Post by Khardiss on Aug 29, 2021 0:05:14 GMT -5
This is my first attempt even playing with resin, so this is almost certainly a “newbie” error.
I bought the Amazing Clear Cast resin and clear coating kit with a silicone sphere mold from Michael’s. Followed the instructions, stirred the two parts together until clear (no swirls), made a nice mess trying to pour the mix into the tiny hole in the sphere mold, then left it alone for 24 hours. Came back the next day and removed my ball from the mold. It was yellow. However, the leftover resin I left in my stir cup (about 1/4 inch) came out perfectly clear. So I’m pretty sure the issue wasn’t with the resin being old or whatever. My guess is that the size of the sphere mold (about the size of a tennis ball) somehow caused the issue since the thinner “leftover mold” looked just fine. Or the mold I bought was somehow to blame (possibly low quality or something).
Any ideas on what I did wrong? Maybe I just need to fill the sphere mold in batches rather than all at once (like fill it 1/4 of the way, wait 12-24 hours then add more, repeat)?
I bought the Amazing Clear Cast resin and clear coating kit with a silicone sphere mold from Michael’s. Followed the instructions, stirred the two parts together until clear (no swirls), made a nice mess trying to pour the mix into the tiny hole in the sphere mold, then left it alone for 24 hours. Came back the next day and removed my ball from the mold. It was yellow. However, the leftover resin I left in my stir cup (about 1/4 inch) came out perfectly clear. So I’m pretty sure the issue wasn’t with the resin being old or whatever. My guess is that the size of the sphere mold (about the size of a tennis ball) somehow caused the issue since the thinner “leftover mold” looked just fine. Or the mold I bought was somehow to blame (possibly low quality or something).
Any ideas on what I did wrong? Maybe I just need to fill the sphere mold in batches rather than all at once (like fill it 1/4 of the way, wait 12-24 hours then add more, repeat)?
