✨ Elevate Your Crafting Game with Crystal Clarity! ✨
Introducing our Low Viscosity Ultra-Clear Epoxy Resin, available in various sizes from 150g to 3kg. This two-part system is designed for casting, embedding, and moulding, providing an optically clear finish that is UV resistant and exhibits negligible shrinkage during curing. Ideal for creative projects like penny tables and live edge woodwork, this resin requires a minimum temperature of 18°C to cure effectively. Please note that due to a global shortage, kits are currently supplied without gloves.
Manufacturer | Swindon Composite Supplies |
Package Dimensions | 50 x 50 x 50 cm |
Size | X Large 3.0kg |
Colour | Clear |
Material | Resin, Epoxy Resin Acetate |
Item Package Quantity | 1 |
Special Features | Water Clear |
Batteries included? | No |
Batteries Required? | No |
P**B
Easy to use but follow instructions carefully
I wanted to try and preserve the remainder of a last precious bouquet and although I know in hindsight I should have dried all the flowers properly I didn't do that. I added in some gold leaf (very cheap) and I am delighted with the results. I was careful in mixing to the weight and had already measured out in water how much the mould needed. The accompanying beakers are really handy. On initially mixing it was cloudy but the instructions said to heat it in water if that happened, so I dunked the beaker into a pan of hot water out of the kettle and continued mixing and it came clear within a minute or two. Very runny so care is needed when pouring. This was my first attempt at doing this craft and I am very pleased with the results - not sure if the flowers will still rot and change colour yet, but if so, hey ho, they would have had to be thrown out at some point. I did two lots, poured some in then arrange the flowers, and then mixed a bigger lot and poured that over the top. I had some trouble getting the flowers to stop floating to the top and the back of the heart is a bit lumpy, but I am still happy.
G**M
Easy to use and great results
2 to 1 ratio, which is different to other epoxy I have used, but I feel this one is a much clearer quality. It does take longer to dry/harden (this might be due to the cold weather at the moment). I found putting in the airing cupboard speeds up this process. Easy to clean the stick and plastic cup after use with warm water and washing up liquid. Will definitely buy again.
A**R
still good after 2 years - strong, water-clear. very slow to set.
It took me 2 years to get around to using this. When I got it out of the cupboard I found that about a quarter of the resin had "hardened" into a solid whitish plug at the bottom of the bottle. Thanks to very rapid customer support I managed to get it to redisolve by putting the bottle in very hot (like 80degC) water for a few tens of minutes plus some agitation by hand.My use-case is very small batches of resin to cast small load-bearing engineering components. The supplier is quite emphatic about the proportions *by mass* being critical, so I got a pack of pipettes and a small 200g digital scales (amazingly under a tenner).I then tried some test mixes using a range of slight variations around the 2:1 ratio (7 samples of 2g hardener with 3.5-4.5g resin), which I cast in a series of depressions cut into polystyrene. They all hardened in about 3 days on a windowsill (so a bit colder than I should have had them). Not a huge difference in final result between the mixes - with slightly more hardener they set slightly quicker but the internet says more hardener can make them finish tacky. Where they contacted the polystyrene they have remained a bit gooey, so while it doesn't dissolve through, it won't work satisfactorily as a mould material. Side note - resin by itself very slowly dissolved through (over days), hardener by itself did not.I then cast a larger batch in the cap of a big yoghurt pot (which is fairly close to the geometry I will be wanting) with an m3 screw embedded - this was 24g of mixture. This also took nearly 3 days to cure - a bit warmer / a bit quicker. It was still self-levelling when poked at around the 36 hour mark. When poked at about 48 hours it wouldnt pull out to a peak. Even way outside its shelf life it has hardened into a fairly stiff and robust part - the m3 screw won't pull out even with some small pliers. It took nearly 3 days before I finally extracted it. It stuck quite tight to the lid at the edges so i had to peel it away with pliers, though the flat "bottom" pulled away more easily. Since then it got a bit more rigid over the next couple of days. I can hit it hard on a worktop and doesn't break. It is also completely clear - in fact after pouring it I literally couldn't tell where the surface was. It has taken the detail of the lid with very close resolution.I will try some more tests adding MDF sawdust - partly to bulk it out but also because it should theoretically make it stronger (and my cnc manufactures a limitless supply of it).One thing of note, it pulled a meniscus of about 5mm up the plastic lid at the edges and also up the thread of the m3 nut.
D**M
Very impressed with how clear and hard the resin is
Very helpful seller and quick to respond to queries about best product for my application. Comes with easy instructions and I'm very pleased with the results so far as a complete resin novice ie my first time using resin. Used the low viscosity slow cure to fill deep open cracks in oak beams before I turn them into legs for a work bench I'm building to last. Also experimenting with stabilizing some rotted interesting wood before making a seat. So far so good, wood has absorbed loads of resin where a bit soft and filled areas where i cleaned out the worst decay leaving big open craters in the board. Resin seems to plane easily, if a little messy. Looks great where the crystal clear resin lets you peer inside the wood grain. Ive found good way for me is to mix the resin well and then leave to stand for 30mins before using so the bubbles disappear
J**5
Great results.
I am new to using resin, so I was a little apprehensive at 1st, but my Halloween decoration turned out great. I used the deep pour resin and although it takes a long time to cure, the results are great.
M**Y
Brilliant and easy to use
Deep pour well .. no bubbles and very clear .. good quality for money ..definitely be using again
M**S
Needs more part b
Whilst the product is usually good I've found for it to not be bendy and soft once cured, you need way more then than the regular amount of part b. This used to be a phenomenal product I have been using since 2020. But now the quality of the finished product is quite poor.As well as that it's just full of bubbles no amount of heat or alcohol spray gets rid of them.
S**E
H50 epoxy resin for table creations
High quality resin for tables and thick pouring.With the H50 (long curing time) you can do pouring up to 5 cm and the long curing time helps you to avoid any bubble.Pro tip: warm up the resin once mixed with hardener (water bath) and bring the resin around 25 c°. Leave the resin in the cup for about 5 minutes so all the bubbles goes out. If you have any crystal inside the resin (due to cold temperature) the above procedure will fix your problem.
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