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  0 Thread: Can I cast "green" organic matter in epoxy?
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FWIW, got a reply to my earlier email to Smooth-On that I sent before I ordered the 690: Quote: -- Thank you for contacting Smooth-On with your inquiry. Please be aware that urethane systems a...
 izavorin Woodworking 19 16,766 05-30-2017, 10:19 PM
  0 Thread: Can I cast "green" organic matter in epoxy?
Post: RE: Can I cast "green" organic matter in epoxy?
Ordered a trial size of EpoxaCast 690, (https://www.smooth-on.com/products/epoxacast-690/) will give it a try
 izavorin Woodworking 19 16,766 05-28-2017, 06:55 AM
  0 Thread: Can I cast "green" organic matter in epoxy?
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Wipedout Wrote: (05-24-2017, 06:35 PM) -- I have done some slabs and use epoxy. Bubbles isn't an issue because I pour in layers and I use a heat gun twice after doing it. Once initially and once 10 m...
 izavorin Woodworking 19 16,766 05-24-2017, 07:59 PM
  0 Thread: Can I cast "green" organic matter in epoxy?
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Dave Diaman Wrote: (05-24-2017, 02:49 PM) -- I do a great deal of mold making and casting and I use Smooth On products almost exclusively. I do encapsulation work also but I used optically clear epox...
 izavorin Woodworking 19 16,766 05-24-2017, 05:48 PM
  0 Thread: Can I cast "green" organic matter in epoxy?
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DogwoodTales Wrote: (05-24-2017, 01:56 PM) -- While I did not encapsulate it, I once used cactus juice to stabilize a large piece  (about 1.5sf) of tree bark. Worked very well. Maybe that might be a ...
 izavorin Woodworking 19 16,766 05-24-2017, 05:44 PM
  0 Thread: Can I cast "green" organic matter in epoxy?
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Wipedout Wrote: (05-24-2017, 08:27 AM) -- No just pressure. Vacuum is for stabilizing. Pressure pot makes the bubbles get smaller and smaller.   You didn't say how thick you were pouring.   Alumil...
 izavorin Woodworking 19 16,766 05-24-2017, 05:40 PM
  0 Thread: Can I cast "green" organic matter in epoxy?
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Dave Diaman Wrote: (05-24-2017, 06:37 AM) -- Try this product. it is made for what you want to do. https://www.smooth-on.com/product-line/encapso/ -- Thanks! From the description it sounds like ...
 izavorin Woodworking 19 16,766 05-24-2017, 06:57 AM
  0 Thread: Can I cast "green" organic matter in epoxy?
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TomFromStLouis Wrote: (05-23-2017, 11:41 PM) -- I know almost nothing about what you are attempting, but keeping bubbles out of a bar top finish is done with a small torch. -- I don't have a torch ...
 izavorin Woodworking 19 16,766 05-24-2017, 06:57 AM
  0 Thread: Can I cast "green" organic matter in epoxy?
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Wipedout Wrote: (05-23-2017, 10:43 PM) -- How thick are you pouring the epoxy? Also alumilite is really best used in a pressure pot to control the bubbles -- Pressure or vacuum, right? I read about...
 izavorin Woodworking 19 16,766 05-24-2017, 06:55 AM
  0 Thread: Can I cast "green" organic matter in epoxy?
Post: Can I cast "green" organic matter in epoxy?
Lately I've been experimenting with casting various objects in epoxy. With "dead" things like rocks, shells and dried leaves it's fairly straightforward. After watching a couple of YouTube videos,...
 izavorin Woodworking 19 16,766 05-23-2017, 10:24 PM

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