I'd add mica to part B first as it's the lowest viscosity so mixes better plus after adding part A it makes mixing more efficient 😉👌🫶👌😉 but poly resin is great for quick forms but In general it's harder to work with and has nasty fumes plus once fully set is still toxic stuff
I want to thank you for everything I have learned from you in the past nine months I had stage 3 triple negative breast cancer and decided I needed to occupy my brain and I did this by learning. I am now 2 days cancer FREE!! With learning about resins and so many things I am glad to hear you when you have your respirator on. My oncologist DID approve me to work with resin but only with the PPE and respirator. I would like to become a member of your channel but cancer hits your pocket as well. I thank you for your videoes and will be doing more little projects and then graduate to bigger projects. Happy New Year from Hanover township, Pennsylvania, USA
Thanks for another awesome video. I love that you show legitimate issues and interactions working with all the various products that people can benefit from. Your experiments and lessons and product feedback is tops! With so many highly edited un-moldings and such out there I am very grateful for you!
Hi from state side.... I have a chess set mold from TEMU and it's great. It comes with the board n only one set of the pieces. You make an entire set then the other. Easy to get out of the molds, n as you say ... "lil suiggy wiggy" gets the resin in all the nooks n crannies. Have fun with the poly resin!!😊😎 luv your channels🤩
❤❤❤❤ the pink cell phone stands #2 the most, its a shame that i can't get into this stuff because of my health. Id love to have a pink phone stand. Thanks for sharing Steve
Really appreciate how you show us these new products and all your "science" 😅 experiments! Today I've learned I prolly shouldn't use this with only couple minutes working time.....😂❤
I think my favorites are the heart and the strawberry and cherry phone stand If I'm doing just a single color, I usually mix it into either in part A or part B before mixing the two parts together to give me a little more working time. Though I don't always remember to do that, haha. But adding the pigment into the cups before mixing when doing multiple colors at once is a great idea Also dirty pours with PU resin are fun too since the colors don't mix as much
I’m so excited to get some of this! I used some before, when I first started out from a company that no longer trades, can’t remember their name but based in Wales I think! Managed to make so many Halloween skull earrings that year! Looks like I’ll be doing the same this year 😂
If you'll accept an answer from a non-Steve, you can, I'd personally recommend lightly sanding the area you want to coat first, to help it stick better (preferably before the tattoos but I'm not sure if that would affect how the tattoos adheres) maybe also wipe with alcohol first because PU resin can feel slightly oily after curing, or at least the one I use does
Could you use both resin types in one project? For an example: make the swirls like you did with the PU, let it cure a minute, then top it off with regular clear resin.
👍Hey Steve! Great video! I've been wanting to make some divets/coasters for hot pots and serving dishes to sit on but I know the epoxy will go soft from the heat. Would the PU hold up to that kind of heat?
Definitely need to snag some of this resin. Just made a phone stand and it’s crazy hot here. Was fine unmolding but it started bending. Had to use a heat gun to straighten it out. Learned my lesson and shut the blinds. ❤ the strawberry look. Would look awesome with bright red strawberries in the phone case. Really ❤ the mica powder one. Gorgeous. Hahaha. I see you did the fruit. Great minds think alike.
Im always looking for ideas with polyurethane resin and watch every video here on RUclips. The spots on the coaster worked brilliantly and it was gorgeous. I will be having a try at that method. Thank you Steve.
I have never use polyurethane resin before. You said it doesn't deform like epoxy resin. Do you know if it is stronger than epoxy resin (less brittle)? Love your videos 😊.
@shaelynhurst5298 I haven't used it (yet!) but heard on more than one channel that it is stronger than most epoxies, BUT can shatter if bashed enough on a hard surface, whereas epoxy resin doesn't usually do that. But then...so does wood. 😊
Can you mix pigment in one part before you add the 2nd part and increase working time a bit that way? Seems like mixing color in after you've mixed both parts is anxiety-producing.
Yes you can, that's how I prefer to do it. Just be careful because it might cause measurements to be slightly off when you're done so just keep that in mind. But that's my preferred method when mixing a single color
Someone needs to invent gummy resin, that cures to the consistency of gummy candy. Or maybe it’s just in your ratio? Regardless, I want to see a bunch of molds used with gummy resin. I mean big and little, fishes, Swedish fishes, teddy bears, real bears, dragons, and everything in between.
Are you concerned about the ethical concerns surrounding mica? Most mica is acquired through child labor and a lot of the children get really sick and injured from the mines so I always make sure that my mica is ethically sourced but you linked to the Let's Resin mica and I can't find anything on their website about their mica being ethically sourced. I get my mica from TKB Trading if anyone was wondering, they are very adamant about their mica being ethically sourced
Have you ever done a back coating with the polyurethane resin? I like to add white to the back of my projects, a 10 min back coat would be fantastic!!!
I do that too, though I find that it's sometimes harder to avoid spilling on the sides And I also sometimes have issues with it separating from the rest of the piece. Maybe it's because it's a different resin from the rest but I also had a piece where the whole thing was PU and the two layers separated 😅
You can use micro powders you just have to brush them on the instead of in with the polyurethane and it's much easier to mix your pregnant paste just put it in park B and mix it before you put in part A you should try the you'll be amazed at the color turns out like it's supposed to pretty much
I wouldn't recommend this poly resin to anyone unless they are making replica parts for models etc. And its highly toxic and hard to work with it plus you'll need more dyes,powders etc . Avoid at all costs. Not to mention the food safe and lack of even after 30 days of curing. Also the skin reactions from fumes ley alone skin contact 😉👌 poly resin 👎👎👎👎👎👎🙆🙅🙅🙅🙅🙅🤦🙋
I would always add the mica or glitter to part A and blend it first, then add in part B. It seemed to make it faster to get it ready to pour.
I'd add mica to part B first as it's the lowest viscosity so mixes better plus after adding part A it makes mixing more efficient 😉👌🫶👌😉 but poly resin is great for quick forms but In general it's harder to work with and has nasty fumes plus once fully set is still toxic stuff
Always wondered if that was feasible.
And I would have thought that would make being sure the parts were mixed completely.
@@the.resintist I also measure part B first for that reason because I'm more likely to over pour 😅
That’s what I do is to pre mix the additive. I don’t care what I add it to A or B. I haven’t noticed a difference either way
Came here to say this! 😊
I want to thank you for everything I have learned from you in the past nine months
I had stage 3 triple negative breast cancer and decided I needed to occupy my brain and I did this by learning. I am now 2 days cancer FREE!! With learning about resins and so many things I am glad to hear you when you have your respirator on. My oncologist DID approve me to work with resin but only with the PPE and respirator. I would like to become a member of your channel but cancer hits your pocket as well. I thank you for your videoes and will be doing more little projects and then graduate to bigger projects. Happy New Year from Hanover township, Pennsylvania, USA
Thanks for another awesome video. I love that you show legitimate issues and interactions working with all the various products that people can benefit from. Your experiments and lessons and product feedback is tops! With so many highly edited un-moldings and such out there I am very grateful for you!
Thank you, I wasn’t sure the differences.
Hi mr love your videos and you so fun to watch hello fron monterrey Mexico
Wow great information lovely 🏴
I miss you Steve, Thank you ❤
Hi from state side.... I have a chess set mold from TEMU and it's great. It comes with the board n only one set of the pieces. You make an entire set then the other. Easy to get out of the molds, n as you say ... "lil suiggy wiggy" gets the resin in all the nooks n crannies. Have fun with the poly resin!!😊😎 luv your channels🤩
loving your videos thank you
Very educational videos, thank you
Very informative video Steve. Thanks!
That's pretty cool! I love how the phone stand turned out! It reminds me of strawberry milkshake, too. The tattoos look really great on there!
Never used it but I think Id like to
❤❤❤❤ the pink cell phone stands #2 the most, its a shame that i can't get into this stuff because of my health. Id love to have a pink phone stand. Thanks for sharing Steve
Congratulations on 125k subscribers. What an amazing achievement!
Love how glossy the finish is x
I love poly resin, been using it for a few weeks now, it's great fun. Thanks Steve
I have GOT to get some of this...thanks, Steve! 😊💕😍
Really appreciate how you show us these new products and all your "science" 😅 experiments! Today I've learned I prolly shouldn't use this with only couple minutes working time.....😂❤
About to buy some if this. Thank you for all of these tips. Just discovered your channels and I am addicted! You are so helpful and so talented. ❤
Thanks Steve! Stay well. 🎉
I think my favorites are the heart and the strawberry and cherry phone stand
If I'm doing just a single color, I usually mix it into either in part A or part B before mixing the two parts together to give me a little more working time. Though I don't always remember to do that, haha. But adding the pigment into the cups before mixing when doing multiple colors at once is a great idea
Also dirty pours with PU resin are fun too since the colors don't mix as much
I’m so excited to get some of this! I used some before, when I first started out from a company that no longer trades, can’t remember their name but based in Wales I think! Managed to make so many Halloween skull earrings that year! Looks like I’ll be doing the same this year 😂
Thanks Steve for testing the polyurethane resin!
Steve can you put UV resin over the top? Thinking of adding tattoos. Thanks for another great video!💜
If you'll accept an answer from a non-Steve, you can, I'd personally recommend lightly sanding the area you want to coat first, to help it stick better (preferably before the tattoos but I'm not sure if that would affect how the tattoos adheres) maybe also wipe with alcohol first because PU resin can feel slightly oily after curing, or at least the one I use does
Awesome video steve mcdonald
Sorry, the exothermicreaction one, looks kinda cool
Hi Steve, Thank you for sharing your experiment I thought your different project turned out super cool ❤️👍
Thanks for this video Steve! Learn a lot from them
Where can I get the heart coaster?
Brilliant video 👏👏
Could you use both resin types in one project? For an example: make the swirls like you did with the PU, let it cure a minute, then top it off with regular clear resin.
👍Hey Steve! Great video! I've been wanting to make some divets/coasters for hot pots and serving dishes to sit on but I know the epoxy will go soft from the heat. Would the PU hold up to that kind of heat?
Can this be used for deep pour molds?
Definitely need to snag some of this resin. Just made a phone stand and it’s crazy hot here. Was fine unmolding but it started bending. Had to use a heat gun to straighten it out. Learned my lesson and shut the blinds. ❤ the strawberry look. Would look awesome with bright red strawberries in the phone case. Really ❤ the mica powder one. Gorgeous. Hahaha. I see you did the fruit. Great minds think alike.
Im always looking for ideas with polyurethane resin and watch every video here on RUclips. The spots on the coaster worked brilliantly and it was gorgeous. I will be having a try at that method. Thank you Steve.
Dirty pouring with PU resin is also fun and has some really cool results since it doesn't blend together as much as epoxy resin
@@craftydemon529 Ohhhh, thank you for that. Ive gotta try that too now. ❣
@@Trisha-2023 No problem, I hope it goes well
Cool video Steve! Xx
I am getting ready to make a freestanding 3 tier shelf for our bathroom. What resin do you recommend?
Can you use this and epoxy in the same piece?
I am getting this next month and wondering if you can put a thin layer of resin on top of it
I pour acrylic paint onto canvas or panels. I like to finish with resin & use Craft resin. Are the other resins good for the same job? xx 🎉
I have never use polyurethane resin before. You said it doesn't deform like epoxy resin. Do you know if it is stronger than epoxy resin (less brittle)? Love your videos 😊.
@shaelynhurst5298
I haven't used it (yet!) but heard on more than one channel that it is stronger than most epoxies, BUT can shatter if bashed enough on a hard surface, whereas epoxy resin doesn't usually do that. But then...so does wood. 😊
Can you mix pigment in one part before you add the 2nd part and increase working time a bit that way? Seems like mixing color in after you've mixed both parts is anxiety-producing.
Yes you can, that's how I prefer to do it. Just be careful because it might cause measurements to be slightly off when you're done so just keep that in mind.
But that's my preferred method when mixing a single color
How would you get it to the deep red color?
Can this be used as a top or flood coat??
Can you use heat changing nail varnish in PU resin?
hi Steve just to let you know. Lets resin has a good chess set its in stock its £18.59. I got this it fantastic
Would this PU resin work well for bottle openers?
Someone needs to invent gummy resin, that cures to the consistency of gummy candy.
Or maybe it’s just in your ratio?
Regardless, I want to see a bunch of molds used with gummy resin. I mean big and little, fishes, Swedish fishes, teddy bears, real bears, dragons, and everything in between.
Are you concerned about the ethical concerns surrounding mica? Most mica is acquired through child labor and a lot of the children get really sick and injured from the mines so I always make sure that my mica is ethically sourced but you linked to the Let's Resin mica and I can't find anything on their website about their mica being ethically sourced. I get my mica from TKB Trading if anyone was wondering, they are very adamant about their mica being ethically sourced
Your pawn looked a bit naughty from certain angles, especially with the coloring.
Have you ever done a back coating with the polyurethane resin? I like to add white to the back of my projects, a 10 min back coat would be fantastic!!!
I do that too, though I find that it's sometimes harder to avoid spilling on the sides
And I also sometimes have issues with it separating from the rest of the piece.
Maybe it's because it's a different resin from the rest but I also had a piece where the whole thing was PU and the two layers separated 😅
I bought the PU resin but haven't used it yet.
Can you use any kind of glitter, or does it have to be the PU glitter?
You had alot of bubbles because they did'nt get time to rise like epoxy resin 😉👌👍💪
Hi Steve can you put epoxy top coat on this
You can use micro powders you just have to brush them on the instead of in with the polyurethane and it's much easier to mix your pregnant paste just put it in park B and mix it before you put in part A you should try the you'll be amazed at the color turns out like it's supposed to pretty much
The PU resin I have doesn't turn white. That sucks!!
I can just see you finding a way to use the water result to your advantage.... I double-dog-dare you!
When I used tattoos on a silicone mould, I found the front of it was sticky. Is that a me problem? 😂
I feel silly but……I am trying your link to the UK lets resin PU and it just goes to the USA site. Is it me???
Is this food safe
I wouldn't recommend this poly resin to anyone unless they are making replica parts for models etc. And its highly toxic and hard to work with it plus you'll need more dyes,powders etc . Avoid at all costs. Not to mention the food safe and lack of even after 30 days of curing. Also the skin reactions from fumes ley alone skin contact 😉👌 poly resin 👎👎👎👎👎👎🙆🙅🙅🙅🙅🙅🤦🙋