Astro Tech Jewelry-Grade 8 oz Epoxy Kit

very clear resin very pleased with the end result.

quick tip for anyone with a lot of air bubbles in the resin: if you carefully poor the resin into another cup and hold a torch lighter to it all the air bubbles will pop. i did this without a vacuum machine and it left no air bubbles. make sure to poor the resin right after you do this. adding heat will make the resin cure faster :)

I'm new to using resin, and was a bit apprehensive as I have several sterling silver bands with cups and bezels that won't go on my lathe. No need to worry though, as Patrick kicked it out the park again. Thank you so much.

It's the most durable resin that I've used so far but I have to ask will there be a uv resin version in the future also will there be other types of ring molds

I haven't worked with very many different brands of resin before using this product, maybe only, like, 3 others. But of my limited experience, I can say that Patrick Adair Astro Tech resin is the most optically clear resin I've used yet. It really impressed me how clear the resin ends up after curing, especially when combined with something like a pressure pot. You could probably use it to make lenses for a cosplay, if you wanted. On the flipside, it seems to hold on to bubbles more than I would have liked. When I did several test batches, to check working properties and color mixes, there were quite a few bubbles suspended inside the cured final product, even with a pressure pot. If you're diligent with using a toothpick or something, you can basically eliminate them. Interestingly, it was absolutely NOT a problem when I mixed crushed opal or course pigment powder into the resin. The opal and coarse powder seemed to pop the larger bubbles while using a pressure pot eliminated the smallest bubbles left over. So there's that. Last note, 8 oz of resin goes a long way! Especially if combined with additives or mix-ins. I bought two 8 oz. kits for a project out of precaution, but I basically only needed one.

Had to figure out certain ways to use the pigment colors with this for the proper color, first time using epoxy but it's fun.