@@SteveMcDonaldArtsandCrafts I have been having issues with 1 to 1 forever getting extremely hot and being full of bubbles I bought a vacuum pot as a result but I had no idea I could avoid the massive panic of the insane time limit by just using a different resin. I knew there were slower resins but nobody explained to me how much trouble you could save using the right resin for the right job. I cannot believe not a single channel as mentioned this. I don’t actually do deep pour stuff but I do really huge surfaces and it’s a frantic race to delete the bubbles, I could have saved myself a lot of anxiety.
FYI, a deep pour resin isn't necessary. You can use regular stuff, but have to make layers (which can actually give you more options). It will take you a LOT of resin to do this, so account for that.
I did that because I only had 1:1 resin. One thing I did was pour the next layer before the previous one was completely cured. The layers didn’t show at all, and I was so pleased. (unfortunately, I don’t recall who taught it)
@aprildegele1510 no need for that. Just get a pressure pot. They are like $40 at harbor freight. You do your pore, put it in the pressure pot, and air it up to 60 psi. The pressure causes the bubbles to become microscopic. A lot cheaper than buying deep pore resin.
I always do deep pours with regular epoxy. I just pour in layers. The trick is to do the second pour just as the epoxy gets sticky. Also, the epoxy that I use never seems to have bubbles.
I've worked with resin for years (using this brand) and did not realize this was a thing. I didn't start making large pieces like this until last year and could not understand why I was having problems. I tried layering, but ended up with visable layering lines. THANK YOU so much for this information. You've saved my future projects.
Let me make it shorter for everyone instead of watching him take temp readings for 11 minutes: don't use regular resin for a deep pour, it gets too hot and looks terrible. If you have to do a deep pour, buy something called "deep pour resin". You're welcome.
Only one thing you forgot to mention Steve, that flash curing can also catch fire. And also it's smart to always keep a fire extinguisher in case it does.
@@ShadowDrakken so you've never had it happen to you, but I have. Kudos for knowing you have seen every flash cure to ever have happened, well, except mine 😉 Some people do speak from experience.
@@MarcysArtsyFartsyCreationsno, like literally, the resin CANNOT ignite. As in it's a physical impossibility. Epoxy resin isn't flammable (some other types of resins are). Other things in or around it may be though.
@@MarcysArtsyFartsyCreationsno, I'm going to say you either added something flammable to the resin, like alcohol-based pigments for example, or you're a flat-out liar. So which is it?
I had a gallon dirty pour bucket on a countertop job, start smoking before I could get it poured out! Luckily, it was winter, with snow on the ground, so I was able to get it outside and in a metal trashcan with a lid. Amazingly, it cooled enough to cure into a lovely agate looking block, that I plan on sculpting into some bookends eventually.
Wow, what a difference it made to the final product! I never do deep pours, but I really appreciate you doing this demo. It will save me wasting money buying the wrong resin for the job. Can it cause a fire if left unattended? When you said you were leaving the two resins to cure overnight I must admit I felt concern because the resin was so very hot. Thanks again for this advice, it's really appreciated. God bless you and your family. Have a great weekend!
@@SteveMcDonaldArtsandCrafts If all you have is shallow pour resin, you CAN use it, but you need to do it in shallow layers. Takes longer, but it works.
That was a little scary. I watched a video from another crafter who had to run her piece into her garden. The item was smoking and boiling. I’m happy that didn’t happen here but what a good lesson. Thank you Steve for working so hard to keep us safe.
Thanks for doing this video, Steve! I have seen some resin UA-cams where there has been flash curing (including smoke!) but no one ever really explains why this even happens. This makes total sense! That's why you're the best!!
Great example for us newbies. The other week Suzan Danske had a flash cure that, literally boiled and got foamy. I've heard not to toss anything in the trash bin when it's still hot. Because it can cause a fire. That thought is scary.
@@VickyCooksalot I've only really started to work with resin, had a couple of flash cures, had no idea what was happening. Now I do. But there's nothing on the product that warns of this and I thought it was just because the room temperature was so high. I had worked on very small projects in the past and this never happened. Thankfully I can now avoid this. I did just take the smoking product into the garden and it stopped fairly quickly. But when it happened last night, I wasn't even in the room and hadn't even poured the product into anything! This has taught me a valuable lesson.
Soon, I'll be working on my first deep pour table and am so glad I watched this video. Thank you. You definitely saved me a lot of grief as well as a lot of money.
Deep pour degasses well too doesn't it. My regular 1 to 1 will easily do the depth you show here, and more, but for flowers I still use deep pour as you say anyway because of the low viscosity being better for releasing bubbles from the flowers. Good advice Steve :)
You're right, as the heat will also dull the colour of the flowers, so deep pour would be a better option. It is true that 1:1 regular resin can carry such a deep project, but make sure that your resin mixture doesn't get very hot before you pour it into the mould. Since warming up means that the curing reaction is taking place, the resin will become more viscous in a short period of time, and the bubbles will not be able to defoam themselves, which can lead to a whole host of problems. Deep pour is a combination of things that allows you to mix more, work longer, and pour deeper casting resin all at once. Obviously, a safer choice.
Thank you so much for sharing this ŕeally important information. I am new to resin and will be starting small but would love to make the beautiful flower resin display you produced. Couldn't believe the difference the flowers changed colour and looked burnt the difference was amazing. Thanks once again. Look forward to watching your other videos.
You also need to be careful if your resin is older too. It will flash cure way faster than a fresher resin will. I only had about 5 ounces mixed up and while i was getting ready to add some color it went off. My grandson grabbed the infrared thermometer. The resin hit 240f so fast. He quickly and carefully ran it outside and put it in the snow.
I've (thankfully) only once experienced flash curing, when I mixed too much resin in a cup. It went super hot, super fast, I didn't even get to pour it. It was a tiny amount compared to what you mixed here, but it freaked me out. I have deep pour from Teexpert waiting for warmer weather. It's been around -10 °C or more here for a month, and keeping my workspace (an old garage) warm enough to do resin pours would cost a fortune.
Since warming up means that the curing reaction is taking place. If you feel that your resin mixture has heated up, speed up your pouring process and if it feels like it's getting very hot, put it outside alone. Enjoy creating happily and safely.
WOW! I did not know that it. Would get that hot. Thank you Mr.Steve for this info. I can see me doing this if I didn't do my research with you Mr.Steve. Thank you again.
Thanks so much for this valuable information. I'm getting ready to do my first pour using a deep mold. You just saved me time, money and disappointment. Love your channel.
Thank you Steve. I had no idea that intensity of heat would happen. I can only imagine someone deciding to lift the mold up and that resin spilling out onto their hands and burning them badly. Grateful for your lesson. ❤🙏
Beautifully said and demonstrated!!! Flash curing is so very dangerous! You never forget the first time it happens to you, however, armed with this knowledge HOPEFULLY it won't happen to someone who is just getting started with resin. I had been doing resin for about 41/2 years when it happened to me.... Ruined my large mixing cup.... I haven't replaced it because it obviously was Way to much resin and I just know that I would be tempted to do that again. Stay safe, you do you, protect your self and stay crafty 👍👍🔔🛎️🦋🦋
This was super useful! I would not have known that there was different resins for different depth pours! Thanks for showing us this! I appreciate you thinking of potential issues like this and then showing what to do and not to do, lol! I can imagine the disaster if you were trying to preserve something important like a meaningful bouquet, or anything really! Like, what if you bought some expensive insects and wanted to display them like this? It'd be a horrible and expensive mistake! Very very important information you shared just now! Thanks again! 🥰
Thank you! You are awesome to show us - the high temp just amazed me! I will never do a deep pour unless the resin is specifically made for deep pours.
I haven't worked with resin in a few years after I lost my studio space. I have studio space again so I'm refreshing my knowledge and seeing what's changed in techniques over the years. Glad I found this video! I hadn't done deep pours before but there was a deep pour project I was thinking of doing soon and I absolutely wasn't aware that there's deep pour resin (or that I would need to use that and not regular resin). You saved me a lot of time, money, and disappointment! Thanks Steve!
THANK YOU! We hear that we shouldn't often, but it's something else is see why we shouldn't. That was a lot of resin you used, but greatly appreciated. ❤️
I wish someone had made this video when I did my very first resin project...my 10 year anniversary roses from my boyfriend....ruined! It's all a learning process lol. Thanks for the info! Now I understand what went wrong! 🙏
The first pour i ever did, i was preserving a praying mantis i had as a pet, after she had passed on. I had no idea what i was doing, and just went ahead and poured it in, and it was a deep pour. It was quite cold, so you could imagine my surprise when i saw steam rising from the piece. I had no idea why that happened, since it was my first time pouring, but i still have it two years later. I would later go on to find out what exactly was happening when I used the same type of resin to pour a skull, come back an hour later, and it is solid as a rock and hot. Nothing happened to the mold, but there was a lot of micro bubbles. I’m still learning something new every time i take on a project, and i love this hobby. Sold my first chess set recently, and it feels great!
Hi I am new to your channel, thank you for showing this! I’m wondering if you can answer a question? I have a resin piece that I cast from a mold that I can’t find, I think it accidentally got thrown out. I’m wondering if I can make a mold from the few resin pieces I have. If someone knows if this is possible I would appreciate the help! Thank you
The correctly done one turned out wonderfully. I goofed and flash cured a piece once. It was a few years ago, and I was surprised that it didn't wreck the mold. I have not done it again.
I just bought a ton of stuff to start making epoxy creations! Super excited!!!!!! I truly appreciate your videos! I am confident I am going to make some epic creations! Thank you for your guidance
I had a heart flash cure and start to smoke. The entire item was only 2.5" x 2.5" and about 2" thick. Large items like in the video I always do in layers
That was really helpful..i am really liking resin but hesitant to spend too much money..this will help me make good choices on resin for different projects..thank you!
GREAT instructional video. Very Useful for me. I just purchased this brand, yet not a deep pour. I haven’t worked with deep pours. I appreciate your advice!!!!
I don't have any deep pour resins and I'm working on a time sensitive project and I don't have time to wait for a deep pour resin to come in would using a deep mould but casting in shallow like less than an inch? layers come out ok?
Wow! Thank you so much for this video! I knew you should use deep pour resin for aa mold that deep, but I didn't realize how bad it could get if you didn't! That temperature got scary and the roses look horrible!
I am so glad this video popped up!! Over the weekend, I made a moon candle holder. It wasn’t large, but it was thick. I filled it with flowers also. Oh my,it looked exactly like the one with tons of bubbles 😮 Thank you for making this video for us newbies 😊
Thank you. I’m a new resin user and have learned a lot from watching your videos. I use it with the garden art dish flowers I make. I’ve also just tried Christmas ornaments. They didn’t turn out as well as I had hoped, but there’s a learning curve to this process. 😊
I'm very lucky that one of the few resin pours I ever made did not burn me or catch on fire. That was 7 years ago and this video just taught me why it got so hot. I had a ~3.5cm/~1.5in ice cube tray with a silicone base to push the cubes out, and I used it to put a mimosa tree flower in resin. When I was pouring resin in something else, I noticed that the flower pour got really bubbly and when I picked up the tray I realized it was scalding hot. I never understood why until now. I thought that the flower had caused a chemical reaction because it wasn't dried.
This is why I love your videos ❤ thank you 😊 You made my journey in 2021 so fun and please don’t forget that 💋 😊I feel very lucky that you share with me your knowledge and art ! 🤩❤️💋
Steve I love how you do things and explain why we should and shouldn’t…. I was making solid Christmas trees and some one wanted a larger one so I poured 11 1/2 ounces and I put a fan directly on it to keep it from flashing and it was cooled down in a few hours…I’m not saying you should do this and have something serious happen but was in my kitchen….Thank You for everything you do for us
I added too much activator the first time I used resin. It got so hot that it started to smoke and I had to flee the room to get away from the fumes. I learned that the manufacturer's instructions are really important when you work with volatile chemicals.
Thanks for doing this steve... Some people just think resin is resin and use the same one for all of their moulds and then like you say, they complain that the resin is no good. There's a reason that there is sooo many different resins out there.. Its because you use a different resin for different pours. 🤔🙄😜 I've seen people that say they have been doing resin for years and yet they'll tell others that there's no need for ppe, resperators etc and.. And that you can use the same resin to make coasters, embedded flowers (deep pours) and coat artwork or dome jewellery.. Well the resin company's must be stupid to make so many different types of resin when you can use the same one for everything 🤔🤔😉 And newbies, who may or may not have watched a couple of yt videos will not be told that you can't use shallow pour resin to do a deep pour and vice versa... So thank you again Steve maybe just maybe some resiners might listen to someone like yourself ❤
Newbie here. I came to epoxy because it's a close cousin to the nail products I use when I do gel nails with builder gel or polygel. *QUESTION:* Why is flash curing wrong? The flash cure is a technique when doing nails, usually a good thing. Is it a degassing problem, or...? I don't get why it's "DANGEROUS" to anyone/anything but the project itself.
The flash cure for epoxy resin, one is overheating, high temperatures, even boiling, or cause a fire!! and there are fumes produced too, a sticky resin mixture that will destroy your worktop, and inhaling the fumes may cause health problems. Also the high temperature will make the colour of the flowers inside dull; and the other one is the rapid curing will stop the bubbles brought in under the mixing process to rise to the surface to achieve self defoaming.
@@teexpert.official Thank you very much!! *Is making silicone molds any less dangerous???* I'm trying to make a set of dominoes for each family we visit this Christmas, and I'm knees deep in resin, and my kitchen looks like a mica-glitter explosion. I didn't know I needed a respirator mask when I started. I keep the patio door open in the same room with the fan on. Everything in my house was sticky for the first week! Right now is about week 3 since I began casting. I had no idea, but now that I've started, it's hard to admit defeat. I got one set almost fully complete with a box. I am so clueless! It was the same when I started doing nails, it looked like a nail product explosion! Now I feel like I'm giving gifts that may poison my loved ones if I made any mistakes. _What have I done?!?_ TLDR: I've invested in a beginner's kit for polymer clay. Maybe epoxy resin should wait for warmer weather when I can work in the garage without everything freezing solid.
WARNING: Long post. On 6=29-2024, I used a glass vase to house some pipe cleaner flowers I had made, and I used the resin I always have been happy with. The vase was approximately 4 1/2" tall and 3 1/4" wide. I put my 'flowers' in the vase then added glass marbles and a small white rabbit, I made months ago. I wanted to add resin, mainly to keep the marbles in place so if the vase was ever turned over or dropped, the marbles wouldn't spill out and make a mess. I poured in my usual resin (1-1 ratio) to about 2 1/4" deep. Didn't think any more about it and just left it to cure. (Even though I had been creating small items with the resin (less than 1/2 deep) for a few years I was still quite a newby.) I did continuously check the sides of the vase because I knew the resin would get quite hot while curing. It did get warm but I guess the glass kept the touch on the cooler side. Well.... on 07-05-2024 I noticed there were 2 cracks in the glass vase about 3 1/4" from the bottom and about 1/2" in length each. I was surprised. So, there was a paper on the bottom of the vase so I removed it because I wanted to see if there were any cracks on the bottom. To my surprise there were no cracks on the bottom of the vase. BUT, there were 3 marbles on the bottom with cracks in them and the 4th had a very small crack in it. I had no idea why this happened so I posted on my FB page with photos in the hopes of someone knowing more about resin than myself, could help me out. Well, one of my nieces suggested I find a FB group that was mainly about resin. I did. It was Let's Resin FB page. I posted my photos and my question. I immediately got friendly responses! One person stated that the glass and resin don't mix. Ok. It was explained that resin and glass don't expand and contract at the same rates. Made sense to me. Another response was that I should have used a deep pour resin. I had no idea what that was so asked questions. I now have a deep pour resin from Let's Resin. Not because I was on their site. I did get a lot of friendly responses, which I already mentioned, which made me not feel stupid for what I had done and for not knowing what I was doing. :) It was also stated that resin actually takes 30 days to really be cured! So, now, my little vase is sitting in a plastic container just in case it does crack even more I won't have a mess to clean up off the floor. LOL On 07-12-2024, I checked the vase again. After 7 days the 2 cracks did get larger, downward instead of to the left or right. Not by much but, still noticeable, about 1/4". Well, now it has been 32 days and the cracks have not grown any more. I didn't see any more cracks in the vase but did see more cracked marbles. Which are in the resin so not going to burst. LOL I read up on the deep pour resin and now I know the difference. I will be trying another glass vase but this time using the deep pour resin, as an experiment, to see if the glass still breaks as well as the marbles. I wish I had seen this video before I made this project. :) Well, it was definitely a learning experiment and I did learn more about resin! Oh, and there were tons of bubbles! Thank you for your insightful videos, Steve McDonald!
Can you shows us how deep the molds would needbe to use a different kind of resin? I know some bigger molds i have seen you use the 4 hour resin and it was fine now im curious on if it is just the depth or depth and size of the mold that i need to consider on what type of resin to use.
Thank you for showing WHY not to deep pour with non deep pour resin. Very few explain it. 🤔
My pleasure. I know someone who got a nasty burn from flash curing resin so thought I had to make this video
@@SteveMcDonaldArtsandCrafts I have been having issues with 1 to 1 forever getting extremely hot and being full of bubbles I bought a vacuum pot as a result but I had no idea I could avoid the massive panic of the insane time limit by just using a different resin. I knew there were slower resins but nobody explained to me how much trouble you could save using the right resin for the right job. I cannot believe not a single channel as mentioned this. I don’t actually do deep pour stuff but I do really huge surfaces and it’s a frantic race to delete the bubbles, I could have saved myself a lot of anxiety.
@@SteveMcDonaldArtsandCrafts😮 wow. I would never have known that.
FYI, a deep pour resin isn't necessary. You can use regular stuff, but have to make layers (which can actually give you more options). It will take you a LOT of resin to do this, so account for that.
I did that because I only had 1:1 resin. One thing I did was pour the next layer before the previous one was completely cured. The layers didn’t show at all, and I was so pleased. (unfortunately, I don’t recall who taught it)
@llamasugar5478 Michelle at Glitz and Glitter had a good example of letting it cure completely.
Thanku very much ❤
@aprildegele1510 no need for that. Just get a pressure pot. They are like $40 at harbor freight. You do your pore, put it in the pressure pot, and air it up to 60 psi. The pressure causes the bubbles to become microscopic. A lot cheaper than buying deep pore resin.
I always do deep pours with regular epoxy. I just pour in layers. The trick is to do the second pour just as the epoxy gets sticky. Also, the epoxy that I use never seems to have bubbles.
I've worked with resin for years (using this brand) and did not realize this was a thing. I didn't start making large pieces like this until last year and could not understand why I was having problems. I tried layering, but ended up with visable layering lines. THANK YOU so much for this information. You've saved my future projects.
I love that you did this demonstration. Too many people go into it half cocked and no knowledge of what they're actually working with.
Let me make it shorter for everyone instead of watching him take temp readings for 11 minutes: don't use regular resin for a deep pour, it gets too hot and looks terrible. If you have to do a deep pour, buy something called "deep pour resin". You're welcome.
Thank you! 🙏
Ty!
THANK YOU!!!
i hesitated watching i felt it would be long and tedious. So thank you for summing it up quickly
Thank you so much
Only one thing you forgot to mention Steve, that flash curing can also catch fire. And also it's smart to always keep a fire extinguisher in case it does.
The resin itself can't catch fire (and neither will the silicon), but other things it touches might.
@@ShadowDrakken so you've never had it happen to you, but I have. Kudos for knowing you have seen every flash cure to ever have happened, well, except mine 😉 Some people do speak from experience.
@@MarcysArtsyFartsyCreationsno, like literally, the resin CANNOT ignite. As in it's a physical impossibility. Epoxy resin isn't flammable (some other types of resins are). Other things in or around it may be though.
@@ShadowDrakken so you're going tell me what I PERSONALLY experienced? Ok then.
@@MarcysArtsyFartsyCreationsno, I'm going to say you either added something flammable to the resin, like alcohol-based pigments for example, or you're a flat-out liar. So which is it?
Wowee that difference is STARK! I'm truthfully surprised your mold didn't get ruined. TYSM for sharing this with us Steve! That is CRAZY!
I had a gallon dirty pour bucket on a countertop job, start smoking before I could get it poured out! Luckily, it was winter, with snow on the ground, so I was able to get it outside and in a metal trashcan with a lid. Amazingly, it cooled enough to cure into a lovely agate looking block, that I plan on sculpting into some bookends eventually.
Wow, what a difference it made to the final product! I never do deep pours, but I really appreciate you doing this demo. It will save me wasting money buying the wrong resin for the job. Can it cause a fire if left unattended? When you said you were leaving the two resins to cure overnight I must admit I felt concern because the resin was so very hot. Thanks again for this advice, it's really appreciated. God bless you and your family. Have a great weekend!
It really does make a difference. So important to use the right resin for the job❤
@@SteveMcDonaldArtsandCrafts If all you have is shallow pour resin, you CAN use it, but you need to do it in shallow layers. Takes longer, but it works.
Thank you, Steve!!
That was a little scary. I watched a video from another crafter who had to run her piece into her garden. The item was smoking and boiling. I’m happy that didn’t happen here but what a good lesson. Thank you Steve for working so hard to keep us safe.
I once had Resin go that way during the time I was mixing it. Was really scary, hot and even started to Melt the Container it was in.
Wow Thank-you I'm new to doing resin art.
Thanks for doing this video, Steve! I have seen some resin UA-cams where there has been flash curing (including smoke!) but no one ever really explains why this even happens. This makes total sense! That's why you're the best!!
Great example for us newbies. The other week Suzan Danske had a flash cure that, literally boiled and got foamy. I've heard not to toss anything in the trash bin when it's still hot. Because it can cause a fire. That thought is scary.
@@VickyCooksalot I've only really started to work with resin, had a couple of flash cures, had no idea what was happening. Now I do. But there's nothing on the product that warns of this and I thought it was just because the room temperature was so high. I had worked on very small projects in the past and this never happened. Thankfully I can now avoid this. I did just take the smoking product into the garden and it stopped fairly quickly. But when it happened last night, I wasn't even in the room and hadn't even poured the product into anything! This has taught me a valuable lesson.
@@rowannestripe2964 yikes that's a scary situation. 😨
Soon, I'll be working on my first deep pour table and am so glad I watched this video. Thank you. You definitely saved me a lot of grief as well as a lot of money.
Deep pour degasses well too doesn't it. My regular 1 to 1 will easily do the depth you show here, and more, but for flowers I still use deep pour as you say anyway because of the low viscosity being better for releasing bubbles from the flowers. Good advice Steve :)
You're right, as the heat will also dull the colour of the flowers, so deep pour would be a better option.
It is true that 1:1 regular resin can carry such a deep project, but make sure that your resin mixture doesn't get very hot before you pour it into the mould. Since warming up means that the curing reaction is taking place, the resin will become more viscous in a short period of time, and the bubbles will not be able to defoam themselves, which can lead to a whole host of problems.
Deep pour is a combination of things that allows you to mix more, work longer, and pour deeper casting resin all at once. Obviously, a safer choice.
Thank you so much for this. I've heard so much about flash cure and I have had no idea what it was.
So pleased I could help
Very timely! My teexpert deep pour just came in today! Now I'm ready to make something fabulous! Thank you
That’s great news
I love you, Steve! Thank you so much for always looking out for us and teaching us the way to do things properly. ❤
Thanks for the excellent advice❤
Beginners definitely need to watch this video. I wish I had found a video like this when I was just starting lol. ✌️❤️🤣 peace, love and happiness
Thank you so much for sharing this ŕeally important information. I am new to resin and will be starting small but would love to make the beautiful flower resin display you produced. Couldn't believe the difference the flowers changed colour and looked burnt the difference was amazing. Thanks once again. Look forward to watching your other videos.
I rarely can get through an entire tutorial, but I really enjoy yours. Thank you ❤
You also need to be careful if your resin is older too. It will flash cure way faster than a fresher resin will. I only had about 5 ounces mixed up and while i was getting ready to add some color it went off. My grandson grabbed the infrared thermometer. The resin hit 240f so fast. He quickly and carefully ran it outside and put it in the snow.
I love watching British UA-camrs - talk faster than the Americans and get nicely to the point. Enjoyed this.❤
I love British UA-camrs because the way the speak it is very pleasant to listen too. I love the British accent
I've (thankfully) only once experienced flash curing, when I mixed too much resin in a cup. It went super hot, super fast, I didn't even get to pour it. It was a tiny amount compared to what you mixed here, but it freaked me out.
I have deep pour from Teexpert waiting for warmer weather. It's been around -10 °C or more here for a month, and keeping my workspace (an old garage) warm enough to do resin pours would cost a fortune.
It can get really hot I have known people to get a nasty burn from flash curing resin. Yep definitely need the temperature to be warmer
Since warming up means that the curing reaction is taking place. If you feel that your resin mixture has heated up, speed up your pouring process and if it feels like it's getting very hot, put it outside alone. Enjoy creating happily and safely.
WOW! I did not know that it. Would get that hot. Thank you Mr.Steve for this info. I can see me doing this if I didn't do my research with you Mr.Steve. Thank you again.
My pleasure. I know someone who got a very bad burn from flash curing resin so thought it was important for me to show this. ❤
It's reasons like this that I'll recommend Steve to potential new artists.
Thanks so much for this valuable information. I'm getting ready to do my first pour using a deep mold. You just saved me time, money and disappointment. Love your channel.
Thank you Steve. I had no idea that intensity of heat would happen. I can only imagine someone deciding to lift the mold up and that resin spilling out onto their hands and burning them badly. Grateful for your lesson. ❤🙏
Very helpful information, Steve. Thank you.
My pleasure so pleased I could hekp
Wow the flowers in the flash cured one even look a bit burned. Thank you for this as I have never really seen it before.
Beautifully said and demonstrated!!!
Flash curing is so very dangerous! You never forget the first time it happens to you, however, armed with this knowledge HOPEFULLY it won't happen to someone who is just getting started with resin.
I had been doing resin for about 41/2 years when it happened to me.... Ruined my large mixing cup.... I haven't replaced it because it obviously was Way to much resin and I just know that I would be tempted to do that again.
Stay safe, you do you, protect your self and stay crafty 👍👍🔔🛎️🦋🦋
I've been using resins since the late 80's and never knew about deep pore resins and the 1/1 resins. Thank you for that very valuable info.
So happy to help
This was super useful!
I would not have known that there was different resins for different depth pours!
Thanks for showing us this!
I appreciate you thinking of potential issues like this and then showing what to do and not to do, lol!
I can imagine the disaster if you were trying to preserve something important like a meaningful bouquet, or anything really!
Like, what if you bought some expensive insects and wanted to display them like this?
It'd be a horrible and expensive mistake!
Very very important information you shared just now!
Thanks again! 🥰
Thank you! You are awesome to show us - the high temp just amazed me! I will never do a deep pour unless the resin is specifically made for deep pours.
I thought I spoke a lot when I was speaking but this man can go on and on without saying anything. Wow
I haven't worked with resin in a few years after I lost my studio space. I have studio space again so I'm refreshing my knowledge and seeing what's changed in techniques over the years. Glad I found this video! I hadn't done deep pours before but there was a deep pour project I was thinking of doing soon and I absolutely wasn't aware that there's deep pour resin (or that I would need to use that and not regular resin). You saved me a lot of time, money, and disappointment! Thanks Steve!
Thank you letting us know this very important thing! I looked it in a right time before starting. Now I must look about my resin if it is good for it.
THANK YOU! We hear that we shouldn't often, but it's something else is see why we shouldn't. That was a lot of resin you used, but greatly appreciated. ❤️
Thank you so very much for showing us what happens when using the wrong type of resin in a unsuitable mould.
Wow I had no idea resin could heat up like that, yikes. Thanks for sharing! Definitely will keep this in mind when I start getting into resin!
I wish someone had made this video when I did my very first resin project...my 10 year anniversary roses from my boyfriend....ruined! It's all a learning process lol.
Thanks for the info! Now I understand what went wrong! 🙏
Grest advice as usual Steve! Thank you so much! ❤ Now i really understand why you use the tight resin for thr tight project! ❤
Thank you for doing this, I’m a part time doing resin for myself friends and family and I watch your videos a lot
Thank you for that, it was really helpful and well explained.
My pleasure glad to help
The first pour i ever did, i was preserving a praying mantis i had as a pet, after she had passed on. I had no idea what i was doing, and just went ahead and poured it in, and it was a deep pour. It was quite cold, so you could imagine my surprise when i saw steam rising from the piece. I had no idea why that happened, since it was my first time pouring, but i still have it two years later. I would later go on to find out what exactly was happening when I used the same type of resin to pour a skull, come back an hour later, and it is solid as a rock and hot. Nothing happened to the mold, but there was a lot of micro bubbles. I’m still learning something new every time i take on a project, and i love this hobby. Sold my first chess set recently, and it feels great!
Hi I am new to your channel, thank you for showing this! I’m wondering if you can answer a question? I have a resin piece that I cast from a mold that I can’t find, I think it accidentally got thrown out. I’m wondering if I can make a mold from the few resin pieces I have. If someone knows if this is possible I would appreciate the help! Thank you
Yes you can no problem check out my playlist on making moulds I show how in there
Thanks!
Thank you Deborah
Thanks!🤠
The correctly done one turned out wonderfully. I goofed and flash cured a piece once. It was a few years ago, and I was surprised that it didn't wreck the mold. I have not done it again.
Thank you so much for teaching people what to do and what not to do, and then explain why ❤
Wow that is amazing seeing the difference thank you for showing this.
I just bought a ton of stuff to start making epoxy creations! Super excited!!!!!! I truly appreciate your videos! I am confident I am going to make some epic creations! Thank you for your guidance
I randomly bought the teexpert deep pour and can agree with you, it’s SO GOOD! No bubbles and crystal clear
Thank you for showing this. I do not have any deep molds. I have a tray mold that is the deepest I have. I will be getting some deep pour resin!
I had a heart flash cure and start to smoke. The entire item was only 2.5" x 2.5" and about 2" thick. Large items like in the video I always do in layers
Live this and well explained. What is the depth that is considered a deep pour? 1"? 2"?
That was really helpful..i am really liking resin but hesitant to spend too much money..this will help me make good choices on resin for different projects..thank you!
Thanks
GREAT instructional video. Very Useful for me. I just purchased this brand, yet not a deep pour. I haven’t worked with deep pours. I appreciate your advice!!!!
Thank you for your support. If you use a regular 1:1 in a deep casting project, pour in layers works.
@@teexpert.official what is considered a deep pour vs a med or shallow pour?
Excellent video. Thank you doing this experiment!
Thank you for showing this! So important for people to know this.
I don't have any deep pour resins and I'm working on a time sensitive project and I don't have time to wait for a deep pour resin to come in would using a deep mould but casting in shallow like less than an inch? layers come out ok?
It using a fast curing resin, pour in layers would help.
Wow! Thank you so much for this video! I knew you should use deep pour resin for aa mold that deep, but I didn't realize how bad it could get if you didn't! That temperature got scary and the roses look horrible!
Got this in my feed. Know nothing about resin but watched it anyway. Learnt how to deep pour resin. Thanks you tube lol
I am so glad this video popped up!! Over the weekend, I made a moon candle holder. It wasn’t large, but it was thick. I filled it with flowers also. Oh my,it looked exactly like the one with tons of bubbles 😮 Thank you for making this video for us newbies 😊
Thank you. I’m a new resin user and have learned a lot from watching your videos. I use it with the garden art dish flowers I make. I’ve also just tried Christmas ornaments. They didn’t turn out as well as I had hoped, but there’s a learning curve to this process. 😊
I'm very lucky that one of the few resin pours I ever made did not burn me or catch on fire. That was 7 years ago and this video just taught me why it got so hot. I had a ~3.5cm/~1.5in ice cube tray with a silicone base to push the cubes out, and I used it to put a mimosa tree flower in resin. When I was pouring resin in something else, I noticed that the flower pour got really bubbly and when I picked up the tray I realized it was scalding hot. I never understood why until now. I thought that the flower had caused a chemical reaction because it wasn't dried.
❤❤❤ this tutorial. Shows what not to do and what to do. Great insight. 🥰
Excellent demo. I would not have known how different the results could be.
Thanks so much for your entertaining videos and sharing your tips, tricks, and knowledge ❤
This is why I love your videos ❤ thank you 😊
You made my journey in 2021 so fun and please don’t forget that 💋 😊I feel very lucky that you share with me your knowledge and art ! 🤩❤️💋
Im so glad I found you here. ❤Thanks for sharing your knowledge 🙏
Wow ,, thank you so much that was a great lesson learned thanks again Steve
Thank you as someone who is just going to get into resin, I never knew this.
Steve I love how you do things and explain why we should and shouldn’t…. I was making solid Christmas trees and some one wanted a larger one so I poured 11 1/2 ounces and I put a fan directly on it to keep it from flashing and it was cooled down in a few hours…I’m not saying you should do this and have something serious happen but was in my kitchen….Thank You for everything you do for us
Thank u for all these informative videos. Im just breaking into the resin crafting scene. What is considered a deep pour compared to regular pour?
My EXACT question! Thank you!
Oh my God I never knew that. Thank you for sharing this video. You learn something new every day.😊
Wow thank you for showing me that, as I ad no idea
It really is the vest face book group! Yeall consider joining if you want tonsatart reain crafting. The knowledge I've learned there is invaluable.
Thank you so much. I do love the members group
Thank you so much for this demonstration. I never realized how many different types of resin there are. ♥️
I added too much activator the first time I used resin. It got so hot that it started to smoke and I had to flee the room to get away from the fumes. I learned that the manufacturer's instructions are really important when you work with volatile chemicals.
Thanks Steve! I’m kinda new to resin and you’ve talent me something new! Appreciate u, your channel and your work!❤
That's explained a lot! Thank you.
This is a fantastic video. I know nothing about resin and just started watching your videos and and am happy to find this information.
I'm just starting my resin journey, and this was so informative! Thank you so much for making my journey a bit easier! 😉👍❤️🔥
What a huge difference! I'm glad u used the same brand as well. That way it's the same quality of resin
Boy I remember making that error ..disaster..good video
Great demo of how to not do a deep pour!!
Hi Steve excellent advice thanks for sharing 👍❤️🌈
That was amazing! Thank you so much for showing this experiment. You are appreciated!!
Wow, what a difference!!!!!
Thanks for doing this steve... Some people just think resin is resin and use the same one for all of their moulds and then like you say, they complain that the resin is no good.
There's a reason that there is sooo many different resins out there.. Its because you use a different resin for different pours. 🤔🙄😜
I've seen people that say they have been doing resin for years and yet they'll tell others that there's no need for ppe, resperators etc and.. And that you can use the same resin to make coasters, embedded flowers (deep pours) and coat artwork or dome jewellery.. Well the resin company's must be stupid to make so many different types of resin when you can use the same one for everything 🤔🤔😉
And newbies, who may or may not have watched a couple of yt videos will not be told that you can't use shallow pour resin to do a deep pour and vice versa... So thank you again Steve maybe just maybe some resiners might listen to someone like yourself ❤
That makes so much sense!!!! Thank you!❤❤ I never thought it was the resin being a problem, I always thought it was me lol
Thank you for the great example and lesson 😊
Few more degrees and you could make a good cup of tea! Small time stuff only and this was info i didnt know i needed.
Newbie here. I came to epoxy because it's a close cousin to the nail products I use when I do gel nails with builder gel or polygel. *QUESTION:* Why is flash curing wrong? The flash cure is a technique when doing nails, usually a good thing. Is it a degassing problem, or...? I don't get why it's "DANGEROUS" to anyone/anything but the project itself.
The flash cure for epoxy resin, one is overheating, high temperatures, even boiling, or cause a fire!! and there are fumes produced too, a sticky resin mixture that will destroy your worktop, and inhaling the fumes may cause health problems. Also the high temperature will make the colour of the flowers inside dull; and the other one is the rapid curing will stop the bubbles brought in under the mixing process to rise to the surface to achieve self defoaming.
@@teexpert.official Thank you very much!! *Is making silicone molds any less dangerous???* I'm trying to make a set of dominoes for each family we visit this Christmas, and I'm knees deep in resin, and my kitchen looks like a mica-glitter explosion. I didn't know I needed a respirator mask when I started. I keep the patio door open in the same room with the fan on. Everything in my house was sticky for the first week! Right now is about week 3 since I began casting. I had no idea, but now that I've started, it's hard to admit defeat. I got one set almost fully complete with a box. I am so clueless! It was the same when I started doing nails, it looked like a nail product explosion! Now I feel like I'm giving gifts that may poison my loved ones if I made any mistakes. _What have I done?!?_
TLDR: I've invested in a beginner's kit for polymer clay. Maybe epoxy resin should wait for warmer weather when I can work in the garage without everything freezing solid.
Well there ya go, i didnt know any of that so thanku very much.
Some great comments from the galkery too thanku ❤
WARNING: Long post. On 6=29-2024, I used a glass vase to house some pipe cleaner flowers I had made, and I used the resin I always have been happy with. The vase was approximately 4 1/2" tall and 3 1/4" wide. I put my 'flowers' in the vase then added glass marbles and a small white rabbit, I made months ago. I wanted to add resin, mainly to keep the marbles in place so if the vase was ever turned over or dropped, the marbles wouldn't spill out and make a mess. I poured in my usual resin (1-1 ratio) to about 2 1/4" deep. Didn't think any more about it and just left it to cure. (Even though I had been creating small items with the resin (less than 1/2 deep) for a few years I was still quite a newby.) I did continuously check the sides of the vase because I knew the resin would get quite hot while curing. It did get warm but I guess the glass kept the touch on the cooler side. Well.... on 07-05-2024 I noticed there were 2 cracks in the glass vase about 3 1/4" from the bottom and about 1/2" in length each. I was surprised. So, there was a paper on the bottom of the vase so I removed it because I wanted to see if there were any cracks on the bottom. To my surprise there were no cracks on the bottom of the vase. BUT, there were 3 marbles on the bottom with cracks in them and the 4th had a very small crack in it. I had no idea why this happened so I posted on my FB page with photos in the hopes of someone knowing more about resin than myself, could help me out. Well, one of my nieces suggested I find a FB group that was mainly about resin. I did. It was Let's Resin FB page. I posted my photos and my question. I immediately got friendly responses! One person stated that the glass and resin don't mix. Ok. It was explained that resin and glass don't expand and contract at the same rates. Made sense to me. Another response was that I should have used a deep pour resin. I had no idea what that was so asked questions. I now have a deep pour resin from Let's Resin. Not because I was on their site. I did get a lot of friendly responses, which I already mentioned, which made me not feel stupid for what I had done and for not knowing what I was doing. :) It was also stated that resin actually takes 30 days to really be cured! So, now, my little vase is sitting in a plastic container just in case it does crack even more I won't have a mess to clean up off the floor. LOL On 07-12-2024, I checked the vase again. After 7 days the 2 cracks did get larger, downward instead of to the left or right. Not by much but, still noticeable, about 1/4". Well, now it has been 32 days and the cracks have not grown any more. I didn't see any more cracks in the vase but did see more cracked marbles. Which are in the resin so not going to burst. LOL I read up on the deep pour resin and now I know the difference. I will be trying another glass vase but this time using the deep pour resin, as an experiment, to see if the glass still breaks as well as the marbles. I wish I had seen this video before I made this project. :) Well, it was definitely a learning experiment and I did learn more about resin! Oh, and there were tons of bubbles! Thank you for your insightful videos, Steve McDonald!
Thank you so much for helping me to break into the resin craft. You give so much helpful information and of course I’m one who learns by example. 😊
Thank you for this video! Never knew this!
Can you shows us how deep the molds would needbe to use a different kind of resin? I know some bigger molds i have seen you use the 4 hour resin and it was fine now im curious on if it is just the depth or depth and size of the mold that i need to consider on what type of resin to use.