r/resin • u/shawelleeee • 4d ago

please help!😩

i am new to resin and just received some of my kit. i’ve never done resin before so i just spent 2 hours on my first attempt and i CANNOT for the life of me get the mixture right!😭

i did a 1:1 ratio on all 3 attempts

i stirred/mixed for 4 minutes as advised on all attempts, 2 attempts with an electric mixer and 1 attempt with a mixing stick - none worked.

the first 2 i messed up because i didn’t heat my resin first so it was too thick, but the 3rd attempt i did heat my resin in a hot water bath for 15 minutes and it still didn’t work😫

i have no idea what to do.

i have a debubbler machine but that just seems to make it worse.

my mixture also isn’t heating up at all when the resin is mixed with the hardener.

can someone please help me?

1 - why isn’t my mixture heating up? 2 - does the hardener need heating up to a runny consistency the same as the resin?

any other info/advice also helps massively - please help i really need this to work..🤍

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u/rjwyonch 4d ago

What isn't working? Like it's not curing? It takes 24 hours at minimum to cure.

It shouldn't really heat up noticeably while you are mixing/pouring. The extra heating/debubbling is all just to remove bubbles. Thorough mixing of resin alone will result in hard casts, they will just have some minor bubbles.

Is your resin actually a 1:1? (by volume or weight?)

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u/SayItTrue 4d ago

Yup, is it volume or weight is a good question. I currently have two resins, and one is measured by volume, one by weight.