studioseven
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I have seen a lot of videos on ring turning lately. It seemed pretty easy and I thought I would give it a try. My first ring turned out ok. I will try and post a picture of it this weekend. However I did have a minor setback. Most of the videos I watched were using UV resin on the ring cores. These were on inlay type rings. The creator would apply a little UV resin and then add the inlay material (opal, watch gears, abalone). The next step was to expose the resin to a UV light. The resin looked like it instantly hardened. The same effect as applying activator to CA. I wasn't getting that result. My resin was tacky and took three days to dry. After 12 hours I left the ring under a UV light for 24 hours. Still a little tacky and wasn't dry until day three. I know that you can use the sun light as a UV source as some have done. Unfortunately, living in Wisconsin, that isn't an option right now. Gray cloudy skies and temperatures in the teens. I also wondered if I had some bad UV resin. But my second batch turned out like my first with a different type of UV resin. Neither resin came with any instructions. I was working in my unheated basement (temp around 50 - 55) and was wondering if that was why. Anyone else use UV resin?
Seven
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