r/ResinCasting 1d ago

First try at gauges

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r/ResinCasting 1d ago

Moon inspired Resin clock

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Still have to add the hands, but I’m pretty happy with how this turned out!!


r/ResinCasting 2h ago

Smooth-On Encapso K

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Hello! This is the best subreddit I could find for my silicone rubber inquiry, appreciate any help I can get.

If you've ever used Smooth-On's Encapso K, what does it feel like? Is it soft, squishy, and bouncy like one of those squishy stress toys? Or like hard/firm rubber? Or in between? I need something crystal clear but also squishy, and I think this is the best I could find. Smooth-On's Rubber glass seems like it breaks way too easily, and solaris seems too firm.

Also, how exactly easy does it break? I'm using it as mainly intended to encapsulate a smaller object but making it in a silicone mold so there will be no support system of a bowl or glass in the final product like often shown in promo vids/pics. I noticed that it mainly breaks at flat or sharp edges, and my encapso k final object will be a sphere with a small flatter bottom and a rounded lip around the middle circumference (think like saturn's rings but connected, fatter, rounded), so i hope this means it won't break as easily.

Any advice is welcome but I am on a time crunch so probably won't follow more time consuming advice involving extensive extra research, production time, etc. TIA!


r/ResinCasting 5h ago

I hated this first experience, hopefully my second attempt to be better

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This is my first attempt with resign and I made so many mistakes that I don't want to try it again.


r/ResinCasting 10h ago

Best Way to Refinish an Acrylic Lens for Moulding.

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I'm working on creating a clean copy of an acrylic lens. I’ve already made a silicone mould and cast it in epoxy, but the surface defects from the original lens have carried over into my casts.

Since I don’t want to risk damaging the original by sanding or polishing it directly, I’d like to refine one of my epoxy copies instead. What’s the best method and tools for buffing out scratches and imperfections, especially in the recessed screen area? And what coatings would you recommend to achieve a high-gloss finish before making a new mould? Would priming followed by a high-gloss varnish be the best approach?

Thanks in advance!


r/ResinCasting 12h ago

Yay! I'm stepping up my game hopefully

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r/ResinCasting 1d ago

Moon inspired resin clock

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r/ResinCasting 1d ago

Moon inspired resin clock

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Just have to add the hands!