[Jewelry making - Article 00606] - Re: [Orchid] Best clear resin for small projects

[Lisa Gallagher]

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Hello Cyndia,

>     Does anyone have a recommendation for the best clear resin to use
>     for small projects? 

    I use Colores Doming Resin, I bought it from Rio. I've been using it
    for less than a year, so I can't say anything about the yellowing
    other than they promise that it doesn't yellow. I've had quite good
    success with it curing nice & hard, though, with a couple
    exceptions. One time I did three pendants at once & they all cured
    ever so slightly tacky. I can only guess that I didn't mix it quite
    right. I'm sort of paranoid now every time I do a batch, since often
    I'm doing several & it would be a real ?$&#^ if a whole batch didn't
    turn out right. Three was bad enough. A second time I had a problem,
    but I think that was the temperature of the room in which I let it
    cure. When I first started doing photo pendants, it was warm out &
    therefore the temp in my studio was fine. It eventually turned to
    winter, though, and as I work in basement, it's currently always
    rather chilly down here. The darn thing just did NOT cure! I was
    only doing one that time, thank heavens- a custom piece. I tried
    doing it in the kiln & that finally got it cured, but it was a real
    PITA in the mean time. And although it did finally cure, I wasn't
    able to monitor the air bubbles because it was hidden in the oven &
    some bubbles got into it. So, the last time I had to do a couple
    (again, custom pieces), I took them up into the main part of the
    house to cure overnight & it was once again just fine. 

Lisa
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