Yesterday, I had a bad resin day! Sometimes, things don't go quite as planned: I had bad pours, spilled resin, bubbling issues, cross contamination, you name it, I seemed to be clumsy enough to do it. It was just one of those days! But that's not what this post is about. Those mess ups give me the opportunity to show you some of the things that can go wrong when working with quick curing polyurethane resin so that you can avoid them. Now, let's take a look at a couple of the things that didn't go according to plan. If you're working with epoxy resin, you might find this video useful: " Dealing with Bubbles in Resin ". Contaminants in Resin The first bangle has a little bit of bubbling in the resin (not unusual for polyurethane resin) but the biggest problem is what I'd describe as warts on the surface. The culprit here is contaminated resin dye . A crack in the lid of the colourant I used has allowed moisture to contaminate the dye......
