Let me make it shorter for everyone instead of watching him take temp readings for 11 minutes: don't use regular resin for a deep pour, it gets too hot and looks terrible. If you have to do a deep pour, buy something called "deep pour resin". You're welcome.

@FALCONMINISTUDIOS

Ай бұрын

Thank you! 🙏

@scruffy-thejanitor

Ай бұрын

Ty!

@patriciaconstantinososa7298

Ай бұрын

THANK YOU!!!

@lisaadams5015

Ай бұрын

i hesitated watching i felt it would be long and tedious. So thank you for summing it up quickly

@ursulatroxler7428

24 күн бұрын

Thank you so much

FYI, a deep pour resin isn't necessary. You can use regular stuff, but have to make layers (which can actually give you more options). It will take you a LOT of resin to do this, so account for that.

@llamasugar5478

5 ай бұрын

I did that because I only had 1:1 resin. One thing I did was pour the next layer before the previous one was completely cured. The layers didn’t show at all, and I was so pleased. (unfortunately, I don’t recall who taught it)

@VickyShawcooksalot

4 ай бұрын

@llamasugar5478 Michelle at Glitz and Glitter had a good example of letting it cure completely.

Thank you for showing WHY not to deep pour with non deep pour resin. Very few explain it. 🤔

@SteveMcDonaldArtsandCrafts

5 ай бұрын

My pleasure. I know someone who got a nasty burn from flash curing resin so thought I had to make this video

@dorjedriftwood2731

5 ай бұрын

@@SteveMcDonaldArtsandCrafts I have been having issues with 1 to 1 forever getting extremely hot and being full of bubbles I bought a vacuum pot as a result but I had no idea I could avoid the massive panic of the insane time limit by just using a different resin. I knew there were slower resins but nobody explained to me how much trouble you could save using the right resin for the right job. I cannot believe not a single channel as mentioned this. I don’t actually do deep pour stuff but I do really huge surfaces and it’s a frantic race to delete the bubbles, I could have saved myself a lot of anxiety.

Only one thing you forgot to mention Steve, that flash curing can also catch fire. And also it's smart to always keep a fire extinguisher in case it does.

@ShadowDrakken

4 ай бұрын

The resin itself can't catch fire (and neither will the silicon), but other things it touches might.

@MarcysArtsyFartsyCreations

4 ай бұрын

@@ShadowDrakken so you've never had it happen to you, but I have. Kudos for knowing you have seen every flash cure to ever have happened, well, except mine 😉 Some people do speak from experience.

@ShadowDrakken

4 ай бұрын

@@MarcysArtsyFartsyCreationsno, like literally, the resin CANNOT ignite. As in it's a physical impossibility. Epoxy resin isn't flammable (some other types of resins are). Other things in or around it may be though.

@MarcysArtsyFartsyCreations

4 ай бұрын

@@ShadowDrakken so you're going tell me what I PERSONALLY experienced? Ok then.

@ShadowDrakken

4 ай бұрын

@@MarcysArtsyFartsyCreationsno, I'm going to say you either added something flammable to the resin, like alcohol-based pigments for example, or you're a flat-out liar. So which is it?

I've worked with resin for years (using this brand) and did not realize this was a thing. I didn't start making large pieces like this until last year and could not understand why I was having problems. I tried layering, but ended up with visable layering lines. THANK YOU so much for this information. You've saved my future projects.

I love that you did this demonstration. Too many people go into it half cocked and no knowledge of what they're actually working with.

Great example for us newbies. The other week Suzan Danske had a flash cure that, literally boiled and got foamy. I've heard not to toss anything in the trash bin when it's still hot. Because it can cause a fire. That thought is scary.

Wowee that difference is STARK! I'm truthfully surprised your mold didn't get ruined. TYSM for sharing this with us Steve! That is CRAZY!

Wow, what a difference it made to the final product! I never do deep pours, but I really appreciate you doing this demo. It will save me wasting money buying the wrong resin for the job. Can it cause a fire if left unattended? When you said you were leaving the two resins to cure overnight I must admit I felt concern because the resin was so very hot. Thanks again for this advice, it's really appreciated. God bless you and your family. Have a great weekend!

@SteveMcDonaldArtsandCrafts

5 ай бұрын

It really does make a difference. So important to use the right resin for the job❤

@Mark_Agamotto1313_Smith

5 ай бұрын

@@SteveMcDonaldArtsandCrafts If all you have is shallow pour resin, you CAN use it, but you need to do it in shallow layers. Takes longer, but it works.

@vonnie4781

5 ай бұрын

Thank you, Steve!!

I had a gallon dirty pour bucket on a countertop job, start smoking before I could get it poured out! Luckily, it was winter, with snow on the ground, so I was able to get it outside and in a metal trashcan with a lid. Amazingly, it cooled enough to cure into a lovely agate looking block, that I plan on sculpting into some bookends eventually.

That was a little scary. I watched a video from another crafter who had to run her piece into her garden. The item was smoking and boiling. I’m happy that didn’t happen here but what a good lesson. Thank you Steve for working so hard to keep us safe.

@chronischgeheilt

4 ай бұрын

I once had Resin go that way during the time I was mixing it. Was really scary, hot and even started to Melt the Container it was in.

@tanyaking6746

2 ай бұрын

Wow Thank-you I'm new to doing resin art.

Thanks for doing this video, Steve! I have seen some resin KZreads where there has been flash curing (including smoke!) but no one ever really explains why this even happens. This makes total sense! That's why you're the best!!

Soon, I'll be working on my first deep pour table and am so glad I watched this video. Thank you. You definitely saved me a lot of grief as well as a lot of money.

Deep pour degasses well too doesn't it. My regular 1 to 1 will easily do the depth you show here, and more, but for flowers I still use deep pour as you say anyway because of the low viscosity being better for releasing bubbles from the flowers. Good advice Steve :)

@teexpert.official

5 ай бұрын

You're right, as the heat will also dull the colour of the flowers, so deep pour would be a better option. It is true that 1:1 regular resin can carry such a deep project, but make sure that your resin mixture doesn't get very hot before you pour it into the mould. Since warming up means that the curing reaction is taking place, the resin will become more viscous in a short period of time, and the bubbles will not be able to defoam themselves, which can lead to a whole host of problems. Deep pour is a combination of things that allows you to mix more, work longer, and pour deeper casting resin all at once. Obviously, a safer choice.

Beginners definitely need to watch this video. I wish I had found a video like this when I was just starting lol. ✌️❤️🤣 peace, love and happiness

You also need to be careful if your resin is older too. It will flash cure way faster than a fresher resin will. I only had about 5 ounces mixed up and while i was getting ready to add some color it went off. My grandson grabbed the infrared thermometer. The resin hit 240f so fast. He quickly and carefully ran it outside and put it in the snow.

Thank you so much for this. I've heard so much about flash cure and I have had no idea what it was.

@SteveMcDonaldArtsandCrafts

5 ай бұрын

So pleased I could help

Very timely! My teexpert deep pour just came in today! Now I'm ready to make something fabulous! Thank you

@SteveMcDonaldArtsandCrafts

5 ай бұрын

That’s great news

I rarely can get through an entire tutorial, but I really enjoy yours. Thank you ❤

I love you, Steve! Thank you so much for always looking out for us and teaching us the way to do things properly. ❤

I haven't worked with resin in a few years after I lost my studio space. I have studio space again so I'm refreshing my knowledge and seeing what's changed in techniques over the years. Glad I found this video! I hadn't done deep pours before but there was a deep pour project I was thinking of doing soon and I absolutely wasn't aware that there's deep pour resin (or that I would need to use that and not regular resin). You saved me a lot of time, money, and disappointment! Thanks Steve!

I've (thankfully) only once experienced flash curing, when I mixed too much resin in a cup. It went super hot, super fast, I didn't even get to pour it. It was a tiny amount compared to what you mixed here, but it freaked me out. I have deep pour from Teexpert waiting for warmer weather. It's been around -10 °C or more here for a month, and keeping my workspace (an old garage) warm enough to do resin pours would cost a fortune.

@SteveMcDonaldArtsandCrafts

5 ай бұрын

It can get really hot I have known people to get a nasty burn from flash curing resin. Yep definitely need the temperature to be warmer

@teexpert.official

5 ай бұрын

Since warming up means that the curing reaction is taking place. If you feel that your resin mixture has heated up, speed up your pouring process and if it feels like it's getting very hot, put it outside alone. Enjoy creating happily and safely.

Thank you Steve. I had no idea that intensity of heat would happen. I can only imagine someone deciding to lift the mold up and that resin spilling out onto their hands and burning them badly. Grateful for your lesson. ❤🙏

The first pour i ever did, i was preserving a praying mantis i had as a pet, after she had passed on. I had no idea what i was doing, and just went ahead and poured it in, and it was a deep pour. It was quite cold, so you could imagine my surprise when i saw steam rising from the piece. I had no idea why that happened, since it was my first time pouring, but i still have it two years later. I would later go on to find out what exactly was happening when I used the same type of resin to pour a skull, come back an hour later, and it is solid as a rock and hot. Nothing happened to the mold, but there was a lot of micro bubbles. I’m still learning something new every time i take on a project, and i love this hobby. Sold my first chess set recently, and it feels great!

I had a heart flash cure and start to smoke. The entire item was only 2.5" x 2.5" and about 2" thick. Large items like in the video I always do in layers

Beautifully said and demonstrated!!! Flash curing is so very dangerous! You never forget the first time it happens to you, however, armed with this knowledge HOPEFULLY it won't happen to someone who is just getting started with resin. I had been doing resin for about 41/2 years when it happened to me.... Ruined my large mixing cup.... I haven't replaced it because it obviously was Way to much resin and I just know that I would be tempted to do that again. Stay safe, you do you, protect your self and stay crafty 👍👍🔔🛎️🦋🦋

Wow the flowers in the flash cured one even look a bit burned. Thank you for this as I have never really seen it before.

I wish someone had made this video when I did my very first resin project...my 10 year anniversary roses from my boyfriend....ruined! It's all a learning process lol. Thanks for the info! Now I understand what went wrong! 🙏

Thank you so much for teaching people what to do and what not to do, and then explain why ❤

WOW! I did not know that it. Would get that hot. Thank you Mr.Steve for this info. I can see me doing this if I didn't do my research with you Mr.Steve. Thank you again.

@SteveMcDonaldArtsandCrafts

5 ай бұрын

My pleasure. I know someone who got a very bad burn from flash curing resin so thought it was important for me to show this. ❤

@Nirrrina

5 ай бұрын

It's reasons like this that I'll recommend Steve to potential new artists.

I thought I spoke a lot when I was speaking but this man can go on and on without saying anything. Wow

It really is the vest face book group! Yeall consider joining if you want tonsatart reain crafting. The knowledge I've learned there is invaluable.

@SteveMcDonaldArtsandCrafts

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much. I do love the members group

Thank you! You are awesome to show us - the high temp just amazed me! I will never do a deep pour unless the resin is specifically made for deep pours.

Very helpful information, Steve. Thank you.

@SteveMcDonaldArtsandCrafts

5 ай бұрын

My pleasure so pleased I could hekp

Hi I am new to your channel, thank you for showing this! I’m wondering if you can answer a question? I have a resin piece that I cast from a mold that I can’t find, I think it accidentally got thrown out. I’m wondering if I can make a mold from the few resin pieces I have. If someone knows if this is possible I would appreciate the help! Thank you

@SteveMcDonaldArtsandCrafts

5 ай бұрын

Yes you can no problem check out my playlist on making moulds I show how in there

That was amazing! Thank you so much for showing this experiment. You are appreciated!!

❤❤❤ this tutorial. Shows what not to do and what to do. Great insight. 🥰

Thank you for showing this! So important for people to know this.

Thank you for doing this, I’m a part time doing resin for myself friends and family and I watch your videos a lot

This was super useful! I would not have known that there was different resins for different depth pours! Thanks for showing us this! I appreciate you thinking of potential issues like this and then showing what to do and not to do, lol! I can imagine the disaster if you were trying to preserve something important like a meaningful bouquet, or anything really! Like, what if you bought some expensive insects and wanted to display them like this? It'd be a horrible and expensive mistake! Very very important information you shared just now! Thanks again! 🥰

Thanks so much for this valuable information. I'm getting ready to do my first pour using a deep mold. You just saved me time, money and disappointment. Love your channel.

THANK YOU! We hear that we shouldn't often, but it's something else is see why we shouldn't. That was a lot of resin you used, but greatly appreciated. ❤️

Thank you as someone who is just going to get into resin, I never knew this.

Wow what a difference 😊

Excellent demo. I would not have known how different the results could be.

Thanks for the lesson. Very well done, Professor.

I randomly bought the teexpert deep pour and can agree with you, it’s SO GOOD! No bubbles and crystal clear

Thank you so much for helping me to break into the resin craft. You give so much helpful information and of course I’m one who learns by example. 😊

I am so glad this video popped up!! Over the weekend, I made a moon candle holder. It wasn’t large, but it was thick. I filled it with flowers also. Oh my,it looked exactly like the one with tons of bubbles 😮 Thank you for making this video for us newbies 😊

Had a flash pour while resining some wood. Scary stuff.

Thank you so very much for showing us what happens when using the wrong type of resin in a unsuitable mould.

Thank you so much for this demonstration. I never realized how many different types of resin there are. ♥️

Grest advice as usual Steve! Thank you so much! ❤ Now i really understand why you use the tight resin for thr tight project! ❤

Boy I remember making that error ..disaster..good video

Steve I love how you do things and explain why we should and shouldn’t…. I was making solid Christmas trees and some one wanted a larger one so I poured 11 1/2 ounces and I put a fan directly on it to keep it from flashing and it was cooled down in a few hours…I’m not saying you should do this and have something serious happen but was in my kitchen….Thank You for everything you do for us

@SteveMacdonald Thanks so much for the video. I wouldn't have thought of that. Here's a question though, could you use, if you had nothing else around, Deep Pour Resin for smaller items like jewelry?

Excellent information Steve! Thank you!

Thank you letting us know this very important thing! I looked it in a right time before starting. Now I must look about my resin if it is good for it.

I love watching British KZreadrs - talk faster than the Americans and get nicely to the point. Enjoyed this.❤

@grobanite4ever85

Ай бұрын

I love British KZreadrs because the way the speak it is very pleasant to listen too. I love the British accent

Wow that is amazing seeing the difference thank you for showing this.

Wow thank you for showing me that, as I ad no idea

Thanks 👍 for all your help and advice. I really appreciate you 🙏

Excellent video. Thank you doing this experiment!

I'm just starting my resin journey, and this was so informative! Thank you so much for making my journey a bit easier! 😉👍❤️‍🔥

The correctly done one turned out wonderfully. I goofed and flash cured a piece once. It was a few years ago, and I was surprised that it didn't wreck the mold. I have not done it again.

Wow I had no idea resin could heat up like that, yikes. Thanks for sharing! Definitely will keep this in mind when I start getting into resin!

Great video. Loved that you showed the differences. ❤❤

This is why I love your videos ❤ thank you 😊 You made my journey in 2021 so fun and please don’t forget that 💋 😊I feel very lucky that you share with me your knowledge and art ! 🤩❤️💋

I could listen to this all day. What a hoot. Making resin fun.

Thank you for that, it was really helpful and well explained.

@SteveMcDonaldArtsandCrafts

5 ай бұрын

My pleasure glad to help

Great demo of how to not do a deep pour!!

Wow! Thank you so much for this video! I knew you should use deep pour resin for aa mold that deep, but I didn't realize how bad it could get if you didn't! That temperature got scary and the roses look horrible!

Very useful tutorial, thank you!

Steve this is a great video. I'll show it to my students

Thanks for this video. I learn a lot from your videos!

That's explained a lot! Thank you.

This is a fantastic video. I know nothing about resin and just started watching your videos and and am happy to find this information.

I'm very lucky that one of the few resin pours I ever made did not burn me or catch on fire. That was 7 years ago and this video just taught me why it got so hot. I had a ~3.5cm/~1.5in ice cube tray with a silicone base to push the cubes out, and I used it to put a mimosa tree flower in resin. When I was pouring resin in something else, I noticed that the flower pour got really bubbly and when I picked up the tray I realized it was scalding hot. I never understood why until now. I thought that the flower had caused a chemical reaction because it wasn't dried.

Thank you. Now I know why my project didn't work.

Just discovered your channel, absolutely love it and your personality! 😄I've been wanting to try resin art for a long time and excited to begin! ♥

Gosh this video helped a lot! Thank you!!!

Great Example. Thank you. Is the temperature gun you are using just for resin?

Fantastic information to share with those just learning this was a great video!

I added too much activator the first time I used resin. It got so hot that it started to smoke and I had to flee the room to get away from the fumes. I learned that the manufacturer's instructions are really important when you work with volatile chemicals.

Thank you sweetie you are a joy to watch and I've learn a lot with your videos 😊❤❤❤

What a outstanding video, well done.! Thanks a ton.

Hi, I’m new, question would I be better off using the water resin mix to practice with all just jump in. Thank you .

Thank you for showing this. I do not have any deep molds. I have a tray mold that is the deepest I have. I will be getting some deep pour resin!

Very straightforward explanation. Thanks!

Hi Steve, i have some standard 1:1 resin. What would you suggest as the maximum depth per layer with it?

Very informative, thank you for sharing x

Excellent informative video. Thank you.

Wow ,, thank you so much that was a great lesson learned thanks again Steve

I really appreciate this video. Just curious, what is this mold making?

Great video I'm pleased I haven't tried deep pour ,great advice ,as usual 😉

GREAT instructional video. Very Useful for me. I just purchased this brand, yet not a deep pour. I haven’t worked with deep pours. I appreciate your advice!!!!

@teexpert.official

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for your support. If you use a regular 1:1 in a deep casting project, pour in layers works.

Thanks for sharing this. Just wondering...what did you do with the one that flash cured?

I done that once I used 1-1 resin as I didn't have a deep pour and it went extremely hot I thought it was going to catch fire I never do it again that for sure. It totaly cooked my mould it was a mess my mould was embedded into the resin which ripped to pieces. Steve I cut a stencil with my cricut but I totally messed up I think I weeded all the negative parts I didn't want. But my plan was to put a thin layer of resin on silicon mould wait for it to cure and stick the stencil on the cured resin and colour it all in. Remove the stencil and put a top coat of resin. I'm wondering as the vinyl is sticky will it come off the cured resin or will it stick?

Thank you for this demo and information

Thanks for the info. I love this mould, where did you get it please, I’m in NZ ❤