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[RonBSM]

Which also leads me to my next concern- continuity of pouring.

I have realised that I have 1kg of resin to pour and the tile here will probably take all 1kg of it based on volume,to fill up just under the half an inch depth mark. Other boards have different areas to cover, so i think I am going to have to get a fair bit more resin and possibly mix up some that will go to waste as I pour to the desired depth.

The pure joy and trepdation at this thought is inexplicable.

I know I am going to be wasting some resin. But it's all for a good cause right?

 

[Space Truckin]

Dooooooo it!




And take lots of pictures

 

[ClockworkOrange]

What resin do you have? Depending Id mix up 500ml and do two layers and see how you go.

Also whilst I’m fairly gung ho with my scenery building I find doing a small test piece (pond etc) with all the same paints and materials to be the best course of action with resin the materials can be so unpredictable!

 

[RonBSM]

What resin do you have? Depending Id mix up 500ml and do two layers and see how you go.

Also whilst I’m fairly gung ho with my scenery building I find doing a small test piece (pond etc) with all the same paints and materials to be the best course of action with resin the materials can be so unpredictable!

Whilst your advice is solid, it is not the Goliath way.

And my volume calculations tell me I need to use the full kilo.

The stuff I have can be poured in layers up to an inch. Although... if I do two layers... i can play with colours...

 

[ClockworkOrange]

Ask @undertaker, this is very unlike me!! I only offer this advice due to hard gained experience - test piece all the way.

 

[RonBSM]

Well I need to paint it before I pour on it so I will have time to mentally prepare to Van Saar my approach.....

 

[undertaker]

Ask @undertaker, this is very unlike me!! I only offer this advice due to hard gained experience - test piece all the way.

I can attest that @ClockworkOrange indeed has a phobia of rulers and all things precise. This resin stuff must be pretty whacky and unpredictable for him to do advise doing a test piece.

If I were trying to do this I'd probably research the method for several days. Spend hours deliberating colours. Get some accurate syringes for dosing. Then maybe consider doing a pre-test piece for the test piece.
I play prancy Goliaths, but clearly I'm Van Saar at heart.

 

[Draconic]

I went Goliath.. but with a gene smith increased int... turns out you dont have to be a doddery hamsaar to be brainy now. Im always Impetous to a degree.. but with a little of the supposed science behind it...

I didn't do a test piece, mainly as i was slighly concerened that i would need every last drop from the 3l pack i had and didnt want the amazingly frustrated eventuation of needing that last little bit that i used on a test piece. I basically did what @undertaker said above. Asked the rep a shit tonne of questions, watched a lot of vids multiple times, read some epoxy art blogs,.. asked the rep more questions till he was sick of me. Then just did it.

Main thing if using epoxy that i learned was figuring out the thickness you are going for and what will the resins dynamics will be at the temperature of where you live for said thickness. Ie will the thickness be enough to generate the heat to cure in the environemnnt you live in for the type of resin you have purchased. The rep should be able to tell you these things if you are buying it locally. I did find with the epoxy dropping in ink to color it took a lot more mixing than i initially thought it would. I poured 2.7 litres in 3 goes of 900mls in ice cream containers measured on scales by weight.

The end results were great. I used a slighly cheaper resin that is a little more viscous and it gave me an ever so slight undlulation which i love but you can get the better resins for a little more that set glass flat like they use on tables. I won't use anything but epoxy for water effects going forward now. The outcome, finish, and drying time has been far superior to acylic still waters in my experience thus far. Good luck and look forward to seeing it

 

[RonBSM]

I took a more sensible route.

This is the stuff I bought....

It's a ready mixed resin, I just add accelerator catalyst to it and pour.

Taking the guesswork out of the equation.

 

[ClockworkOrange]

I think that’s the stuff I use - If it is do it in the shed It stinks to high heaven!

 

[RonBSM]

I think that’s the stuff I use - If it is do it in the shed It stinks to high heaven!

The shed is the place for this kind of nonsense. That's why I sorted out the space! Can just leave the doors open and boom, mega ventilation. I even have a tower fan in there I'll probably set up to the back to generate an exhaust flow of air.

I'll film my endeavors!

 

[RonBSM]

Once my acrylic paint tubes arrive.... this sucker is getting painted ready for resin:

And I finished printing the bulkhead sections to prepare this bad boy....

So this one will be getting the granny grating, sculptors mesh, cardboard and filler treatment too....

 

[RonBSM]

Ok, I'll be honest.

@undertaker and @ClockworkOrange both came at me with some solid advice.

Which I totally just ignored due to pure impatience and excitedness to pour some resin.

Just got to let it cure now... and yes... there is a video coming.....

Ooooosh

 

[ClockworkOrange]

It’s addictive isn’t it.

 

[RonBSM]

It’s addictive isn’t it.

Already ordered 2 more kg of resin. Ahead of doing 2 more tiles.....

 

[ClockworkOrange]

Was that 1kg? How deep? Asking for my own upcoming pour.

 

[RonBSM]

That is half an inch deep. And I really need to work out the area it covered.

Note that 1kg of resin is acceleratant works out to around 910ml

 

[ClockworkOrange]

From my own experiments I reckon a litre will cover this in about 5mm and I want it 1cm deep. Probably should do some maths, but I’ve got a pet mad scientist, @undertaker how much do I need to cover this?

The Paint Q

• ClockworkOrange
• Jun 6, 2020

 

[RonBSM]

Its about 85 cubic inches to a kilo, which is what I used. Its probably a bit less as it LOOKS like 1cm deep but until I get the dams off its hard to say. Essentially i have covered 170sq/inches to whatever depth it is from 1kg. I'll measure the depth once it's cured.

Lets its 1cm deep for the sake of you - a 2ft x 2ft tile total is 576sq inches. So a bottle covers 170sq inches at 1cm deep, that's 880ml of resin and accelerant, so that's 5.175ml per square inch at 1cm deep.

To cover a full board of 2ft by 2ft you will need 2981.64ml of resin mix, which is the same as 3.38 bottles of resin.

So you'll need 4 kits of this stuff.... £80.

How big is that board?

 

[RonBSM]

basically... call it one of these per square foot of coverage and you won't go far wrong- it'll be deeper than 1cm, more like 1.25-1.5cm.