my first "resin kick"

[Sidewinder]

Welcome into a bigger, smellier and messier world

SAS

 

[hydin]

heh

just poured my first white plastic casting, and had a huge amount left over in the mixing cup. sat back for a few mins and watched the magic happen

i have used clear resins for... well, ever. this is my first experience with white resin, so watching it go from bleach color to a white hockey puck was pretty cool. it sort of started out in a weird swastika shape/galaxy shape, and just branched out from there. nifty.

i have a feeling this is one of the many reasons that the hobby is as big as it is. its like watching magic happen.

very hot magic. wish i had my non contact thermometer out so i could see how hot the cup got.

anywho, felt like sharing my special moment

chris

 

[Don Jarr]

Hi m8

Once you really get into casting the next fab moment is when you pressure cast something for the first time, and when it comes out you just can't believe just how smooth and air bubble less it is.

And you saying about heat, I used tooling resin, which is a filled unsaturated polyester resin, and made a thick four inch rod using a waxed cardboard tube with duct tape to seal the bottom as the mould, (it was going to be machined down so uneven sides and bottom didnÂ’t matter) After a while I could smell something funny and was searching hi and low for something burning, then looked at the cardboard tube and the duct tape had melted and the cardboard was smoking. It was too hot to pick up by hand so had to grab my crucial tongs to pick it up and place in a bucket of water. It was so hot it actually warmed the water to the touch. It turned out it should only be a max of 50mm thick, not 100 and hence it got very hot.

Have fun and keep on moulding.

Don

 

[thorssoli]

Having done a lot of stuff with casting resin, I have a valuable piece of advice for you. What you need to do is take your cup and chisel the cured resin out of it. Once your cup is reasonably clean, you'll need a broad tip felt marker and a piece of cardboard.

Now take all of it to a busy street corner with lots of pedestrian traffic. Once you get there, sit down, set your cup on the ground in front of you, and make up a cardboard sign that reads, "I am a prop hobbyist, please help."

I hope you find this tip helpful.

 

[SG Merc]

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Having done a lot of stuff with casting resin, I have a valuable piece of advice for you. What you need to do is take your cup and chisel the cured resin out of it. Once your cup is reasonably clean, you'll need a broad tip felt marker and a piece of cardboard.

Now take all of it to a busy street corner with lots of pedestrian traffic. Once you get there, sit down, set your cup on the ground in front of you, and make up a cardboard sign that reads, "I am a prop hobbyist, please help."

I hope you find this tip helpful.
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How very true this is. So sad.

 

[belleauwood]

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Having done a lot of stuff with casting resin, I have a valuable piece of advice for you. What you need to do is take your cup and chisel the cured resin out of it. Once your cup is reasonably clean, you'll need a broad tip felt marker and a piece of cardboard.

Now take all of it to a busy street corner with lots of pedestrian traffic. Once you get there, sit down, set your cup on the ground in front of you, and make up a cardboard sign that reads, "I am a prop hobbyist, please help."

I hope you find this tip helpful.
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How very true this is. So sad.
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HA hh HA.

As a resin monkey, I'll say "too true" as well.

Welcome to the world of what I call "Magic goo."

My 1/2 cent of advice, pick up some liquid glove like auto mechanics use, helps when your glove fails or you get splatter further up your arm, makes the resin easier to get off.

Ryan