Smooth-on Crytal Clear resin home use?

CasterTroy

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I've been learning a boatload as far as what is recommended for certain molds, castings, procedures, vacuum, pressure, etc. Never been happier to have found this site.

I've read on Smooth-on's site that Crystal Clear is supposed to be for industrial use only, not home use. From several posts that I have read many here are already using it but I wanted to confirm what type of environment they are using it in, just how much protection they are using before purchasing something that may be too nasty to use where I live. I don't have a garage, just a fairly large balcony and using depends on how cold it is this time of the year.
I already have a NIOSH respirator and chemical resistant gloves from working with some harsh stuff from modeling and airbrushing as well as a good paint booth.
Despite that I would like to use it in near future clear castings since it appears to be the best clear resin on the market.

Any input?
 
Go to Don's Light&Magic web site.He has a tutorial for using Smooth On's Crystal clear urethane resin for putting windows in on S.T ships.Its a pretty cool idea and a helpful tutorial if you are building one of the Enterprise ships.There are like 3 or 4 different Crystal Clear resins to choose from.A couple(if memory serves) require to be cured in an oven,the others don't and they are made for making different thickness castings.Some at 1/16 and other s for 3" or more.
 
You should still cheack out Don'sLight&magic,and there are maybe 1-2 Crystal Clear resins from the Smooth On line that you can cast at home.Basically,you can with all of them,but a few of the others require furth steps for curing it,hence "the oven" treatment.
 
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