They fully cure and are fine indoors, but they must fall apart in the mail if it’s too hot. I usually make something and wait for it to cure before adding more resin to a clip and allowing it the cure on the clip. I know it’s from the resin not fully curing but even when I have items that have fully cured, sometimes they’ll still fall apart if they’re left in the heat. I make little resin trinkets to sell and they’re mostly fine but I recently made a bad batch that must not have fully cured because they fell apart in the mail? I’m not entirely sure but I received from negative feedback. I have a question about fully cured epoxy resin.
Finally after a stories worth, is there any way I can sand this sucker down and re pour? the ant is at the bottom so I am not worried about getting close to him. We tried so many things and its clouded to hell and back. this is going to sound crazy) lighter fluid (because it doesn’t react with the resin and it was the only thing getting off the adhesive on the back) well my paper towel stuck to the front of the resin. Once it dried I was going to clean it like I do with all my bezel filled pendants. Decided I would go ahead and add a second layer and fill it to the top.
The bezel wasnt completely full since I was just using the little bit left over from my last batch. The tape I use for the bottom of my open back bezels had a lot of adhesive (I ended up changing tapes because of that) and it left indentions on the back of the piece so I poured a little white resin over it. and since it was already dead and in resin I couldnt exactly dry it or seal it (not the issue) but I ended up putting it into a resin necklace. A while back I was pouring resin and a little spilled out of my cup onto the newspaper I had my molds sitting on out on the balcony and a carpenter ant flew into the spill. ⭐️ BONUS: Here’s how I apply release to a resin mold Your resin mold release must be completely dry before pouring resin into that mold. ⭐️ BONUS: If it’s a resin sold in the Resin Obsession store, we’ve got all that information for you in our resin buying guide. You have to mix together a specific amount of each to generate enough heat for the resin to harden. This heat is what makes the mixture get hard.
When you mix resin and hardener together, a chemical reaction causes heat production. You cannot use one brand’s resin with another brand’s hardener. Were both parts of the resin kit from the same manufacturer? Otherwise, you may find yourself asking…why didn’t my resin harden?ĩ. Did you mix it in the proper ratios?Īlways read the directions! Every resin has its own mixing directions.
Make sure to mix your resin at the right temperature. Resin cures best in a room temperature of low 70’s F. If you sealed items with glue, are you sure they were dry before adding to your resin?īONUS: Here’s how I like to seal items before including them in resin. Inclusions are anything extra you add to epoxy to make your resin crafts.
⭐️ BONUS: Here’s how to clean resin tools for another use. If you reused them, was there any leftover residue? Any extra water, soap, or solvents can explain why your resin didn’t cure. ⭐️ BONUS: Here’s how to mix resin and hardener in five easy steps. You need to mix the resin well, scraping the sides of your cup and resin stirring stick as you go. They’ve got lines on the side so you can see exactly how much you’re measuring. Measuring it properly means using graduated mixing cups to make sure you get accurate measurements. This water drips into your resin and affects curing. If the temperature changes a lot, moisture will collect on the inside of the lids. Are you keeping your resin in a climate-controlled environment? Besides, all resins eventually yellow so you want to use your resin while it’s still clear. Moisture can collect in your bottles, which will affect how it cures. Only buy enough resin that you can comfortably use within half of the expected shelf life. (And read to the end of the article if you’re wondering what the number one question is that I get asked most.) 1. Here are the twelve most common reasons I see why your resin didn’t cure. But sometimes it doesn’t work out that way. The second most popular question I get asked is ‘Why didn’t my resin harden? You just mix the stuff together and it gets hard, right?’ Yes, technically speaking.