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Looking for the name of something

11 years ago

Hi all - I'm looking for the name of something but cannot figure out what to google to find it.

This is a description of what I'm looking for. You know how if you have something you want to save in an acrylic-type container, where the object 'floats' in the clear looking material? Like, a friend's husband is a retired police officer, and she had this done to his badge, where it looks like it's 'floating' in this clear material. It then sits on a wooden base. A friend of a friend of hers helped her with this, and she doesn't know how/where it was done.

If you were to google this, to find a place that does this kind of thing, what would you call what I'm looking for? I've tried googling acrylic trophy, plastic, etc., and am drawing a blank. I thought if anyone could help, it would be the KT.

Thanks.

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Comments (9)

msventoux
11 years ago
I don't do those types of crafts, but try searching for some variations of embedments in clear resin, clear polyester resin, or casting embedments. Google images brings up some of the types of things you're talking about, and there are some You Tube videos that show how it's done. I'm not sure where you would go to get it done, maybe a trophy store?
PattiG(rose)
11 years ago
Call your local trophy shop or Google "acrylic resin trophies" and you might be able to find what you are looking for.
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Jodi_SoCal
11 years ago
Lucite, perhaps?
rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
11 years ago
Polymer resin casting kits can be found at hobby shops. You can also buy containers of the polymer.
pammyfay
11 years ago
What Rhizo said...

Check Michaels craft store, Hobby Lobby, ACMoore.
sephia
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I think I found what I'm looking for. I googled 'paperweight' and found kits to make them with the hard liquid that hardens around the object.
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Acrylic water- Hobby stores should have it.

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