How to make a resin pressure pot for UNDER $10 for clear resin!
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- Опубликовано: 28 янв 2021
- You can spend a lot of money making a pressure pot for your crafts. Here is a cheaper alternative that really works!
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Just fyi I looked and no one mentioned, those bike tire valve is called a shreader valve, thanks for this video I'll send it when people cry that you have to have a super heavy duty steel pressure pot
Attempted this with a clear 3 gallon bucket from Home Depot and one of their orange leak proof lids. System started to fail at about 3psi, had massive doming on the top and bottom. Data point that may help others. Use better buckets!
I viewed your pressure pot video about a week ago with rising hope that this could be a low cost solution to solve the bubbles-in-resin problem. So... off I went to procure said parts. I had a lot of difficulty finding the 3.5 gallon bucket and lid so I returned to my home and did the Amazon search and purchase thing. My items arrived in a couple of days and I went to serious work. The next day when the pipe glue was cured, I prepped me a small test batch of A & B resin, placed it in the home made pressure pot, and had me a Heineken to celebrate my accomplishment. Forty-eight hours later came the Grand De-molding.
I. Could. Not. Believe. My. Eyes. I put on my prescription glasses to verify. I then got my high powered magnifying glass to confirm. Not one bubble!
Please note that I mixed my A & B resin slowly as usual, let it rest for approximately 10 minutes before putting it into my pressure pot. After sealing the bucket with the lid, I pumped in 10 PSI with my bicycle pump. I checked the pressure 3 or 4 times before I finally left it alone. The pressure held. 48 hours later I had the clearest bubble free resin I had ever poured.
Thank you sooooo much for this DIY tip. Cheers!
I'm really glad it worked for you.
any chance you could share the bucket/lid you found? I can't seem to find one with sealed lid.
Please provide a link to the bucked you used :)
Did you find a bucket that fits the requirements by now? @@michiganwolfpupper
Thank you so much! I've been looking for buckets to create this myself, and I came across "fermentation vessels" or buckets people use for brewing beer. These are made to hold some pressure (I think most go up to 30 psi) and therefore perfect for the DIY pressure pot!
Bakeries, and even grocery store bakeries, receive materials like icing in 3-gallon buckets. If you ask nicely, they might help you out with one. When I lived out in the country our local store did give up one bucket. I got a sense that they recycled them back to their suppliers.
I’m so glad I found this! I just do small things like dominoes and such but I didn’t want to use a big pressure pot because my craft room is my upstairs bonus room in my house. This is a great idea thank you!! Now I just need to find the parts
Hi :) I have just finished watching your video - i'm starting to make some experiments with epoxy and buying a pressure pot right now isn't my main focus so I decided to watch all DIY pressure pot videos on youtube and I have to admit - yours was the best of them all. BTW you don't seem frustrated at all but a good, honest, decent person and humble. GREAT VIDEO - THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING EVERYTHING IN AN EASY WAY :)
Thanks so much for sharing this! I really needed the alternative that was simple, easy, and most importantly, cost effective.
This is so helpful! And looks easy, definitely going to try it.
Hey, I really appreciate you sharing this. I was having trouble finding a good alternative, so thank you so much for your help! (Love the shop buddy cameo, btw 💕)
I did this same thing with an old aluminum pressure cooker . The tire valve stem is awesome . Nice work 👍
As a hobbyist who likes to save money, I appreciate this information. Also saw your follow up reducing psi. Thanks for the update also!!!
You sir gained a sub. I am going to do this over the weekend. Saves me from deciding on and buying an expensive one and I already have everything needed. Awesome, thanks.
Did you do it and did it work?
Did it work out for you?
Can't wait to try this. Thanks so much for sharing. Nice to see Buster too!
This is so smart, and wonderfully creative. Thanks for sharing, I'll definitely be trying it soon!
That's so cleaver being able to make your own pressure pot. Thanks for sharing. I'll save this video for the future :)
You're awesome man. Found you looking up pressure pot, of course, watched your follow up, then more of you autoplayed while I looked up parts. I dig your style, attitude, outlook... Thanks for contributing to knowledge and for being a Star Wars nerd.
That made my night, thanks!
Wow what a difference!!! Definitely worth the $10 thanks so much for sharing!
Going to have a go at this when the supplies come cant wait
thank you. you just saved me a lot of money for a hobby I just got into a week ago.
I’ve been searching for an affordable way to make a pressure pot. This is absolutely perfect. I’m a 50 year old female and totally 100% understand exactly how to make and use the pressure pot. Thank you for sharing and explaining you terrific idea!!
Get a Used/Old/New aluminum pressure cooking pot(Small or big) Check out Dental Laboratory pressure pots to get the idea. Car/bicicle valve, and a pressure gauge, in the 2 holes on the lid. Thats it up to 25 psi.If you get a heavy duty or stainless pot, can raise the pressure. Been using mine for 35 Yrs.
@@WillyK51thank you
You can add a second tire valve to check pressure with a regular tire pressure gauge as you pump it up.
So helpful. I’ve been looking for an inexpensive-and successful- way to do this so heading off to the paint shop, have everything else I’ll. Wish me luck😊
2:30 "got dahn in nair" sounds like a pittsburgher to me haha
Thank you so much for this! I just started working with resin and the price of pressure pots and vacuum chambers really got me down. This is so helpful, thank you!
Don't forget to watch the follow up video. I corrected myself on a few things.
Get two of these buckets. Cut an oval in one side, then in the other bucket cut the oval larger. Put a gasket around the larger oval and add a handle. Do the rest the same. Instead of taking the lid off and on, you put the gasketized oval into the smaller oval. Start the pressure, once your pressurized, that oval will hold itself on. Much quicker than messing with the lid everytime.
Thank you for sharing this I learn something new and cheap every day.
This is genius and I cannot thank you enough
Great video. I'm trying to make some resin dice just for fun and didn't want to spend 150$ on a pressure pot, definitely making a trip to home Depot tomorrow.
I'm giving this one a try. I'm not going to fail like some other commenters, by making sure that the Home Depot bucket i get is the exact same one.
I noticed two people on here claiming exploding buckets, but of course, they went into zero detail regarding their parts and procedures. Likely because they didn't use the right bucket.
I don't want to assume things that were unsaid, but listen to my reasoning. If i had for example used the very same parts and bucket, and it exploded, then of course, i would mention in my comment that "even though i followed the directions exactly", it exploded, etc...
But these comments didn't mention following directions exactly. Probably because they didn't. Its the logical assumption that makes the least "ass out of u and me" because 99% of folks would have mentioned that they followed the instructions exactly, if that is what they had actually done.
I'm not going into a home Depot any time between now and xmas (god forbid) but the bucket is the last piece i need, the fittings are in the post...
So I'll post a video on my own channel, and that'll do a better job at providing the validity of this process, compared to having to assume that the two rando commenters did everything correctly, there will be video evidence of whether i did it right or not.
The process seems legitimate to me, and i appreciate this video.
I'm not a baby, and i can follow directions. Maybe people that can't follow directions shouldn't be whining in the comments section about how they used 1mm thin plastic from chinese dumpsters and hurt their thumby when it exploded.
That's great! Let me know your results. Please watch the follow up video on this though as I made some safety corrections.
I watched a man do it with a hand pump and because my hands aren’t well shoot I’m going to be 60 this year so they’re not as great as they used to be but I like that pump you can just push it down. And you’re doing a very good job narrating.
Thank you!
THANK YOU SO MUCH! Ive been reluctantly shopping for a pressure pot on and off but never got one because of the price. This is perfect for me
I hope it works for you.
I really appreciate this video. Wanted a way to try to add some pressure to my resin creations without spending 100+ on a pressure pot. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
Wow. Thank you souch for this!! I've gained another subscriber! 🖤
I actually think I could make one after watching this. Thank you for making this video ❤
This is very cool! I have already a diy pressure chamber and a diy silent airbrush compressor. I wanted a pressure pot but the usual way to make a diy one is to convert a cooking pressure pot. An other option is to buy one of those cheap chinese paint pots. But the idea of a pressurized metal bucket was making me nervous. A light plastic container though is brilliant. If you add a safety valve and a pressure gauge with a release switch, a usual refrigerator motor needs about 15 sec to provide 30 psi pressure. And even if some freak accident happen the plastic container wont kill you.
Thanks for the video! I was wondering if something like this would work. I'll certainly have to give it a try. And if it doesn't work for me.. it's only 10 bucks. I've thrown that away in bubbly resin many times over, and I'm still new to the craft! I'll certainly be checking out your molding compound videos next.
As a student on a budget looking to make my own dice, I think this is the perfect thing to try. I certainly don't have the space for an air compressor. Did you ever pop it? What was the limit?
Hey, looking to use it for the same end. Do you happen to experiment with this pressure pot and dice making?
Checking in to see if you made this and if it worked!
I tried, I couldn't find a bucket with a gasket, so I tried making my own. It's still an unfinished object, though.
@@teagan_p_999 Look for food grade buckets. That's what I found that fit the bill.
@teagan_p_999 they are called leaktite buckets.. home depot has them in paint section. They are orange.
Wow! Super cool idea. Good stuff! You should definately do a video on that reusable mold compound that you mentioned! I'd be interested in seeing that
Will do!
Def needed this , thank you
Thank you for the video ! It will save me a bunch .
Just getting into resin casting myself and this looks great.
Make sure to watch the follow up video.
Dude..i think you just saved me a ton of time and money
Looks good. Just for safety I think I'll add some clamps to the edges before I pump it up, but the basic idea is wonderful. I'm in Japan, and buying anything like a pressure pot over here is insanely expensive. Thanks!
This is so fantastic! Thank you so much for sharing, I've been wanting to make dice for so long but can't afford a fancy pressure pot. I can't wait to try this out.
Did you end up trying it out?
How did it work for you? I am going to try this in a few days because I want to make dice, too.
@@caitsith5830 did you get any good result?
Thank you for this video, I have an old Apache protective case I want to try this with.
Thank you so much for sharing your research and amazing product that all us resin Aritists can make and use at home. Thank you 🌼
As I said in the video. You can put a release valve on there if you want. I did not. I just let the air out from the tire stem.
@@jennercustomtoys yes you did thanks as I realised after and removed that part of my comment.
Great work bro and thanks for sharing!
This was a big help! Thanks! Doggo was a pleasant bonus!
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thank you, I will try making this in a couple of days, because i dont have money to buy a normal one :D
Thank you sir. i never thought vacuuming resin can do by blowing air pressure (not sucking). this is video help me a lot. (subscribed)
Thank you, this worked great for me. I've kept the psi pretty low (better safe than sorry) but even a little pressure has helped a lot with bubbles.
Yeah. It doesn't take much pressure for the long dry time. I'm glad this helped.
Another great vid - thank you man 🤝👍
So glad I found this before I shelled out for the Harbor Freight pot. Thanks!
I know this is an old comment, but I wanted to ask what your thoughts are on this DIY pressure pot after 6 months. Did it work? Would you recommend it?
@@viridianwarrior I wasn't able to find buckets that sealed properly at the local hardware stores, but I gave it a try with a couple containers with some DIY gaskets/sealers added. I couldn't get them to hold pressure long enough to even fill up and I haven't looped back around to it since to try again with a better container, but thanks for the reminder!
Thanks for the info. I bought all the stuff and will be making two of them soon. I bought some metal valve stems that have gaskets and nuts.
Chris, could you post source or pics of the metal valve stems, gaskets and nuts. Thanks...
vaincre 4 pcs tr416 metal valve stems are the ones I bought from Amazon
Dude, that was brilliant! Thanks.
Make sure to watch the follow up video. I made some safety corrections.
Thank you for sharing the video…Great idea..hence the subscription
Take care
Yiannis(Athens Greece)
Great video very informative! Def going to make one! Also more dog next time :)
Thank's a lot, you help me a lot sharing your knowledge.
GOD bless you and your work.
Edit: My lid ended up sealing, but... at just under 10psi my bucket popped. Not just the lid popping off, but the spot where the wire handle mounts actually ruptured. I was worried about the lid popping off and hitting me or something in the garage, luckily I had the bucket covered with a moving blanket. The bucket was a new Leaktite 3.5 gallon. Please be careful.
Original comment: Great video. I've tried making one with the same kind of lid as you used, but the seals on the cap leak slowly. . Have you tried using a Gamma screw on lid for your DIY pressure pot?
how did you get the lid to seal? I cant seem to get mine to
@@ejnissley546 I don't recall, but I wouldn't do it again, or reccomend doing it, since mine blew up. It's not worth an eye.
Mine popped and busted my thumb something fierce. Not worth the savings. I'd of payed the 100 bucks at harbor freight to not have to endure that. I've got a dime sized hole in my finger tip.
@@michaelrandall7667 fill it with bondo and you'll be set 😊
1000th subscriber, well earned. Great video
Awesome, thank you!
Thank you sir! Will try this
Great video 👍🏻I love the narration 😂😂😂😂
Fantastic video! Very helpful.
Make sure you watch the follow up video. I made some important corrections.
This video is exactly what I needed to know to DIY a usable pressure pot.
And on the first info search try as well so that's a good first foot forward for conservation of some cash money..
Especially after catching myself doing the usual over engineering with inevitable nickle, dime and Jefferson cost increases. Like I don't need one that can safely handle 150psi in a size 20 gallon tank. Unless of course it actually is also a secondary air storage tank for the air compressor... That would justify a larger tank. . . .Doh!!!
Man-o-man am I ever mega glad I stumbled onto your video. And I have everything needed already plus options so no parts run to the hardware store (which is really rare). Wow this is turning out to be a good Thanksgiving.
Please watch the follow up video. I made some major corrections and addressed some safety issues. Thanks for the support!
I’ve been wanting to try resin dice making but the pressure pot was always my sticking point. I don’t know why I always thought they were drawing a vacuum to get the air out. This is brilliant and I’m definitely going to try it.
ruclips.net/video/yvwAQTiIjtM/видео.html
This youtuber answers your exact confusion, but to put it simply, pressure pots squash the bubbles into invisible sizes. Vacuum chambers draw the air out of the resin, which will ironically create a lot of bubbles in the process, as well as a big mess.
The vacuum chamber is to suck the bubbles out of your mold material
I love your dog! And I'm definitely going to try this. I just got my soul crushed from bubbles in my dice set.
Sometimes it takes a lot of trial and error before you get it right. Just keep trying and learning from yourself and you'll figure it out.
I had a spare portable air pump with adjustable pressure gauge that I use .It works great
You are a GENIOUS. Cheers from Brazil :)
Not sure what to say to that..... Um.... Thank you? Lol
Thx so much! Can't wait to try!
Make sure to watch the follow up video. I made a few corrections.
I have yet to start doing anything, but when the car-boot sales season is here I am going to get an aluminum domestic pressure cooker and use that as a base. There are usually several for sale going cheap, because people tend to be wary of them. The existing pressure release will be where I insert the shrader valve.
Subscribed! Very nice tutorial. Thank you!
Thanks for the sub!
Wow, amazing idea!
Thank you! 😊
Thank you for this video sir.
Well this one is interesting. Thanks.
Nice homemade pressure pot. I agree with others I may try this instead of going to Harbor Freight. Thanks for sharing...
Great info--thanks man!
First of all, you sir, are an absolutely narrator. Gf and I absolutely loved this video and I will definitely sub. Also, ty for showing how you made this pressure pot. Resources are limited for us but this is definitely doable for us. Ty ty ty
Please watch the follow up video on this. I made a lot of corrections for safety.
Well done buddy. Keep up the good work.
Thanks 👍
Love this idea!Thank you
Make sure to watch the follow up video.
Thank you - great idea. Love your dog...he cute.
Thank you! 😊
I think it's hilarious how you narrate. You should do it more often. 🙂
Sweet thanks for showing
Nice! I'll try it!
This is great - I use a paint sprayer pot at 50 psi, but I'd like a second pot, and I've been thinking it's overkill. I've been thinking of making a mini one.
I was looking for a vacuum chamber, but maybe just adding air in a pressure pot will work for me...
Thank you so much for the video.
Commentating on your own video 😂 blah, blah, blah I don’t know what I’m saying lol love it!
this is awesome. i'm going to try this and i'll come back and share how it went
How did it go?
@@brianataylor5084 I think I might have done something wrong, because the bucket won't pressurize. I still need to troubleshoot
Great job on the bubble remover bucket!! I've been looking for an economical way to do it and thought the only option was building the Harbor freight one. The cost was also prohibitive so I never did it. As usual the simple answers are most often the best option. I use clear 2 part resin but I add mica or inks for color. I'd be interested in your molding recipe as well. I subscribed and will be looking for that video. Thanks for your work on this.
Very nice i have been looking for a cheap alternitive for resin I i always thought 40-50 psi was overkill.
You're a lifesaver. I just got into making resin decorations and I'm trying everything I can find for getting rid of excess bubbles. Thank you!
EDIT: Would this method also work on a square weatherproof tote for larger items?
I think I know why your action figures hands sometimes come out malformed - I know that as the resin is compressed inside the chamber, it essentially crushes the bubbles to microscopic size, and so they no longer become noticeable, and practically are gone. However, the bubbles still exist, on a microscopic scale, they’re just tiny.
So the reason your tiny parts are losing details is because as the bubbles inside the resin are compressed, the resin is filling in the space of where the bubbles were. As the resin fills in these voids, it essentially drains down into the space, and will drain from the top down (gravity). This will leave a spot at the very top of your mold that * had * resin when you poured, but no longer does because it drained down into the void from the bubbles.
To fix this problem, simply overfill your molds, or make sure you use a large enough Sprue. Either of these options will leave excess resin at the top, so as the resin drains and fills in the voids, the resin that *WAS* extra drains and becomes part of the actual figure.
This will always happen on large molds, if you don’t overfill or leave a sprue you are garunteed to have a void at the top, but on small molds (like the hands you make) it’s 50/50, depending on how much air is in your resin when you pour. If the hand poured really clean with no air bubbles, then there is no air to compress, and so the hand doesn’t drain, but if that part of your resin has a lot of bubbles (for example, the last bits of resin in a cup of it you mix usually has a lot of bubbles compared to the start of the pour) then all those bubbles get compressed and drain the resin from the top of your hand.
So to fix, either make the hands with the very start of the pour, where it doesn’t have many bubbles, or overfill the mold/make a mold with a Sprue.
Also the other possibility is that you are making a mold where there is an angle in which you have resin trying go down and then back up, but that doesn’t work because resin is too thick and flows down, so you leave an air bubble when you fill the mold. However, you seem like a pretty experienced craftsman as far as this subject goes, and I’m going to guess your molds are made correctly for resin pouring.
And I make this guess based on my dice making experience, whenever I made molds and didn’t leave the Sprue with any extra resin in It, the die would compress too much and leave a void.
As far as the Physics and scientifical explanation, I learned it from RUclipsr @Rybonator, his tutuorial on making clear dice with a pressure pot, he explained how the physics of pressurizing resin works, as well as vacuum forming silicone molds to prevent spiky bubbly silicone
My next endeavor is to make a vacuum chamber. Since making this video though I have figured out better venting for my action figures. Thanks for the help!
@Jenner Custom Toys, You’re very welcome. Also, if you can get the vacuum chamber to work, I’d love to see it in a video. Bubbly silicone molds are a problem for me a lot, and if you found a way to cheaply make a vacuum chamber, that would be awesome to learn to make myself. Good luck, and I’ll be keeping an eye your channel for other helpful tricks with molding and casting.
@@jennercustomtoys Have you tried to see if you can use this same bucket as a vacuum chamber? I am less than a newb with looking into casting some my own dice. Not sure how much of vacuum needed to make it work. Maybe plastic bucket can't handle it.
have you tried using a GAMMA type lid ?? they have a screw on lid with seals . and fit any 3to 5 gallon bucket. you can find them on line or at TRACTOR supply.
Thank you so much. Youre the best
Brilliant, love this - not ovetbuilt, effective,
This is the most helpful video I’ve ever seen to get clear resin!
Awesome! Thank you!
not sure if any improvemnts are needed but I use air purging for curing plants and for those air tight seals I have screw down paint bucket lids with the gasket, got mine at lowes sure they are available online, not sure how much it would change the max tho.
I have a question. Can I turn a vacuum chamber into a pressure pot by just using an air pump or a bicycle pump just like in this video, reinforce the lid, and swap the pressure gauge? My vacuum chamber is pretty big, it is stainless steel and it has a 1.5-inch thick clear acrylic lid.
This is great! I have a compressor but I also have an Airhawk for tires. That will work better because it will fit the tire valve. Super great cheap solution thanks. 😂
Im about to start making things with resin, specifically dice, every video I have watched so far has said to have 25-30psi but do you think your 15-20psi would have the same effect? Im not trying to spend a ton on a metal pot if I dont have to. Did you check yet to see what the max psi is for this pot?
Thanks for sharing!!