Our Clearcast Deep Pour Epoxy Resin explained. 

Used primarily as an Epoxy River Table Resin you can pour this resin to a single thickness of 50mm. Some of our most experienced customers have pushed this to a thickness of 60mm through an extensive research and development process refining the method used over time and becoming very familiar with this resins characteristics. The resin will also handle 60kg - 80kg pours in one go but we ask customers using this much resin to talk us through the project so we are sure the outcome and cure will be fine. The resin has exceptional degassing qualities keeping other bubble removing techniques to a minimum.

We also have a number of Wood Turners that also use the this Deep Pour Epoxy to create some truly beautiful and unique resin wood pieces. The perfomance of the cured resin during the turning process is excellent. Cure times for this deep pour resin are 48hrs but allowing a post curing time of additional days means the cured epoxy will harden further over time and as a result be easier to turn, sand back or compound to a gloss finish depending on the need. Some customers post cure in a curing oven at 25 - 30 degrees for 24hrs to harden the cured epoxy further prior to any additional finishing.

Most Epoxy Resins come as a Part A and Part B Kit and the Clearcast Deep Pour Resin is no different. It is mixed at a Ratio of 100 Parts A to 45 Parts B by Weight. It is important that this resin is not mixed by Volume as the mixing ratios would not be correct due to the specific gravity of Part A and B. Part.

Once you have the correct amounts of Part A and B they need to be mixed well for around 2-3 minutes making sure not to mix too vigorously and aerating you mix. It would be at this point that you would add in the Mica Powders to pigment your resin. We recommend Mica Pigment Powders to colour your resin. Mica Pigments can be added little by little as very small amounts go a long way so work towards your required opacity slowly to avoid a colour that is not desired.

Other pigments can sometimes be used but you would need to run a small test batch to ensure compatability as there may be chemicals within your pigments that can react with the Epoxy Resin. Care needs to be taken as these reactions can sometimes result in the resin exotherming very quickly leading to smoke and fire!


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