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30th August 2023, 07:58 PM #1
Jacaranda root ball in resin.
A while back, the wife pulled a Jacaranda bush out of the front garden because it had become root-bound and was not growing. The stump / root ball sat up in the woodpile for some time and I always wanted to try to do something with it. I cast it in resin and ended up with a decent size turning blank, which I then cut into larger and smaller portions. This is the smaller portion of that blank, turned into a small shallow bowl which the wife now has as a souvenir of her jacaranda tree that wouldn't grow. The larger portion has yet to be turned.
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30th August 2023, 08:09 PM #2
really like this x 10
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31st August 2023, 08:45 AM #3SENIOR MEMBER
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What a beauty haven't got a pressure pot so have difficulty making something that shines in the viewers eye.
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31st August 2023, 11:08 AM #4
A lot of my casting is done without using the pressure pot because of its size. Takes a day or so longer to cure properly without pressure, and it's possible that you might end up with more trapped air pockets in the cast - but this is usually overcome by mixing and pouring the resin quickly while it is still thin and watery. Works well especially for single colour pours, where you are not trying to "swirl" different colours in the cast.
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What is the resin you guys use for this type of turning?
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9th September 2023, 01:45 PM #6
I originally started out using Solid Solutions resins from Melbourne - Australian Expoxy Resin Art Supplies – Solid Solutions
However, this is one of the most expensive suppliers on the market and they often run out of stock, so I have not used them for some time, even though their product is very good.
I then moved to Trojan 1000 resin - 1000 SERIES – Epoxy High Clarity Resin KIT – Trojan Fibreglass Online
This is a poorer quality resin which I have found sometimes has "lumps" in the Part A solution, and the Part A will also go off and solidify in the bottle if you do not use it fairly quickly. It also has a very short "working time" particularly for larger mixes & pours, which can see the resin thickening and starting to set before or during pouring. There is a strong exothermic reaction between the two parts of this resin, and larger pours will almost always suffer "heat cracks". I ended up throwing out half of my last set of this resin because the Part A had started to solidify in the bottle, and won't be buying it again.
More recently, I have found "Eparency" resins also made in Victoria - Eparency Original All Purpose Resin
– Eparency Epoxy Resin
They have a good range of resins for all purposes. I've been using this product for some time now (just got another order in this week). It has a much longer working or open time than the Trojan resin. So far I have never had any heat cracking with this resin, even with pours up to 12 inches deep. And the product has sat for months in my old (non working) fridge out in the shed without ever showing any sign of deterioration or "going off". In the warmer months, I keep my resins in a cupboard in my office at the back of the house, which is much cooler than what it can be in the shed.
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10th September 2023, 09:44 AM #7GOLD MEMBER
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Thanks for that info BMKal
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