just so you know, adding styrene as a thinner wouldn't be a
'random solvent' .. it would be the one that is already in the resin.
It works fine. I didn't notice it affecting curing time, although I
don't really pay attention to that anyway.
Was referring to the op's
Gary Beasley said:
I tried some denatured alcohol on a small batch
It seems that a lot of people trying casting just will add what they have handy whether it is a color/dye, filler or as a solvent to achieve some kind of results. Mostly not good!
In reading the the casting forum on this site, nobody can say that the people that do some outstanding casting of blanks don't share the correct info, or help with tips etc.
Yet people will tend to cheap out, when trying to cast stuff. No matter how many times it has been posted things don't work! The tutorials have been great, the library is full of info.
I did casting back in the dark ages of the late 60's,70's and 80's. I can say that things have improved greatly since then. But the thing that haven't changed is the simple fact that. What doesn't work, doesn't work, no matter how many times you try it and expect (hope) you have different out come.
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