How to measure & mix resin | by weight or volume

[@amandaschell8363]

Sweet. Simple and straightforward. Thank you!!

[@alexmeare]

Thanks for the video - really clear instructions and appreciate the details and explanations

[@davidboudier6982]

Hello Lamella, thank you for your videos which are always very enriching. I wish you an excellent weekend.

[@letterstocleo72]

Hello,I enjoyed this video,you have made it so easy to understand and follow,now I will try to something, thank you.

[@RaphaelaLaurean]

This was so helpful. Thank you for sharing this.

[@alienalajna]

Hi, Lamella - thanks for your very helpful video. I like especially your suggestion of using two squeeze bottles to add resin to the cup - I'm sure it's much easier to control than pouring from my ResinPro bottles. My main challenge is to find methods for mixing colorants when the quantities are so small. I usually work with batches of 80 grams, more or less, and some pieces that require coloring need much less. So I am measuring one, two, three or more points of a narrow knife in the case of powders, and drops from an eye dropper or even a medical syringe in the case of the liquids. Quantities too small to register on a scale that gives me hundredths of a gram. But it's a crude method, and it's hard not to use too much colorant. I know you're not concentrating on such problems in this video, but do you have any suggestions? Many thanks, Allen

[@LamellaCreations]

Hi Allen, you could look into getting a scientific pipette like they use in labs. They allow you to choose very small amounts of liquids accurately

[@alienalajna]

@@LamellaCreations A very good suggestion, Lamella - thank you. I would add, apropos of your suggestion about using squeeze bottles, that a possible problem might arise from the contact with air of the A part. I'm using ResinPro, the 5:3 stuff, and I was down the last of my bottles. I emptied each into a clean paper cup to get an accurate weight, so I could be sure of having enough for my next round of work. I had about 60g of A and 35g of B - just about right. I wasn't quite ready to work, so I covered the cups to keep the dust out. I figured contact with the air couldn't be much worse in the cups than in the bottles. But two days later, a thick film had formed on the surface of the A. (The B was O.K.) I was able to use the A, though, by pouring the liquid out from underneath the film. I mixed as usual, and it handled and hardened perfectly well. I must admit, however, that the last of the A was ever-so-slightly lumpy when I poured it from the big (1kg) bottle - even that ("lumpy") is putting it too strongly - but it was not perfectly homogeneous, and I suppose that's what collected on the surface and formed a film. I had only been using those bottles for three months or so, but perhaps the air in the bottle can be a factor. I guess this is why working with resin is an art rather than a science - because you can't always be quite sure how things are going to come out. Best regards, Allen

[@gloryexpressed]

Thanks. This is helpful. Can you please tell me where to get a heating mat?

[@LamellaCreations]

I bought mine off aliexpress as it was the cheapest option, but it will depend on how large you want it and whether you want different features like being able to choose the temperature. I'd recommend looking at pet or seedling heat mats to see what will work best for you :)

[@kitchencreekoutdoors6298]

Great information, thank you!

[@marissahernandez496]

When using the scale, and I pour part A in it, can I tare weight the scale to 0 and them pour part B in it?

[@ajeeteshsuryavanshi7642]

How did you made the measurements on the cup at 3:57?

[@kittybang]

Thank you! 💖

[@aafiyamariyam5810]

Can we use glass method for measuring by weight too?? We don't require any weighing machine?

[@delilh325]

Same quantity won't have the same weight so you do need a scale

[@ritagriffiths6067]

I'm wanting to multi. Colour vase can someone please help and show me how to do pretty acrylic paints

[@davidboudier6982]

When will you see the rest of this video, please Lamella? Thank you. I wish you a very good weekend.

[@LamellaCreations]

Hi there, I'm busy with university work at the moment but hoping to get back to youtube after this course finishes in a few months :) If it helps, I have a blog post that covers curing issues here: lamellacreations.com/resin-mixing-and-curing/

[@davidboudier6982]

@@LamellaCreations Hello Lamella, i read your article with great interest and I thank you for this valuable information. I wish you an excellent Sunday.

[@davidboudier6982]

@@LamellaCreations Good evening Lamella, I'm writing to you again to ask you for advice about resin. I have made small silicone molds with 0.5 mm thick and 2 cm high impressions to be cast, these impressions are for miniature car windshields that I want to cast. I would like to use a very liquid and transparent resin for the casting in these impressions, I also wish to realize my casting in one time and not layer by layer because I saw on internet comments of people who explain that if we cast a transparent resin layer by layer, in final after drying the layers can see a little like a lamination. I bought a resin (Resin Pro Liquidissima) but I just realized by reading the instructions for this resin that we must not make a casting of more than 1.5 mm so that this resin does not overheat. So I have doubts about the resin I bought to make my work. Could you please advise me on a resin that I could use that would be very liquid and transparent and with which I could cast layers of at least several centimeters thick? Thank you very much. Have a nice evening.

[@LamellaCreations]

@@davidboudier6982 It's hard to say without seeing a picture, but if the 2cm high parts are less than 1.5mm thick then it would be ok, because it wouldn't go past the pour depth. Otherwise, it sounds like that's a coating resin since the pour depth is so low, if you look for a casting resin instead it should be able to be poured much deeper

[@davidboudier6982]

@@LamellaCreations Hello Lamella, sorry to answer you only now to thank you for having answered me. I will put into practice your good advice to try to cast my object and if you are interested I will tell you how my first steps in what is for me a new experience. I wish you Lamella an excellent day.

[@stephengrattenthaler1336]

What do you put in first hardner than resin or resin then hardner

[@LamellaCreations]

I do resin then hardener, I've also seen people do it the other way. I don't think it matters too much as long as you're mixing it fully

[@stephengrattenthaler1336]

@@LamellaCreations another question so just want to say I’ve made some key chains at want to when they harden they are still a little Bendy

[@LamellaCreations]

@@stephengrattenthaler1336 Are you saying that you've made keychains and they're still bendy or you're wanting them to be bendy once you're finished?

[@stephengrattenthaler1336]

@@LamellaCreations they are still a little bendy but much

[@LamellaCreations]

@@stephengrattenthaler1336 If you have a soft resin it might just be from the keychains being thin as thinner things are more bendy. It can also be good to wait at least a week and see if they harden as resin takes about that long to fully cure. Alcohol ink can also cause resin to become bendy if you used that. If they're sticky at all though it means they haven't cured properly and best to chuck them

[@creattiveprojectart628]

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[@rashaq662]

For 1:2 by wight is it the same for volume ?

[@LamellaCreations]

Not usually, occasionally some brands will be able to do either but they'll generally say it if you can. It is possible convert between them by working out the weight difference between the two parts but it gets a little tricky

[@kyrowhite5022]

How do you know if the resin should be measured by weight or volume

[@LamellaCreations]

It should be included in the instructions or on the bottle. If it isn't you'd need to contact the company that you got the resin from

[@tyheshaspencer1069]

Love the videos! Super informative. Just a question how do you make both parts so “watery” part A specifically? :)

[@LamellaCreations]

Thanks :) I warm my resin beforehand which helps a bit but also the type I use is fairly watery to start with. It's a slower curing resin (they tend to not be so thick). There are also often differences between brands

[@johnerrysonbustamante9193]

Is this applicable for all resin? I'm just a curious student

[@LamellaCreations]

Nah resin technically covers a really huge range of materials, including ones you wouldn't use at home. This is for standard epoxy or some polyurethane resins that artists/crafters would use :)

[@noahriding5780]

I've never done resin casting before. All the sites and videos say you mix the resin with a hardening agent. But nobody says what the hardening agent is???

[@LamellaCreations]

When you buy resin they both come together. The 'A' bottle is the resin and the 'B' bottle is the hardener- if they're not also labelled by name. The exceptions are UV resin (doesn't use a hardener) or polyester resin (best avoided in general, but if using you'll need to buy mekp hardener separately)

[@noahriding5780]

thank you.

[@noahriding5780]

Thanks for your reply. I guess the package the resin I got, didn't have instructions. It should have been clear on that. Have a good weekend.

[@LamellaCreations]

@@noahriding5780 You too, hope it goes well!

[@Shotbaker1001]

Very helpful. Thank you!