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Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2023
This resin is absolutely amazing and easy to use. Easy to mix. (I do recommend an electric resin mixer) I use this to make knife handles and scales. After mixing it still looks a little cloudy, but after hardening (around 12 to 14 hours for 1/2 inch thick pours) it comes out crystal clear and hard as a rock with no bubbles or imperfections yet. Very impressive product and I will definitely purchase more if the price remains the same. $99 for 2 gallons of resin is quite the good deal. If you use pump heads on the gallon sized jugs, look for one that pumps at least 1 ounce per stroke or you will wear out your arm very fast. My first pump head produced 1/8 ounce per stroke.... The hardener is the consistency of water and pumps easily, but the resin is like cold honey and takes forever. Uses equal parts of each by volume, meaning for example, 1 cup of resin and 1 cup of hardener. Or 1 teaspoon of each. Just saying... Also put the thin hardener in your mixing cup first then the resin, it results in a clearer mix.
DEJ
Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2022
This is a decent epoxy, and you can’t beat the price. It sets up really well, cures in about 24 hours, not a lot of heat (though I haven’t done any deep pours with it yet) and it mixes really well with mica powder (coloring). It does bubble a lot more than other brands of epoxy I’ve used, however that is easily solved by using a torch (I tried using my heat gun on it, but it didn’t get rid of all the bubbles).My biggest complaint is the ratios - 100/83. It just feels like more of a hassle than the 1:1 ratio I’m used to. But this is just based on weight (I use a scale). It’s made so you can do a 1:1 ratio by volume (1 cup resin to 1 cup hardener).My take on it is its really good for small scale projects, not so much for bigger stuff (just cause calculating the weight is a pain and the bubbles would add a lot of extra time to the project).
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2020
Okay sooo without going too much into the epoxy process itself. First this 2 gallon epoxy was enough for my whole 42 sq ft kitchen. I would say if you're on the fence about 1 gal vs 2 gallons for a kitchen, thinking maybe you could be stingy... DON'T. Because if this is your first epoxy project you WILL waste or screw something up.PROS: This epoxy can be very forgiving. An hour into curing I realized I wanted to mess with my marble effect and was able to use the heat gun and go back in and do more blending.After 24 hrs it was no longer tacky so I didn't have to worry too much about dust or gnats or kids accidentally bumping.When mixed properly it doesn't give off fumes * It started smoking when i messed up but will mention that later*It was estimated to take around 10 days but it came in 3!!!In short we were very happy with the look we got, to be able to completely change our kitchen for less than $100Here are some tips though:1. For the white marbled look buy 2-3 white opaque resin! We only got one but struggled to make the resin look white and not translucent and had to struggle to find resin dye at our local art supply store but was stuck with cheap stuff from Jo Ann's. The black and silver on the other hand only required 1. Do not try to make grey, just buy it save yourself a headache2. You may have read or hearr that you should put your resin outside to warm up. But we didnt take into account they didn't mean in Texas at 1 in the afternoon. Once we mixed it we could feel the container getting hot, this was our first time so we didnt realize something was wrong till it started smoking and bubbling. Within 1 minute ran outside and put it in a bucket of water and it instantly cured and hardened. There went a whole half gallon... thered a bunch of science about chemical reactions you can read up on before you start but moral of the story the more you mix the more it will heat up if you feel it getting hot pour it on your counters immediately. And don't put it outside if its over 80 degrees. It's better to just use the heat gun!3. The resin is not good old soap and water friendly. It will manage to get everywhere even after laying tarp and wearing gloves. Please buy special heavy duty soap like Zep's Orange Heavy Duty Hand Soap
Sam
Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2020
I was bit worry for some reviews and the low price. I follow the instrucción 1:1. I’m amazed whit the results I apply on the concrete floor and the end result was amazing, if the whether is cool it’s better because you have more time to work whit the product if is it’s more hot I suppose will be faster the cure which will give you less time to work with it, also I cast whit it and I do some epoxy glass for mi diy wood doors and I have no bubble but I use small portions and repeat layers of epoxy every 20 minuts until I get 0,5 inch of epoxy glass clear and the measures of the glass are 30 inch for 16, i use the industrial blow dryer for the bubbles on Every layer and help me to eliminate every bubble and also cure it faster ( remember the whether was cool). The end result was amazing, clear no bubbles and self leveling. I also use this epoxy for countertop and again end result Amazing!, I do same in the glass small layer for the color and gloss layer, I use the blow dryer for the bubbles and help to corners and leveling, for any empty spot I use small amount of the epoxy and help leveling whit the blow dryer, end result amazing. If is your first time using epoxy you can do it wrong, recommend practicing some before you do your work and this will help you to understand the epoxy you are working whit, if you are casting no matter the size or deep it is you have to apply small layer on top of small layers if you want to get rid of bubbles ( maybe whit some others more expensive brand can be diferente but this for me work like this), and work whit blow dryer or torch and no to close and not over heated or will be dry fast and the end result can be bad. This is just my personal experience and I have lots of problems whit other reAly expensive brands this brand don’t give me any problem and work for me, I don’t now for you but give it a try!
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