DIY necklace: 1G of Fine Alien Bloodstone Crushed Opal, 2G of Medium Alien Bloodstone Crushed Opal, a three gram vial, an eyelet hook, a chain, vegetable glycerin, and Medium Mercury Adhesive. The Process: 💚 We started by layering our crushed opal and liquid of choice into the vial. This allows us to fully coat the opal in the liquid which brings out the color play. We used vegetable glycerin because it is a thicker liquid and is easy to work...

Tools/Materials Needed: Lathe Ring Mandrel Ring Core Crushed Opal for Inlay (1 Gram makes approximately 2+ rings) CA Glue - Thin, Medium, and Thick CA Accelerator Sandpaper Wet/Dry 220 - 1500 Grit Micro Mesh Pads 1500 - 12000 Grit Shop Towels Plastic Polish Carbide Tipped Tools (always use sharp tools!) Safety Glasses Respirator   WARNING: Always wear the appropriate safety equipment when using a lathe.   Making a Crushed Opal Ring: Place the ring mandrel in the lathe chuck and slide the ring blank on it. Using an expanding ring mandrel is recommended to ensure the ring does not slide...