A Beginners Experience With Epoxy Resin

RE: A Beginners Experience With Epoxy Resin

shabaz — Sun, 29 May 2022 14:45:45 GMT

Nice results!

The polishing compound worked really well, as you demonstrated with the T-Cut. It's also possible to use a large polishing wheel (it's possible to stick that in a drill, provided the drill can spin at high speed), along with a polishing block material.

I've always found epoxy resin tricky, there's always something unexpected, e.g. an accidental leak in the mould material, or epoxy resin traveling in places it shouldn't, due to forgetting to seal parts, or capillary action (e.g. on bundles of wires that may be coming out of the mould).

Another cool thing is to try tinting the resin (it's possible to make it cloudy, or of different colours, depending on the requirement).

RE: A Beginners Experience With Epoxy Resin

kmikemoo — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 15:30:32 GMT

That looks amazing. Thanks for sharing the process. Very helpful.

RE: A Beginners Experience With Epoxy Resin

colporteur — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 15:25:21 GMT

Model railroaders use resin to simulate lakes and rivers. You might want to look at links in that hobby to solve the bubbles in the pour. They know doubt have other tips for working with the material. Might even have an inexpensive supply.

RE: A Beginners Experience With Epoxy Resin

mayermakes — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 13:31:46 GMT

oh that looks smooth!