That is a MASSIVE amount of epoxy resin. What kind of resin did you use and did you pour it all once or in stages? I've never had resin heat up on me before, I'm curious if you had something in there that had a chemical reaction to the resin to cause it to heat like that. As for the clarity and damage to the decals; did you coat the aircraft in anything after you applied the decals? And that really is too much resin honestly, especially depending on the type you used as most of them are only supposed to be applied to about an inch deep. Anything more than that and you're going to need an entirely different kind of resin. That said, the environment and technique used are also very important when comes to pouring resin, it's easy to ruin a project by doing something as simple as the room being too warm or the pour was too quick, the area wasn't properly coated and sealed to prevent glue and paint from contaminating the resin etc.
Yes it is a lot of resin! I used epoxy resin from Michael’s not sure of the exact type. I poured it all at once. Which was a mistake I’m certain. I believe there was something in the materials I used that caused the reaction. I coated the model with Vallejo acrylic matte clear coat. Not 100% sure what went wrong. But I know that I certainly didn’t do enough research. If I attempt something like this again I’ll be sure to do a ton more research.
That is a MASSIVE amount of epoxy resin. What kind of resin did you use and did you pour it all once or in stages? I've never had resin heat up on me before, I'm curious if you had something in there that had a chemical reaction to the resin to cause it to heat like that. As for the clarity and damage to the decals; did you coat the aircraft in anything after you applied the decals? And that really is too much resin honestly, especially depending on the type you used as most of them are only supposed to be applied to about an inch deep. Anything more than that and you're going to need an entirely different kind of resin.
That said, the environment and technique used are also very important when comes to pouring resin, it's easy to ruin a project by doing something as simple as the room being too warm or the pour was too quick, the area wasn't properly coated and sealed to prevent glue and paint from contaminating the resin etc.
Yes it is a lot of resin! I used epoxy resin from Michael’s not sure of the exact type. I poured it all at once. Which was a mistake I’m certain. I believe there was something in the materials I used that caused the reaction.
I coated the model with Vallejo acrylic matte clear coat.
Not 100% sure what went wrong. But I know that I certainly didn’t do enough research. If I attempt something like this again I’ll be sure to do a ton more research.
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