If it's for smaller peices its worth the trade off. The stuff I use has a pot life of 4-5 min, with preheating I still get at least 3-4 min pot time. Also don't over heat it (I did 40c once) or the 2 parts wont mix right and will set like jelly.
Try preheating the resin a bit, I put my 2 parts in hot water for about 5 min prior to mixing to get it above 25c and I find that it tends to flow better, also for small peices I make the mold out of Silicon (it even picks up fingerprints) and if its not getting into the corners I just bend and...
Sorry to hear about you guys being ripped off like that, I live in Queensland and have extensive contacts in the Sci-Fi and Collectables community here (yes i am a dealer), if JediMaster can send me the details of what was stolen I will pass it onto my contacts and if anything shows up we may be...
And it perfectly legal the impot "movie swords" that can easily be sharpened and used to hack and slash.
Whats next, banning replica Harry Potter wands because they are pointy and thus a weapon.
I have found with most clear resigns you need to :-
- preheat the 2 parts in some hot water
- work in an environment between 24c(75f) and 30c (air conditioning helps)
- it need to be mixed for 2 min in one cup nad the poured into another and stired for another min, what you get is a very...