The Art of Resin Curing: A Scientific Approach

Let's take a closer look at the curing process and how it relates to the machine. Katelyn and Evan, two experts in resin crafting, have been testing a machine that claims to accelerate the curing time of resin. The idea is to speed up the process, allowing artists to create more complex projects within a shorter timeframe.

The point is, it's not cured at all. Evan agrees, stating that it's not even close. Katelyn expresses her doubts about the machine, but also acknowledges its potential benefits. "You know, you compare these two," she says with a chuckle. The comparison between the standard sock dehydrator and the accelerated cure machine is an interesting one.

As they continue their experiment, Evan remarks that the machine seems to do what it claims it will do. Katelyn nods in agreement, saying that "it really thinks it does." The moment of truth has arrived, and the results are surprising. The resin appears to be fully cured, and its texture is perfect.

But how does it feel? Evan tests the resin by bending it, and finds that it's perfectly hard. Katelyn takes a closer look, examining the resin for any signs of uneven curing. She notices that some areas have more bubbles than others, but overall, the resin seems to be in good shape.

The next step is to demold the cured resin and examine its clarity. Evan uses a sharp object to test the resin's hardness, and finds that it's still perfectly hard after being molded. Katelyn takes a closer look at the resin, admiring its clarity and precision.

As they continue their experiment, Evan notes that if you need super clear resin, you should let it cure for its full intended time. However, he also acknowledges that the machine doesn't necessarily improve the resin's settling properties. Katelyn agrees, stating that "there are so many more bubbles on the dehydrator and resin curing machine one."

The experiment has yielded some interesting results, but there is still room for improvement. If you want to cure resin faster, Evan suggests trying a hot box method, which worked wonders in their test. He also recommends investing in a good quality dehydrator, as it's cheaper than the $60 machine they purchased.

In conclusion, the art of resin curing is a complex and nuanced process. While machines like the accelerated cure device can offer some benefits, they're not a magic solution for all resin crafting needs. With patience, practice, and the right tools, artists can create beautiful and intricate pieces that showcase their skills.

And speaking of relationships, Katelyn has a surprise proposal for Evan. She reveals that she's been working on a special ring using the resin, and wants to spend the rest of her life with him. Evan is taken aback but quickly accepts, and they share a romantic moment.

In a lighthearted moment, Katelyn jokes about Evan's lack of "junk in the trunk," pointing out that he has "junk in the back." Evan chuckles, acknowledging the mistake and suggesting that they cut it from the video. The two share a laugh, and their chemistry is undeniable.

As the article comes to a close, it's clear that Katelyn and Evan are passionate about resin crafting and have a deep understanding of its intricacies. Their experiment has provided valuable insights into the world of resin curing, and their love for each other continues to shine through in all they do.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enAs you guys know, weare resin enthusiasts.And a bunch of y'all tagged usin this very interestinglooking Resin Curing machinethat claims tocure resin faster.So of course, we got one.But then, as I looked at it,I started to have avery sneaking suspicionthat it might be verysimilar to a cheaper thing,a food dehydrator,which is a lot cheaper.I mean, you can get these foreven cheaper, like 30 bucks.There's a whole bunch ofthings that I could point to,the shelves working in similarways, the shape, everything.But Katelyn, look at this,the nail in the coffin.What?Look at that.It's just a hole.That's a hole.That's for draining.That's for collecting fluids.If this was a resin machineand not a dehydrator repackagedwith a different name onit called Resin-something,why would there-That's the holefor resin doesn't drain.What's the hole for?Look at this, thisis just a repackaged,overpriced dehydrator.That is my theory.Oh, my god.If this was fullymade for resin,why do they have thesereally cheap, flexible trays-You don't want flexible trays'cause your resinneeds to stay level.What if the resindrips down on the fanor the heating element,which it totally can do.Resin often overflows and drips.Why isn't this siliconeor some non-stick surface?Why isn't there someprotection over this?For $120, it shouldbe designed for resin,not a repackaged dehydrator.I love ranty Evan.Yeah.I'm not sure we cansay that this holeis like specifically a signthat it's...No, you're right.You're right.There's not one here.This could be the resin drain.You know?That'd be so terrible.Resin just like dripsthrough onto your table.Drips through on your table.But maybe it is likepart of like airflowor something, I don't know.Maybe.Yeah, you know, I'm ranting,but like, my engineeringsensors are just triggering me.Telling me that this isa repackaged dehydrator.I have another thingI wanna show you.(machine beeps)So that's the noisewith this turning on.Okay.Are you, I mean, it...(both chuckles)It's the same noise.I know I'm gettingconspiracy theory-ish,but like, I don't know.It is the same noiseThe exact same, liketone and length of tone.But you know, one thingthat I am concernedabout that wouldapply to both of theseis that one issue you havewith resin is thermal runaway.Yeah.These are apparently workingby heating up the resinto make it cure faster,but like that can bea really bad thing.Yeah, if you heat thingsup, you might trap bubbles,or you might turn itinto runaway reaction.Leading to bad fumes, smokebubbling ruined resin.And that's what we'regonna show you right now.(chuckles)Now this is like resintime and science adjacentat the same time.Resin adjacent, science time.Yeah, you look cool.I also...You look like a turtle.I was gonna say,I also look cool.(both chuckles)So a background into resinand what makes it cure fasterand slower is temperature.If you have a, like poorresin, you want to cure slower,you cool it down.If you want to increase thecuring rate, you heat it up,which is what theseare designed for.They have fans, theyhave a heating element.It's like a little hot boxto make your resin cure faster.But sometimes, you don't wantyour resin to cure faster'cause you can havethermal runaway.Now, we wanna demonstrateexactly what that looks like,but I'm not sure if wecould really film itin the dehydrator.So the other way toget your resin hotteris by pouring it way too thick.Resins are designed forcertain thicknesses,and you should read thesafety sheets on the resin.Generally, followthe instructions.We're doing things wrong.Actually, for thisspecial occasion,this is my doingthings wrong outfit.I like it, it's fitting.(evil laugh)When resin is poured atthe appropriate thickness,it's only generatingso much heatand it's an amount thatthat resin can handle.When you pour it super thick,it's generatingso much more heatand that causes theresin to cure fasterthan it's supposed to, whichgenerates even more heat,which causes it tocure even faster.And it's just the cycle ofmore heat, more hearing,more heat, more hearing untilit like bubbles and smokesin a glorious failure.Yeah.So, that's whatwe're gonna show you.We got a thermal camera.We got a camera filmingthat thermal camerabecause the thermalcamera does not record.We have another camerafilming the resin, so-Let's heat them up.So let's do a little time lapse.Okay, so it's 4:45,and we're already at ahundred five degrees.We just sat it downlike a minute ago.22, 23, okay, it's like, Ifeel like it's increasing.Yeah, like we said,it's running away.It's increasing onincreasing rate.We know that it can atleast get hot enoughto cook an egg.Yes, don't ask us how we know.If you know, you know.It's interesting that itis hottest at the edges.Look at that.Isn't that weird?176.KATELYN: I imagineit feels pretty warmto the touch, huh?It's still liquidy.EVAN: Still liquidy right here.Just curious like-KATELYN: 210, 211, 212, 214.Whoa, look at it go.KATELYN: It's happening.220.It's running.It's starting to smoke.KATELYN: Yeah.It's still liquidy.It's uncomfortable.It'd be very uncomfortableto hold right now.KATELYN: I'mcapturing the smoke.EVAN: Oh, whoa, it'sstarting to not...Oh, look that.That it's not liquidy anymore.KATELYN: By the timeit's bad, it's happening.What's the temp?It's at 315.Okay, look at that,the top is now cured.What time is it?Four...It was 4:45when we start, it's 4:49 now.4:49, 4 minutes in.(intense music) Oh, my gosh-KATELYN: And see, this-That's hard.Oh, my gosh.This is why when you seeus in videos panickingabout curing toofast, this is why.This is what we'retrying to avoid.Yeah, I think thesmoking slowed down.So I think it might be...Oh, yeah, it'sgoing down now, 314.EVAN: But look at that,that is 100% solid.There it is, thermal runawayLike six minutes andit's fully cured.And now that we've demonstratedto you our concerns,I feel prepared to move onto actually testingthese two machines.Yeah, we have afew tests lined up.Man, there's so manytasty snacks we can makein this dehydrator.Dehydrated pickles,dehydrated butter,dehydrated flesh of some sort.You're scary when you're hungry.Let's take a break.But today's sponsor, HelloFresh.America's number onemeal delivery kit.So we're actually realHelloFresh customersin addition to beingsponsored by themFirst and foremost that'sbecause the food is really good.And the 55 plus recipeoptions each week,always let us try new things.But we do have a confession.When we first startedordering HelloFresh,we got like, two orthree meals a week,and now it's like six or seven.EVAN: HelloFresh justsaves us so much time,compared to meal planningand going grocery shoppingonce or twice a week.Since they're foolproof,step by step recipestake about half an hour to make.Plus, if you havespecific health goalsthey offer veggie, pescatarian,and fit and wholesome meals.And they're super flexible.You can change your mealamount, delivery date,or even delivery address ifyou're on a summer vacationPlus, you can feel goodthat almost all theirpackaging is recyclableand they cut down onfood waste nearly 25%compared to grocery shopping.So go to hellofresh.com anduse code EVANANDKATELYN16for up to 16 free mealsand three surprise gifts.Okay, Katelyn is betterat remembering thingsand being organized,so she's gonna tell youall of the teststhat we're gonna do.Okay.Go Katelyn, go.Are you getting a chair.Yeah.I gonna be talking forthat long, hopefully.So, we wanna test threedifferent things, basically.(muffled Katelynspeaking in background)(jazz music)One, how much faster doesusing one of these machinesmake the resin curecompare to something curingat room temp.Two, does the fastercuring cause bubblesto be trapped within the resin?Three, does curing fasterprevent settling from happening?(jazz music continues)We have everythinggoing, it's cooking.We have some time lapsesto see if we can tellanything from that.So, we'll check backin, in what, two hours?Two hours, yep.Two hours to see howthe one's in here,compared to the ones out here.(upbeat music)Hi guys, it's onlybeen seven minutes,yet I'm alreadyhaving observations.The cheaper dehydrator,it's already almost atto the temperaturethat we set it to,158 degrees Fahrenheit.You can see right here the...MAN: The expensive.It's only at 127degrees Fahrenheit.So I'm not sure if heating upslowly is a bug or a feature.Maybe like you don't wantto heat up resin too fast,but like also-Yeah.The cheap one has fullyheated all the way through.It's one even temperature.The one specifically for resinis much warmer on the bottomthan it is on top.(upbeat music continues)All right, it's been 47 minutesand I still have concerns.The cheap one is at 150, whichis around where we set that.The more expensive one,the specifically for resinis only up to 134degrees Fahrenheit.(upbeat music fading)So on this channel,we like to fess upwhen we make mistakes.And we don't enjoy it, butthat's just part of what we do,and we made a few.(upbeat music)We didn't read the directions.It's a mistake a lotof people make, okay?But in the instructionit does say,to let the resin standfor 15 to 30 minutesuntil the bubbles disappearbefore turning this on,which makes sense.'Cause like logically,with our resin brains,we knew the bubbles will be-The bubbles will get trapped.Yep.Yep, exactly.(upbeat music)We set our control pieces veryclose to the resin machines'cause we wantedthem to be in framefor our temperature cameraBut these are hotand they radiate a lot ofheat more than we thought.So these resin samplesthat we thoughtwere gonna be the controlwere instead almost gettingblasted by a heat gunfor the whole hour they cured.Exactly.We realized this halfwaythrough the test.(upbeat music)We wanted to see if thesewould accelerate the cureof the resin so that youcould demold them sooner.Well, watch this.KATELYN: Our control piecesare fully cured an hourinto the experiment.Look what I could do.That was supposed to bea two hour experiment.Remember earlier when wesaid the bigger the volumeof resin, the hotter it gets,BOTH: The faster it cures.Et cetera, et cetera.KATELYN: Yeah.Because these cubes arepretty thick and pretty beefy,they generated enough heatwith a little bit of assistancefrom the radiant heat hereto cure in an hour.Yeah.These are a hundred percentready to demold now.(deep sigh)We're gonna have to dothis whole thing over againand set it up with allof these lessons learned.(lively music)So it's been two hours andI think the first thingwe should inspect are the piecesthat we're sitting outside.The controls.EVAN: It's stretchy.It's goofy.It is not cured.If you try to demold it,you probably can demoldit at this point.KATELYN: It's gonnabe bendy though.EVAN: But look at that.KATELYN: Oof.EVAN: That's not what you want.Oh, it is forbidden gummy.Look at this, whoop, whoop.But look at that, you canlike bend it, recombine it.KATELYN: You can make a ring.Can you make a ring?I just did.Here you go.(dramatic music)Let's let it dry first.KATELYN: The point isit's not cured at all.EVAN: It's not cured at all.KATELYN: Not even close.We'll leave these overnightto see what they look likewhen they cured normally.But let's see if theseaccelerated cure onesare fully cured.The moment of truth.(dramatic music)That sounds cured.Sounds cured.KATELYN: Okay.EVAN: That's cured.This machine, it did do whatit said it was gonna do.KATELYN: Yeah.You know,you compare these two.(chuckles)You know I do have my doubtsabout this machine in some waysbut does it do what itsays that they would do?Yeah.KATELYN: Awesome.Yeah, I really think it does.How it happened?But now, is this betteror more functional than astandard sock dehydrator?Let's see.(intense music)Oh, whoa.KATELYN: How does it feel?Bendy or-EVAN: No, it's perfectly hard.Okay, so in terms of doneness-This is good.It seems likethe cheap dehydrate that's halfthe price work just as well.Yep, and you know, you canrun this for even more hours.This is two hours max.You can run this for 72 hours.Why would you need to do that?I don't know.So tomorrow we will demold ourroom temperature cured onesand look for bubblesand settling.So we double checkedand we can actually demold slowcure resin after five hours.The resin that sat outthat we took out too earlyat the two and a half hour markthat was super deformable-It seems really hard now.It's really hard.So I think we can demold these.Yeah, these nice and sharp.It's cutting myfingers, perfect.There we go.Oh.KATELYN: Okay.I'm already seeing results.Should we just go ahead and say?Okay, wow.I's more clear.KATELYN: There are so manymore bubbles on the dehydratorand resin curing machine one.EVAN: I think that if youneed super clear resinyou should just let it curefor its full intended time.But honestly, forthe glow in the dark,I see no differences.KATELYN: I see no differences.Absolutely no differences.In terms of bubbles,but we have anothertest for this,which is does itsettle more or less?No, not much difference.It settles just as much.Just as much.You can see itthrough the light.If you cure it faster,you do trap more bubbles.That matters more withtranslucent resin.If you cure faster,it doesn't necessarilysuspend your mix-ins better.But I'll have to say this,if you want tocure resin faster,putting it insideof a hot box works.It worked.It totally worked.It totally worked.You know, and if you wanta nice convenient box,just get a dehydrator.I think just get a dehydrator.The dehydrators, there'sall sorts of shapes,sizes, variety.There's a bajillion choices.Many that are even cheaperthan the $60 one we got.Yeah, you can getthem for 30 bucks.Hope you guys haveenjoyed this process.Hope it's been usefuland or entertaining.And if it was neither,I refund you nothing.I'll look forward to seeing youin the next video, hopefully.Bye.Wait.You have to propose to me.Okay.Katelyn, my love,you bring life into my life.And I want ourlove to be foreverlike this resin is forever.Will you forever wearthis resin ring I made?Yes, a thousand times, yes.(both chuckles)I know some of you guys mightbe wondering about the beef,about the drama we have going onwith Jackie at NerdECrafterover this machine.Yeah, we both got tagged toreview this at the same timeand she beat us by two months.So, you know what?She won the beef.We're not salty about it?BOTH: We're not salty.She might be salty,but we're not.If you want to checkout Jackie's channel,NerdECrafter, she hasawesome craft and kit videos.We'll have her linkin the description.I look cool.(chuckles)Also, I realize I don'thave junk in the trunk.I got junk in the back.So okay, we'll cut that, sorry.I wanted to say it earlier,but then we stopped recordingand I thought it would befunny and apparently I'm wrong.(Katelyn babbles)I need to breath.Stop making me laugh.(both chuckles)\n"