(That’s why using one manufacturer’s resin with another manufacturer’s hardener can be a reason why your resin doesn’t cure.)īy themselves, the resin and hardener don’t do much, but the magic happens when you combine the two. The side B hardener is an amine-based chemical, which is specially formulated to link with the part A epoxy. The part A resin is an epoxy, built of long chains of molecules that contain several elements. Okay, I’m not going to go all high school chemistry on you but, there are a few basic things you need to know.
How do you do that? Let’s start with resin chemistry We, as crafters and artists, need to work within the confines and the limits of the resin to get the results we want. What I mean by that is resin will do what it’s supposed to do. When it comes to using resin, there is a cardinal rule you have to follow whether you like it or not.
