[Jewelry making - Article 00495] - [Orchid] Epoxy resin problems

[Rebekah L Lewis]

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    I am working with Devcon 2-ton epoxy resin with a 30min working
    time. I have begun to use it in large quantities... mixing about
    half the bottle at a time and pouring it from a disposable wax lined
    paper coffee cup. Previously I had been using wax paper to mix small
    quanitites to fill bezel cups. Today is the first time over the last
    6 months or so that I have been working with this stuff that I
    encountered the resin heating to extremely hot temps, smoking or
    steaming (I am not sure which) and solidifying within about 10
    minutes. It had a really nice pouring consistency for the first few
    minutes then it started getting so hot I could not hold the cup, I
    went back to stir it a little it was allready hardening in the
    middle and was as hard as it usually becomes when left over night in
    a matter of a few minutes. HELP! am I doing something wrong? Is it
    something with the wax cups? 

    Thanks for any help and or experience you can offer! 

Rebekah

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