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OKLAHOMAN

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For the last two days I've been in the shop casting Snake and Cactus.
As my pot will hold only two molds at a time I mix 16 oz. of PR at a time x 3drops of hardner per oz of pr thats 48 drops of "HARDNER".
Today on the last casting I did my usual mixture and put both molds into the pot. After 45min. I let the air out of the pot slowly as I always do and removed both molds. The resin had not harded one bit:(.I could not understand as all my casting the resin had hardened completly except for the stickyness you get on the sides in 45 min. I took both molds to my casting work bench and set them down and BINGO[:0] sitting right next to the HARDNER was my bottle of med. CA.
Both the hardner and CA are in the same bottle and I have them clearly marked but I didn't even think to look at the bottle when I put 24 drops into each 8 oz container. [V]
 
empty the molds, add the MEKP and try again...or use fresh PR. It's worth a try. I know how you feel to get it all ready...4 or 5 hours of prep...and it goes south. I do hope you can salvage them.
Do a good turn daily!
Don
Originally posted by OKLAHOMAN
<br />For the last two days I've been in the shop casting Snake and Cactus.
As my pot will hold only two molds at a time I mix 16 oz. of PR at a time x 3drops of hardner per oz of pr thats 48 drops of "HARDNER".
Today on the last casting I did my usual mixture and put both molds into the pot. After 45min. I let the air out of the pot slowly as I always do and removed both molds. The resin had not harded one bit[:(].I could not understand as all my casting the resin had hardened completly except for the stickyness you get on the sides in 45 min. I took both molds to my casting work bench and set them down and BINGO[:0] sitting right next to the HARDNER was my bottle of med. CA.
Both the hardner and CA are in the same bottle and I have them clearly marked but I didn't even think to look at the bottle when I put 24 drops into each 8 oz container. [V]
 
Well these are what I was able to save and I had to recast and put c/b's to save these 4 the rest are filed in file 13

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