Hi Jason,
Can you clarify something for me please?
When you say 2 cups, do you mean the following?
- Cup #1 --> part A & B (Alumilte Water Clear) with red dye/red pearlex, mixed ready to pour.
- Cup #2 --> part A & B (Alumilte Water Clear) with white pearlex, mixed reday to pour
- Pour the cups at the same time
Did I interpret it correctly?
How much time (in minutes) do you have after mixing both cups before pouring?
Did I miss anything?
TIA.
Hi Branden,
What I did was add partA, mix in the dye and the pearlex, then when I had them all mixed up well, I added the Part B.
BUT now for future ones..
Add dye to both. I was not impressed the way it was almost too see through. And some of the smaller voids inside the blank didnt turn out well with the white alumilite, it almost looked like a slurry sanded into the cracks..
So my next step will be:
Measure off PARTA, add dye and pearlex
Measure off PARTB, add dye and pearlex
Once colors are what you want and your happy (dont mix part B until then so you buy youself some time to mix things up right)
Add Part B to each one and mix about 30-60 seconds.
Pour both cups into the molds and they will blend together pretty well (almost too well) another way around this is to wait about a minute between pours, but you are getting close on time then depending how fast your alumilite sets.
Working with resin, you could do the same thing but time the second pour to whatever time you need to allow the first pour to start getting ready to set.
Hope this helps
Jason