Casting resin inlay Platter

[Little Festo]

Well this is the last of the test pieces. This one is malachite set in casting resin, dyed black. As I said an earlier post the casting resin didn't seem to adhere terribly weel to the wood, particularly when unsupported. The bowl/platter is 320mm X 75mm finnished with several coats of Danish Oil, a final cut with EEE and then with Gilly Stephenson's carnauba wax.

Peter

[silentC]

Peter,

Which casting resin did you use? I have used Norglass and found that sometimes it didn't set very hard. When worked it would behave more like rubber. I'm not sure if it was because I didn't use enough catalyst or perhaps didn't mix it well enough.

The bowl looks nice. It will be interesting to see how well that inlay holds up over time. Do you think you'll get much movement in the wood?

[Little Festo]

Hello Silent,

The blank was pretty dry, but being the wet season up here there is quite a bit of humidity. It was turned reasonably thin and thin CA was run along the edges and in one or two places where the resin didn't appear to adhere. it looks "firm" at the moment. I have the platter at work in the air conditioning and there dosen't appear to be any problems.

The resin set well, I'm not sure what the brand was.

I think that the CA glue and the two pack Epoxy worked well although the resin would be ok when supported , like in a channel, not a unsupported rim. The epoxy may be a bit more flexable so it might be the better to use if the wood moves. I would imagine that the CA glue would be the hardest but might be a bit more brittle and may crack with movement(??).


Peter

[ptc]

Peter
that style of bowl with Opal chips
Would find a ready market with Japanese tourist
not sure if Darwin is on there tourist list.
will discuss it with you after your trip

[Hugh1]

Looks very nice.