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Keepin resins at recommended temp during curing

andyl

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Hi All,
Hope someone can help with this.
I've been looking at doing some of my own casting. Nowt too fancy thou.
Have read many of the posts regarding the casting process etc but one thing keeps niggling at the back of my mind.
During the resin curing process (i'm looking at Glass cast 50) the instructions state that the ideal temperature does not drop below 20c.
If the resin takes a few days to fully harden how do you keep a constant temp around or above 20c in the middle of winter in Britain ?
 

Bucks

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Andrew your right, some way your resin needs to be kept at the right temperature whilst it’s curing. I know some people don’t cast over the winter & save there casting until the warmer drier weather. I have a small casting room that I cast my pen blanks & silicone moulds in which I constantly keep maintained at around 20deg when casting. The other option is to make a insulated warming box and use a vivarium heat mat & thermostat, to store & cast your resin in (I’ve heard of quite a few people utilising an old fridge for this purpose) I’m just in the process of making my own insulated warming cupboard to store my resins in & have my pressure pots set into the top of it.
 

Penpal

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Les gaveus the details of a control heated bucket however using his principle a tented arrangement would work fine using black heat elements and a thermostat.

Peter.
 
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