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RitzyToo’s ‘Get to Know Your Suppliers’ Series: An Introduction and Interview With Carl Becker, VP of ETI How to Create Beautiful Jewelry With Resin Finishes Made with EnviroTex. Made with EasyCast. EnviroTex, a name synonymous with ‘original high gloss finish’ has developed into the industry standard for quality and reliability since 1969. Over the years, ETI, has found a loyal and growing market for a separate line of products designed for the hobbyist. We were fortunate to get the VP of ETI to spend some interview time with us so that RitzyToo readers/ hobbyists can discover another great resource for their maker passion, handcrafted jewelry and related projects. To facilitate our shoppers’ overview of your extensive craft and jewelry making products, please list from 4 to 6 of the most popular jewelry making project types and the specific ETI products needed. 1. EnviroTex Lite pour-on High Gloss Finish (epoxy) – used to coat jewelry pieces where a deep, durable, and high gloss finish. 2. EnviroTex Jewelry Resin – crystal clear, UV resistant, professional jeweler’s grade, high doming epoxy, used to coat jewelry pieces. 3. EasyCast – clear casting epoxy used to cast jewelry pieces in molds. 4. EnviroTex Jewelry Clay – creamy smooth porcelain like epoxy clay product used as an adhesive in bezels to attach stones, crystals, etc., or to create one of a kind jewelry piece designs. 5. EasyMold Silicone Putty – a fun, fast, and easy product for making jewelry molds with great detail. No mold release required. 6. Castin’ Craft Opaque Pigment and Transparent Dyes – can be used to add to our EnviroTex Lite, Easy Cast, and EnviroTex Jewelry Clay products. 7. EasyCast Resin Jewelry Molds – a total of 18 popular jewelry shapes formed on two convenient trays. Molds made of durable, smooth self-releasing polypropylene. Can you provide relevant videos, where possible, to illustrate for the viewers an idea how easy it can be to create jewelry using ETI products. Yes, I would be happy to. Here are the links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L3rirpTdaY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whnsO3dsHOk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c22EQ-ARn8E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImhgPu1b-3I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pazbJay2VgY 12| December-January | RitzyToo! | RitzyToo.com Made with Jewelry Clay. Where can our hobbyists find additional project patterns/tutorials that would be suitable for use with the ETI product supplies? Resin Crafts Blog http://resincrafts.blogspot.ca Please describe ETI’s customer service for our hobbyists. We offer live tech support weekdays during regular business hours. Please take a moment and introduce RitzyToo readers to some of your other products that might be of interest. Castin’ Craft Clear Polyester Casting Resin – optically the clearest of all resins. Used by professionals to create faux gems, stones, etc. Castin Craft Resin Spray – a fast drying clear finish/sealer. Ideal for fixing small blemishes on cured resin pieces. Thank you Carl for taking the time for this interview and for providing the information on ETI and its products that I am sure will be of considerable interest to the RitzyToo hobbyist, especially just before the holidays this year!