Is this a common issue?

[Drstrangefart]

This one was interesting. I pulled the last 6 ounces of PR out of a total of 3 cans to get some blanks. This stuff looked kinda gnarly coming out of the cans and it didn't suspend the pigment right. I would have just scrapped it then, but my stepmom told me that when she was demoing at work she got complaints from ladies that most of the pens were too heavy to be comfortable, and since I was trying to cater to the market we needed some stock standard slimlines in some good colors. The question here: Is the last few ounces in a gallon usually pretty funky or did I just handle it improperly while working with it and it all settled into the bottom of the cans?

 

[Ruby pen turning]

It looks to me from the pictures, that the red pigment? or was it mica? did not get mixed thoroughly enough and left specks of color. I have had this happen with pigments in the past but not micas.

 

[Drstrangefart]

It looks to me from the pictures, that the red pigment? or was it mica? did not get mixed thoroughly enough and left specks of color. I have had this happen with pigments in the past but not micas.

The red is a liquid pigment. It didn't disperse like it normally does. The Interference Blue mica powder didn't wanna disperse either. It STAYED clumped up until I got the resin heated really well and it thinned out a bit.

 

[sbell111]

From your post, you state that it was the last bit from three different cans. How old were the cans? How long had they sat with just a little resin left in them?

 

[renowb]

I've had old resin that would not even pour, too thick.

 

[PenMan1]

Allan:
Just glancing at the photos, this looks like incomplete mixing, or waiting just little bit too long before adding a color.

As others have said, there are many different things that could cause this, including old resin or catylist.

 

[Drstrangefart]

From your post, you state that it was the last bit from three different cans. How old were the cans? How long had they sat with just a little resin left in them?

The resin was roughly a month or so old. We had poured it from the 1 gallon can into smaller cans to help prevent it going everywhere wehn it was poured.

 

[Drstrangefart]

Allan:
Just glancing at the photos, this looks like incomplete mixing, or waiting just little bit too long before adding a color.

As others have said, there are many different things that could cause this, including old resin or catylist.

The cors didn't mix completely. I stirred it like crazy before and after heating it up to thin it out. I didn't add catalyst until it had been seriously thinned out and stirred way more than normal.

 

[Ruby pen turning]

Could be that the containers you poured the 1 gallon resin into had something in them.