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Resin on the turn

Dalboy

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I have just gone to use some resin when I started to pour it it came out rather like jelly. This is obviously of no good so I divided it up into two cups added some colour and then poured back into one after adding a little more hardener.

Has anyone tried this and what type of results did you get. Or will this be a wait and see. No harm was done as it would have ended up in the bin so no loss if it don't work.

I will find out tomorrow if it is use it or bin it, I will take photo's.

Anyway I did manage to do a block of blanks which I hope will be OK as I am still playing at this casting lark.
 

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Just took a couple of photo's

The cup is the result of the old resin and the block is the new casting
 

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Buckeye

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It will cure even if it is not as normal, you can cut it up or smash it with a lump hammer into chips and recast it with clear or contrasting resin.

Peter
 

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It will cure even if it is not as normal, you can cut it up or smash it with a lump hammer into chips and recast it with clear or contrasting resin.

Peter

I already have a pot with the bigger chips in which I am going to try sometime.


The block looks a good one Derek, the cup to be honest looks a bit sickly to me lol :thumbs:

The cup is only red and black. If it hardens I will cut it square and make something from the square section and then put the bits in my pot as I mentioned above in my reply to Peter
 

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One down one to go? The block seems a neat way to make blanks, now wait and see time bit like a lottery you pay your money and take your chances Derek as you say nothing ventured mate.

Peter.:fingers:
 
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