Chris Decker wrote:
Mixing resin can be a finicky mistress. Couple of other things to watch out for:
1. Is where you store the resin heated? If the resin got too cold, it could have gone bad. Had this problem a few times in my day.
2. Order if mixing is strangely important. When using smooth-on for example, you can Mix A into B and be fine, but if you go B into A, it will often give you the results you see. (I might have that backwards, it's been a few years).
3. We called this weeping, and it's toast, You can clean it up perfect with acetone, and then a few days later it'll be back. If it ever does stop, then you get a white crusting. In short, not worth it, throw them out.
Cheers
Chris
Hey Chris,
Thanks for the tips, I did realize that I had mixed B into A and there it was the "weeping" effect, thanks for your insight into this problem, being new to resin casting, it was a good learning experience and not one I will be repeating. Since I posted this question about the issue, I've learned a lot of tips for resin casting and not saying I'm an expert, far from it, but I have improved greatly to the point I'm not afraid to try casting of anything, it I screw it up, I make notes on what went wrong and correct the problem moving forward. I've recently completed casting an entire class of 1/700 scale Sturgeon Class of submarines and had some issues but nothing to dramatic to trash them, my biggest problem is over pouring, but at least its not weeping. Again thanks for your insight into this issue.