EUREKA

[larryc]

After the disaster which prompted me to post an earlier post today
http://www.penturners.org/forum/showthread.php?t=75476
I decided I needed to find out what I could use to preheat resin. I tried hot water from the faucet (120* compared to 130* in the hot box) and got the same results (melted containers). Realizing it was the container and not the heat source that was causing my tribulations (big word for "screw ups") I searched the forums and found lots of good information. However, each one required that I make a trip Wally-World and I don't like to get out of my bunny slippers before Friday. Suddenly I had a brain f*** whoops I meant storm. I have a slew of prescription bottles that I have been accumulating for storage of unimportant things like bushings, etc. I tried it and it worked like a charm. Heavy enough and large enough to make easy pouring and no disintegration with heat. Us old f***s (there's that word again) can accumulate these pretty quick - the younger ones amongst us can go to almost any pharmacy and they'll sell them to you.

 

[ldb2000]

You could also use paper drinking cups , not the wax coated ones . I buy them at the local supermarket the , 8 ounce size , 100 for about $2 . They take the heat with no problems , I preheat my resin to 125 degrees in a wood drying kiln . When the leftover resin in the cup hardens you just throw them away .

 

[3Peake]

You could always add the leftover dregs to one cup and eventually(unless your l
like me and always end up with too much -then it mounts up quick) you end up with a blank big enough to make a stopper.

 

[DurocShark]

You could always add the leftover dregs to one cup and eventually(unless your l
like me and always end up with too much -then it mounts up quick) you end up with a blank big enough to make a stopper.

I pour the extra dregs into a slab mold. The "blanks" that come from that once it's full are ... umm .. "interesting".

 

[NewLondon88]

I'll bet people wonder how you got your segments aligned so perfectly..
.. glue seams are so small you can't even see them! :tongue:

 

[DurocShark]

I've actually tried to visualize that as an intentional technique.

It always ends with my brain exploding.