Does anyone use this as a finish on turned wood? Any other two part epoxy you use? West System 105 and 205?
https://www.artresin.com/
https://www.artresin.com/
Does anyone use this as a finish on turned wood? Any other two part epoxy you use? West System 105 and 205?
https://www.artresin.com/
I'm almost out of my 5 minutes epoxy that I use for small bowl repairs. They are now carrying art resin at our local Fiberglass Hawaii store. Just saw a YouTube video of a turner turning a bowl made of cut up small branches, placed in a mold and then poured art resin. Looks like he was getting shavings... You can't get shavings with all resins... I will try this art resin... They also sell system three there. Never used it, so I don't know which one would be good for bowl repairs, like filling a bark intrusion etc. Has anybody used any of these 2 products? Thanks in advance for your help. AlohaDoes anyone use this as a finish on turned wood? Any other two part epoxy you use? West System 105 and 205?
https://www.artresin.com/
Odie, I wonder what was on this video...Interesting, but........
View: https://youtu.be/tz5yTgW8gpk?list=PL56BR0x4HHEFdpw55j8JqNKWH4o9qe17l
......it looks like it wouldn't work very well with turnings, specifically because it appears like it needs to be cured on a flat surface facing up.
I'm having a difficult time focusing my memory this morning, but is it Moulthrup who used a slow spin on curing a finish on bowls.....? That may be the only way to make something like the "Art Resin" work.
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Odie, I wonder what was on this video...
Well, was a long time ago....Beats me, Emiliano........I can't remember what it was!
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I usually use Marine resin. I believe it's a polyester resin. Problem is, really hard and brittle. I get best results with a NRS. It's like cutting ivory. They have several system 3, I will have to check them out, and I will try art resin. I will report later.I have used System 3 Mirror coat for turnings. It's hard to control because it becomes extremely thin as it heats up to cure. That's good and bad. It's good because it penetrates really deep into cracks. Bad because it runs everywhere unless you use a good enough dam. I have used several of the casting resins sold at Hobby Lobby and they work well.