What Resin Do You Use For Wood Turning

This video is about how to make pen blanks for beginners.

What resin do you use for wood turning. Make sure you wear some kind of gloves latex is appropriate then combine the resin and hardener in the ratio described by the manufacturers If you added any colorants make sure that you adjust your ratio in line with the manual. Beautiful pieces are turned from such efforts but this involves a whole new skill set. I was fascinated by Philip Moulthrops use of coloured resin which he uses to embed multiple pieces of wood before turning.

The Envirotex Lite is an epoxy whereas the Clear polyester casting resin is a polyester. Various acrylic mixes are used for a lot of things from aquariums to visors and even as something that is used in implants and to replace bone. It took a few years for me to realize the unique turning you can create by combining resin and wood.

Woodturning is the technique of turning and shaping a piece of wood due to the rotational movement of the lathe machine. The most common compounds that are used to make acrylic are polymethyl methacrylate PMMA and polymethyl 2-methyl propenoate. These are a form of clear plastic or more specifically thermoplastic.

Before long I started to buy resin pen blanks because of the amazing variety of colors that are available. As we mentioned previously polyester is thermoset. Using the wood lathe is a fun thing to do and making pe.

Others have taken the resin and epoxy turning to the extreme. It isnt my first choice for artwork coating. You definitely wont want to use the polyester resin as the surface that is exposed to air can remain tacky after curing.

You can use the Envirotex Lite although it cures with a slight amber tint. In general beyond the smell polyester resin is a wonderful choice for woodturning projects. It has a tendency to be more brittle than epoxy but this depends heavily on the agents the resin is combined with.