JDiction 500g UV Resin; New Formula Crystal Clear UV Resin Solar Cure Sunlight Activated Hard UV Resin Kit for Jewelry Making, Casting and Coating DIY Crafts

Full disclaimer, I’m new to this and haven’t tried regular resin or other brands. This was recommended to me in a video. I’ve found that if you apply this while a cup/bottle is on a turner and do it by hand wearing nitrile gloves, your product will have a clear smooth hard protective surface that is not slippery to grip and just looks and feels amazing.I did have problems with applying to something not rotating on a cup turner however. There were ridges but that’s just due to that method and I think any self leveling resin would have done that.For using this, I put my item on a cup/bottle turner, wear nitrile gloves and dump a line of the resin on my item. I then smooth it out. Next I turn on the rotator for a quarter turn and apply more the same way. Continue until the entire items is covered then let the cup/bottle turner run while you just smooth it by hand.If there is resin on the top or bottom of the cup/bottle where you don’t want it, no problem as it hasn’t cured so just lightly hold a rag against the edge while it rotates and it will wipe clean.I think then going over it with a small butane craft torch is helpful is making sure air bubbles aren’t present. They don’t look obvious I’ve found but you can hear them pop. Don’t apply the flame directly to the resin, just hold it close while it rotates and go over the surface quickly and you may hear them pop.Then I stick a 150 watt UV lamp in front of it for 5-10 min and it’s cured, hard, dry, solid, feels quality, can’t feel vinyl if that’s what you applied. Just does a good job. I may test another brand someday because I’m not sure if this is the cheapest for the quality result but right now I’m focusing on the quality results and the got it with this.

I have tried a couple of brands for my resin crafts and always come back to this one. It works great and cures usually without any issues (if there is an issue it is usually operator error and not the brand). I have used it for jewelry, pens, and as a top coat for some of my other projects that I want instant results with-I am not very good at being patient with regular resin, it takes too long to cure for me. Just make sure you have a good UV lamp, I use SUNUV brand.

I was concerned when I ordered this item because I couldn't find much info or reviews in the resin world but am so happy I ordered. I have had good luck with the product. It is a bit thinner than the others that I have used and flows better into the molds. Releases bubble easily if any and cures hard with no stickiness. Super happy with the product.

Worked great for our project to coat and seal 2" wooden inlay (Intarsia) tokens. To do the 900+ tokens I built a 4 foot long 18" wide conveyor belt that had two 150 watt UV lamps above the belt. The conveyor exposed the resin coated tokens for 4.5 Minutes. a little longer than the recommended 2-4 minutes. They came out cured, but had a sticky feel. wiping them down with alcohol helped a little. What helped a lot was laying them out on board and setting in the sun for several hours. Nice clear, no odor that I ever noticed. nice gloss finish that sealed up on tokens nicely.

Absolutely perfect! I make a lot of resin pieces so I love the larger bottle size.It has less of an odor than before as well!It cures shiny, hard, not sticky and perfectly each time and is always crystal clear.The viscosity is about medium. Perfect for small molds, bezels, thin top coats and jewelry!I have made a lot of bezel earrings using this uv resin and I absolutely love it!I highly recommend to anyone who is just starting out or anyone who is thinking of giving it a try!

This product is amazing. Large art project required "water" and having never used resin before I was worried I could pull it off. This brand was recommended by a jewelry maker on Instagram and so I purchased both the UV and regular epoxy types. I decided to try the UV after much debate and am so pleasantly surprised. Barely any odor, perfect consistency, crystal clear, dries super fast, multiple coats for greater water depth are no problem, included nozzles make it so easy to get in the nooks and crannies, and almost zero air bubbles. I'm so pleased that I will be purchasing more of this brand for future art projects.

I always use this brand when making my own cups. Being UV resin, it doesn't take long for it to set and comes out clear and pretty strong.

Well the consistency of this resin is pretty good, I could not believe the stench that came off the stuff! I was expecting a lot more from JDiction since it's one of the most popular brands and I was so disappointed when I started making my first couple projects and got physically nauseous from the smell. I've been working with UV resin for 8 years now and have used many different brands and I haven't experienced something this foul in a long long time. It seems like such an easy thing to remove from a product since a bunch of no name brands have been able to avoid the issue so you would think a bigger company like this would have already taken care of the problem since it can really make or break somebody's decision to purchase again or at least it did mine. Well the product itself was good unfortunately I won't waste the money when I know I can buy a different product that has all the same positives and not this huge negative. Hopefully you guys will do better next time...