copetition resin problems

[Sixx]

Hey all, I got a question. I recently purchased the challenger drag pack hood & hood scoop from compresins.com, my problem is that after soaking in westleys tire bleach ( 2 hrs. ) a good scrubbing with warm h2o, then 91% alcohol, I do that with all resin, I go and spray duplicolor primer, been using that for years, something is LEECHING through the resin & primer! It puddled up on three sides of just the scoop, not the hood?! Rodger at compresins wanted to send me new stuff, but I want to fix this one. He said to clean it off, put it under a hot light to help cure it. I'm just wondering if anybody else has had this problem & how they fixed it. Thanks for your help, Sixx

[jbwelda]

i typically soak resin in blechewhite for at least 24 hours. thats what i was told to do many years ago and never had a problem. dont know but sounds like your experience is different but i would strip the paint and soak for a day and try again. hope that helps.

[MikeMc]

Nice to hear of his offer to stand behind resin products...one of a few

BTW..always liked their products!! B)

[Casey]

Take him up on his offer. The resin mix may not have been quite right, and the resin never cured properly. It happens.

[Sixx]

Nice to hear of his offer to stand behind resin products...one of a few

BTW..always liked their products!!

You got it Mike, thats why I buy his stuff!!! plus, its just cool!! Sixx

[Sixx]

Take him up on his offer. The resin mix may not have been quite right, and the resin never cured properly. It happens.

That was something else Rodger said. I dont want a freebe, I'm just gonna fix this one. Sixx

[Casey]

That was something else Rodger said. I dont want a freebe, I'm just gonna fix this one. Sixx

It's not a freebie since you already paid for it the first time.

Any good caster will consider a piece with flaws (be they pinholes on the surface, voids, excessive flash, or resin that never cured properly and is too soft) a loss and will not want a customer to have an inferior piece.

Think of it this way- Rodger may not want you to fix the bad part and would prefer if he could send you a new replacement part to use instead.

[Brendan]

I've had this happen to me a couple of times with resins. It usually occurs on older kits that haven't been stored properly. Though on the last couple of new kits that I've had, it's happened.

After I've done the cleaning of the resin, I let it air dry for a day. Then wipe it off with denatured alcohol. A friend of mine who is a resin caster told me about doing it that way. He said that because the material used to clean can pull an oily substance from the resin if the cleaning product has not been cleaned off all the way. By letting it rest, you give it enough time for it to evaporate. And by wiping it with alcohol, you take off the rest of the contaminants before priming. I've had really good results by doing it that way.

[ffreak]

I used to use alcohol with no problems. A friend of mine suggested that he always uses laquer thinner to wipe the resin off and let it air dry. I have used this process for several years now with no problem. I try to always use a good quality laquer primer also to seal off any residue.