Resin Containers

General Discussion
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Hi, i’m new here. i couldn’t find an answer to my question by searching so here goes. i purchased 4 litres of laminating resin the other day which comes in a big tin. My question is the resin is very hard to manage in such a large tin. what kind of smaller containers would be safe to divide my resin up into some smaller more managable portions?

My second question is, can i mix in my uv cure to the resin at the time of purchase? how long will it last if i was to do that?

 

thanks

Regards,

Darren

2

Isnt 4 liters like 1 gallon?  Just get a Pump and pump what you need.

You can mix the uv from the getgo and as long as its not exposed to UV light you are good for quite a while, months.

3

thanks for your reply, yeah 4litres is 1 gallon, sorry i’m new to this. normally i just do repair work on boards for family and freinds… i’m used to buying resin in 1litre containers. i’m worried when i start glassing a board i’m going to end up with resin all over my floor. where would i buy one of these pumps?

regards

Darren

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The ones we use are from a Restaurant supply, but lots of places sell gallon style pumps. 

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=gallon+pump&hl=en&rlz=1C1GGLS_enUS334&prmd=imvns&resnum=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=2933221442946316601&sa=X&ei=O1yST_3QFaTE2gWIxZSNBQ&ved=0CIsBEPMCMAA

Things of this nature. get the locking kind to where when you push down you can turn it and lock it. keeping the airflow out is a good thing.

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sorry for my stupidity, my resin came in a tin like below.

http://alpromote.com.au/images/products/LOGOLINE/LL107.jpg

so i’m guessing i need to purchase a bottle as well that i can put one of those pumps on.

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I use empty landrey soap jugs, the kind with the spout that drains back into the jug. It takes alot of water to rinse these out but they really work well. I buy resin in 5 gall pails then offload into one of these a gal at a time.

7

Never seen resin come in a paint pail before. Yeah I can see your problem. Big funnel and laundry jugs are good as long as they are solid colored.

8

Thanks guys, thats exactly what i wanted to know… it must be a aussie thing every batch of resin i have ever purchased has always came in paint tins.

 

Cheers

Darren

9

I would buy A metal “F-Style” container of your own and ask them to fill that.

10

hey resin drums

do you know a good supplier for those containers