Top 5 Amazing Epoxy Resin Experiments

On this episode of Ben's Worx I look back at what I think are my best 5 epoxy resin experiments, If you think there are other projects of mine you would like to see in the top 5 please let me know in a comment below.
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[@Q269]

Set your microwave to 50% power to reduce the buildup of heat on the resin, and have it rotate on a plate (make a wood one) so that the microwave functions as intended

[@grantvicknair]

with out the spin table its just based from one side and unevenly heated I 1000000% agree

[@davedavem]

Very true! In fact, there's a fun experiment you can do with a microwave and drives of cheese on toast - take the turntable out, place the cheese on toast on a plate or bowl, upside down so it doesn't spin, then microwave for a minute. The cheese will melt in spots and stay solid elsewhere. The distance between melted spots is the wavelength of the microwave radiation! That's why it needs to rotate to give even heating. And why microwaves back in the 1980s did weird things to reheated coffee if you didn't stir it!

[@ashezheartless9099]

Good to see your son working on projects with you- it's really heartwarming!

[@zipitdotcom8416]

"-Who would've thought a popcorn has that much power?! - I know, it's bloody crazy!" 👍👍👍👍👍👍😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@elishahankin6465]

I love that u r working side by side with son!❤

[@auntkaz815]

I love the idea of things in voids in resin. It opens up a whole world of new possibilities!

[@samanthadean1083]

I think my fav was definitely the plasma!!! That was awesome!!!

[@mcolevalentine]

Ive been watching your videos for a while now. And just yesterday I realized that the epoxy dust you use is just the next town over from me. Ive never felt so close to a youtube star!!! Lol

[@fredpennerfringe]

The inserted clip from the past saying you were using the evacuation bucket had me laughing so hard.

[@qstileq]

The inside of the epoxy is a little pressure pot. With no room for the air to expand while it is being heated, it will break the epoxy once the internal pressure exceeds the tensile strength of the epoxy. If you had put a pin hole in second popcorn mold, the one with the cavity in it, the pressure would have escaped and popcorn would have popped. Love watching the different things you do with epoxy. Pretty cool, keep it up.

[@monicab7386]

Air only expands so much. But water to gas expands by an incredible factor. So it was the moisture in the popcorn, not just the air.

[@t.j.lemaster8653]

Too cool..... when you were doing the light bulb experiment so many ideas went through my head . Like leaving the end that you screw into the socket of the light bulb exposed but make a resin shell around the bulb and add some color pigment... it would make for a early '70s trippy ambience in a man cave !

[@oakhavenresidents4812]

I was wondering the exact same thing

[@davedavem]

The egg video was the first one I saw of yours. Been hooked ever since!

[@justinemct]

The last bit with the egg…….. hilarious 🤢🤮🤣🤣🤣. Thanks for the compilation. X

[@fredpennerfringe]

I keep saying I’m not watching another one of your videos …. Yet here I am watching again

[@teriwood9657]

Thank you for replaying the experiments. I think it is educational as well as entertaining. Can't wait to see u work with your son again!

[@theangriestcatintheworld]

What a fun dad you are!!

[@angelalewis3645]

I’m going to start using the term “evacuation bucket.” 😂

[@moe9246]

Yay! I knew that magnifying glass was gonna do it!🔥

[@julie-annhenderson3591]

So happy I didn't have to go cold Turkey without any Ben's Worx vids this month! 😁🤩🦃

[@BensWorx]

😊

[@konversion]

Haha, ew, the egg. I think that was the first video of yours I saw and laughed at how insane the idea sounded 😂

[@sarahklein9563]

Ben-I just want to say thank you for the endless entertainment for me and my family!

[@MnACreations]

Thank you for resharing these projects.. It was fun watching them again!

[@8koi245]

I can't believe the resin gave just enough resistance to make them shine longer!

[@sprinkles_091]

very cool door knobs for anyone in the electrical hobby.

[@geoffwarnes9327]

Some great videos, can’t wait to watch the new videos in 2022

[@me1928273636454]

5:00 his smile is so sweet aww

[@brittanymccahan8641]

Popcorn 🍿 = incredible, did not see coming

[@benstradling7615]

Hey Ben I used to do flat roofing sometimes if we had to do a job quick we'd use extra hardener to get the resin to set quicky we'd call this a hot coat as it would get very hot it would work great when spread thinnly over a large area once I mixed up to much and put the bucket in the skip while it was still curring it got so hot the skip caught on fire why not try the corn in a resin mix with extra hardener I'm pretty sure the heat generated will make it pop unless oxygen is a factor .

[@monicab7386]

The pressure in the pressure pot might inhibit popping. Degassing then putting the popcorn in might, though.

[@alisonmary1443]

Thank you for the re-cap on the experiments, really appreciate the entertainment and your hard work, even though it's trials you don't cut back on detail, lathing and polishing in between, amazing stuff 👍

[@annagray6491]

I love all those amazing burls you use and experimenting is great too!

[@tracybowling1156]

Hi Ben! All of my favorite experiments in one place. Who wouldn't want that!?! Thanks Ben my friend!

[@smzubek]

Popcorn pops because the heat causes the gas on the inside of the kernel to expand and pressurize until the shell can no longer hold the pressure. Since you put the kernel and resin in the pressure pot, the pressure in the pot helped the shell stay together, since the pressure differential of the inside the shell vs the inside of the pressure pot was not as high. You should try using the resin to pop another kernel without using a pressure pot, or even better, try curing the resin in the vacuum chamber with the kernel inside.

[@makenziephillips4267]

ooooooh little ben did a great job turning!!

[@alyxjshaw6768]

Love ya Ben, but as a pet chicken owner - I knew what was gonna happen when you opened that egg! LOL!🤣

[@angelalewis3645]

🤣

[@whatthecrux2212]

I’ve been watching a lot of your videos lately. An Original Gameboy in a resin bowling ball would be cool.

[@WaxedMerkin]

grapes arc out in the microwave, and marshmallows expand. plenty of videos showing it. wonder how both would go cast in resin

[@paisleykitty7]

You make the most amazing pieces and all your resin experiments are AWESOME!

[@DS-ky9dl]

Hi Ben. I am new to your channel, and I love how you do experiments and are willing to show the fails as well as successes. Great job.

[@zachariahpoltergeist4516]

Every failure is a discovery.

[@TheCyberHippie]

Okay the egg thing was naaasty. But the lightbulb thing got me to thinking of what happens when grapes are put in the nuker. Another option might be to put a match head next to a tiny piece of folded foil in a tiny void in resin and pop it in the nuker (since the egg experiment demonstrates that you clearly like to live dangerously) :)

[@kylep69]

I Felt like they unlocked a new Element when they did the lightbulbs lol

[@woodworkingandepoxy643]

I had no idea you were old enough to have a teenager. It's nice seeing you two working together. Popcorn splits at over 200mph so I'm not surprised it cracked like that. Pretty cool looking. The led actually emitted plasma,.which is hotter.than the sun. That was neat

[@TheConwoman3]

All of these are some of my most favorites. I like how you did like a best of: Ben's Worxs. 💖💖

[@BensWorx]

Thanks Connie 😊

[@wildfirewoodandmetalworx2409]

Your son looks like a clone of you man😄 That’s awesome he is into the turning as well🤙🏻

[@ACWaveform]

So satisfying to watch

[@ProfessorChaosKitty]

I've seen all these videos before but it was great to watch them again - except maybe the last one. I'm regretting having an egg sandwich for lunch 🤢

[@suewarnes9469]

Thank you for some amazing highlights! A few heart stopping moments for me! 😲 👍☺️🇬🇧

[@BensWorx]

Thanks Sue 😊

[@howtosurviveelectronichara6474]

You get better and better every year dude!!! You should have an art show.

[@DaRealHBIC]

Happy new year to you and your family

[@rachy11051981]

I love all the experiment videos

[@BensWorx]

Thanks Rachel 😊

[@candacedowney813]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 that last 1 was funny and yes I'M VERY GLAD I don't have smellavision

[@turnbull12345]

Ben - would be interesting to see you put a bath bomb/bath fizzer in resin and see how it reacts

[@Andyharris100]

Hope you and your family are having a great New Year Ben.

[@Sportsvee]

Wife would still love to see you make a vikings inspired drinking horn. "Please and thank you" - wife

[@chuntguntley8771]

aw! father son time, you sweetings!

[@SirFloofy001]

17:08 you could solder thin copper wires to the led bulb, cast it in some really cool looking resin art, then solder some sort of connection to the copper wires where they come out of the top/back/bottom of whatever you cast and you have a cool looking floating light bulb that looks like its not screwed in or connected to anything.

[@davidmizak4642]

This is really interesting material. I appreciate the effort you put into providing it. Many thanks!

[@jonmcintosh8653]

Hey Ben, not sure if you've ever come across silica crystals? I'd love to see an experiment using flowers or plants dried in silica crystals, then encased in resin. I have no idea if it would work, but flowers and leaves look spookily fresh when dried using silica, so it could look like a living plant held in resin?

[@NessieSaurus]

There’s a woman who makes beautiful table tops out of flowers dried in silica. She makes a black background and they look gorgeous

[@PaganWizard]

4:15 where can I find that face shield??? 11:40 when sanding with wet\dry sandpaper, you can use a few drops of liquid dish soap as a lubricant. It won't harm either the resin, or the sandpaper.

[@redredwine1277]

Thanks again🌺🌷🌸

[@angelalewis3645]

Wonderful compilation! My favorite is the match. :)

[@veneraberens4653]

I LOVE YOU WORK TOGETHER

[@kevingaughan3170]

I’ll never eat an egg again! 😂 Seriously, interesting experiments 👍

[@coffeezombie6032]

I'd love to see how the match is currently doing and if the smoke is still contained

[@angelalewis3645]

Me too!

[@Zealdave2223]

I was wondering if you put a teaspoon of MEKP into the same set up as the match. As it has 2 of the 3 elements of the fire triangle and just needs heat to ignite. It could be a little dangerous as I am not sure how much gas it will generate as it burns. It may be a little bang or a big bang.

[@robertwhite1303]

On the popcorn explosions, they release steam that if some are smoking the temperature is maybe 600 degrees which will give a saturated steam pressure of over 1500 psi.! More than enough to split the container. Try it again with the kernels completely submerged in resin. Also the same with the match completely submerged to see how it ignites without any air.

[@scoobgaming7712]

now this was dope!!!!

[@toyboy887]

Potcam needs it's own video !

[@Rob337_aka_CancelProof]

Microwaves only penetrate about 1 in in food and I imagine resin is not going to slow it down much unless it's over an inch and it looks to be right around that but not significantly more so this should be interesting to find out

[@alexrog6868]

if memory serves its the steam in the popcorn that makes them pop, there is a reason why "steam" engines are a thing

[@brulai]

Happy New Year, Ben!

[@pmm4572]

As mentioned the spin plate is needed as well as maybe a drop of water in the void with the kernels.

[@davedavem]

The second incandescent lightbulb was awesome! The blue light must have been electricity arcing through the argon like a neon light.

[@raptorep]

More likely plasma discharge, any ionized gas will turn to plasma since you are just adding more energy to the gas

[@sandyeubanks4972]

Ok that was cool to watch

[@andresvenegas3346]

These episodes were awesome because they were experimenta we ALL have thought about doing as kids 😏 my definite favourite is 3. lightbulb 💡 But I have to say I always laugh at episode five 5. Egg 🥚🤣 … I can only imagine the stench 🤢

[@wolfhors3_660]

Yeah, popcorn pops because the cause the air to expand inside the kernel to the point it cracks the shell. The resin pressure is way greater than the air pressure so you'd have to crack the resin to release the pressure, which you saw happen in the microwave. You can't change the physics. XD

[@markjust86]

Yeah so doing it in a vacuum chamber rather than a pressure pot might help?

[@wolfhors3_660]

@@markjust86 probably not, as the hardened resin will be sealed like a spacecraft. Only when the air is hot enough to create more pressure than the resin can hold, then the resin fails and cracks.

[@margaretzuelke9761]

It was really nice reliving all of these epic moments!

[@davedavem]

It's great you're getting your kids involved. My sons are always asking to help in the workshop, but they're too young. How old do you reckon is old enough?

[@ImWillsZX]

as long as theyre old enough to learn safety, remember theyre kids, theyre gonna hurt themselves the same way you did when you learned, its all part of the curve, but you can teach them not to make the mistakes you did

[@cookiescoop6065]

Nice sir thanks for sharing ✌

[@SirFloofy001]

You should have cut a flat onto it or even just set the laser on top pointing downwards at the top of the match, the curve of the resin probably changed the lasers focal length.

[@MrGomerpyell]

That was awesome.

[@BLuNTEDR]

It needed a little butter in with the corn :)

[@DevildogWillbur]

I was worried that the pressure pot would pop the bulbs

[@sarahgriffin2629]

You should do more videos with your son! 😜

[@TarreY13]

You should cut that open outside any in the 1st place LOL

[@Dstrbdmusctechr]

All are really cool experiments! Loved and surprised by the egg and how much it cooked. Thought...what if you couldn't get the door unlocked when taking the egg outside?? 😫

[@Potts2k8]

So many ideas now how to catch smoke using resin & clipped match heads 👀

[@garzilla7123]

Them were some good ones and that egg was bad, could almost smell it here in the states lol lol.

[@angelalewis3645]

Even without smelling it, just ‘almost’ smelling it made my stomach turn. 😂

[@Anastaciastaceybob]

Can u cast broccoli?

[@flamotical]

Can you dissolve the eggshell of an egg in vinegar and then cast it in resin

[@matthewkizziahcuzia...gott9632]

Maybe invest in some smooth sided cups. I've seen them.

[@wskinnyodden]

Well, unlike most other things, H2O gets larger when frozen. You need a fluid that actually gets smaller when frozen to do a nifty test.

[@lesdawson3847]

Have you done any experiments w/out the pressure pot or sucking out all of the air? I want to add some to my woodturning w/out adding expense. I have ~ 40 years ago pointed my torch over top gotten rid of some air, but not really successful. I don't know which resins give the longest work times, how best to get rid of air bubbles (sans the pressure pot system). I appreciate you help and your expertise.

[@vellvetrobinson8485]

I would love to see a baseball bat. Maybe you can get a hold of 1 already split in two, your color schemes are flawless

[@MrThelittleguy903]

Lmbo...when you cut that egg open. "I'm good" he says as he gags. You didn't convince me that you were good.

[@cptrikester2671]

I gagged with the egg opening.

[@johnthomas1130]

How long did the smoke stay in the resin?

[@raybeaudry463]

"""Prowed dad moment """ 🤧👍

[@minagica]

I think the laser didn't light the match because of lack of either sufficient oxygen or due to the absence of whatever is on the side of the match box. Oh nevermind, cuz the sun with the magnifying glass got it to work!!!

[@darcitorgerson8909]

Yukko on the egg!

[@Certawin]

Just thought about this. Those curly neon lights. They have mercury in them. I hope you didn't put food in that microwave after.

[@coolgirlfrozenfeet]

Wait, how do you know that the resin cooked the egg, and not the purple curing light? I don’t know if that’s possible, but I guess it’s worth discussing.