Hapco brand clear resin

[Greg Wann]

https://hapcoincorporated.com/materials/clear-urethanes/

I am going to try the 480N clear resin from this company next.  This is a UV non yellowing resin, so it might be good for those precious models that you worked very hard to create and proudly display in your home.  I have tried several brands that lack consistency and success.  I do like it that I can drive to Tempe and buy their products fresh off the shelf and get help from Reynolds Advanced Materials.   They are the company that sells SMOOTH-ON products.  Some of their products I have had good luck using.  I use the TASK 8 for making most of the parts I make.  I have been trying the TASK 9 for clear, but it is a PITA!

https://www.makeyourownmolds.com

If you are thinking about a silicone that is food safe and really easy to work with then this is what I have tried with great success.  SMOOTH-ON has a couple but are too thick and horrible to work with.  This info is for you just in case you wanted to make a model car you could put on a Birthday cake and eat.  Finding this silicone was all about double nine dominoes.  You can make pictures using them.  So I thought about edible art.  YES, I don't focus well.

https://neos-guide.org/content/domino-art

You should be able to upload a photo and get back a domino layout.  I presume this is easy but I am confounded by the depth of how complex its all looks.  This would be a awesome project if you have kids.  You could turn coloring the dots into a sort of video game.  I have made some domino molds.  I call the project "DOTS OF JOY". I first started the project as a surprise for my wife who was a grade school teacher at the time.  I thought this project would be great for young kids covering math, science and art and then once the project was finished, the kids could eat their work.  I thought it was a super cool idea but my wife quickly rejected it saying a food handlers license would be needed, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH!!  NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED.  Anyway, science says pointillism art is good for the eyes and mind.  You can also make pictures using dice.  I tried to upload a photo once but I had no idea what I was doing!  This could be a great way for your kids or grandkids to earn money too, or an interesting 4H project if that still exits.  So much for me to think about it's hard to focus.

http://smcbofphx.proboards.com/thread/2060/albert-einstein

Here is a thread I created on another forum.  

Edited February 9, 2020 by Greg Wann

[Greg Wann]

I had a chat with a Hapco technical rep today.  It seems everytime I talk to company reps I learn something new.  Today's lesson was to keep the resin material in a really warm place.  This helps give the material a boost to help it cure since I am making really small parts.  I'm not always the sharpest tool in the shop.  It does seem to be making a big difference.