Making A Homemade Reusable Epoxy Resin Mold. What Happened!?
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 2024
- REUSABLE epoxy resin molds for charcuterie boards have become super popular, so I wanted to make my own and test it out by making a charcuterie board for my wife.
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Reusable epoxy resin molds seem to be all the rage lately. It's a great idea for someone who does a lot of epoxy work, but it comes at a cost. Most of these molds are hundreds of dollars. So I thought I'd make one for myself while I was making a resin charcuterie board for my wife.
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You would never have known looking at the finished product!! It turned out AMAZING! Love how the colors blended and your swirls!
Right!? Man was it a struggle... but came out great!
The key to being a great woodworker is learning how to fix mistakes. It turned out great!
I couldn't agree more!
Not a resin fail! Simply a valuable learning experience. The final piece came out amazing. :-)
I definitely agree. Although it didn't feel that way at the time!
Thank you for sharing this valuable lesson. Your serving board looks great.
Great save! I appreciate that you filmed your mistakes instead of pretending these things don't happen. Thanks!
We're all human, right?!
I had my own epoxy fail a couple months ago... I really thought I knew what I was doing, but I don't do this stuff every day. Same problem: bubbles in old wood, unsealed. Should have known better. Oh, well.
Awesome video! You explained things that I have not seen in other videos. I appreciate you explaining the reasons why you did certain things.
Great, thanks for watching!
Final product looked great and we learned a lot. Win-Win! 👍
I agree! Glad you found it helpful!
I do quite a bit with epoxy and in the grand scheme of it all those are pretty minor problems ,(although the mold release issue was probably a headache). Wait till you have a leak in your mold, that is really bad. Awesome job tho, it looks great!
Great point! I'm so glad I didn't have any leaks
Gorgeous!
Thank you! Cheers!
beautiful art work...
Thank you so much 😀
Great stuff! I have been searching thru your videos hoping you did one on your spoiler board with the t-tracks. How did you make that or where did you buy it? My clamping system is not effective enough.
Thanks. It comes standard with the @carbide3d Shapeoko Pro
Being new to epoxy, do you have to disengage the safety clutch with SawStop when cutting this material?
No I didn't
Excellent save Andy.
Thanks! 👍
Very nice, thank You
What I think happened was the heat from the resin softened the PVC and bonded with it. I use melamine for my molds and past wax to coat the surface. This process has never let me down. Even with a thick heavy pour, the mold pops right out from the work piece with hardly any effort at all.
Thats definitely a possibility
Hey sir, I have a question. Do you tape the melamine then wax it, or just past wax the melamine as it is?
Ima try it, thanks for the info!!!
I'm sure someone has mentioned this to you by now. But for those who are just getting into this. A Mold Release spray probably would have saved your epoxy from sticking to your mold.
what did the material cost for this project vs sale price if you infact sold it?
Excellent, most informative video I've seen yet and I've been researching this for months. Beautiful work too! Was that CA glue with accelerator you used to fix the divots? What was that liquid that you polished it with? What grain sandpaper did you go up to?
Great! Glad you found it helpful. Yes I used CA glue for the divots. I used Walrus Oil as my finish and 120grit
@@AndyBirdBuilds thanks!
You didn't use mold release or line the mold with tape. Dude, you have some major tools there. 👏
Mold release would help, but you actually don't have to use anything when you use HDPE plastic.
Instead of hot glue to bond the sides, use plumbers glue. The material is PVC just like PVC drain pipe. I used this material
to replace plywood storage bins on a boat and glued them together. Nail brads and or clamps until the glue set. (P.S. It sets fast!)
I think it’s awesome that you showed us your mistakes. Glad it worked out.
Cool. Glad you liked it
What if you used house wrap tape on your mold surfaces before hot glue/silicone step?
What grit or grits did you use in the drum sander? Great save and cool looking board.
Thank you. I typically use 120. Not exactly sure what I had on in this video
Love it!
Thanks so much! Glad I followed through with it
if you line the inside with tuck tape it would release ( ive heard ).
How does that mineral oil look after a couple of washings?
It fades over time but it's something that can easily be reapplied. I'm not aware of a food-safe finish that this isn't true for
What did you use in the end to shine up the board?
Walrus Oil. Link in the description
Next time, no hot glue is needed. 100% silicone and is all u need. just use a lot of it and make sure u have no leaks. You also don't need feet. Just use the clamps themselves as feet. I hate assembling molds, so I bought some no-seal ones from jeff mack supply. so much easier. I make a lot of resin stuff. Get one ;) Also for epoxy, use superclear liquid glass. U can pour up to 2.5" and it cures in 72 hours. Also cheaper than total boat. Also, if u want the color to blend less, let them cure for several hours first in their tub THEN pour. And yeah, seal your edges with tabletop epoxy and then scuff up. Use HDPE next time too. Or melamine works too, but u need to use mold release spray on the melamine.
Regardless of whether or not you use silicone or another material epoxy won’t bond to you still need to use mold release.
The PVC would probably worked IF you had used mold release. That's what they do in the boatbuilding.
should have used a releasing agent
Nice vid brother. I sent you a DM and email, take a peek? 🙏
TOTAL FAIL!!! LOL
Epoxy is not safe for you. Think how epoxy and similar chemicals and microplastics actually affect you and the environment.
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thanks for contributing lol