Hello everyone!! Lots of great ideas to help me out down here!! I think the first thing I’m going to try is to just not use the pressure pot.. and see what happens. I will have a shop update after the next project and I can tell you then what worked the best.

I've had success with a two-step process - instead of casting resin directly in the alginate, I use hydrocal plaster. Then, I make a silicone mold from the plaster and cast resin into that mold. Solves the moisture issue while still allowing for the alginate (important if you're looking for non-toxic - e.g. in my case because I'm dealing with babies)

This video should be pretty handy for others learning. I know it made an impression on me.

I didn’t go through the comments so I’m not sure if anyone has suggested this and I’ve never worked with it before but maybe the mold needs mor time to dry out before you put in the resin. I’ve seen Nick Zammeti use molds with resin and they came out clear but I don’t know what he was using. Just some suggestions from a novice and I know this was 4 years ago but I hope everything worked out. I really like your work.😊❤

So cool, looking forward to the big one next week.

"I'm going to call this one second base." LOL 😂😂😂 Good work, Jake!

Love it Jake. Always learning

Awesome project Jake! Great to hear your thoughts on how the tests went, definitely save others from some problems. Can't wait to see the full arm!!

Pretty cool. Working with resin looks like fun.

That’s a good looking hand!!

I don't have a pressure pot, but I did put the mold in the sun for awhile, then I carefully took the mol out of the cup and dried it a bit and dumped out the water that was already forming in the mold, then put it back in the cup and used my heat gun on the inside to bring up the temperature of the alginate mold for when the resin got poured in it, it wouldn't be such a drastic temperature difference ...and filled my hand with cut up golf tees and then put a ball in the wrist...did it clear..and it came out pretty damn cool!!! Only thing was it looked like my hand was wet (which I kind of liked!), had like water or sweat beads on the outside of the fingers. The tees and the ball mostly floated up to the palm and wrist, there was a few in the thumb...but also thought if I filled the spam with as much as I could, it wouldn't be as much of a deep pour as it would have been just pouring it all in the empty space. I just used counter top platinum, but I think I AM GOING TO TRY And find some of that smooth on rubber silicon to make the mold out of and put some glow in dark and flouresant tint i it...I am trying to make a hand for a golfer that wants to use it for his glove to put on it to dry. It is a bit more challenging to arrange your fingers to where I can fit the glove on it when it comes out, then I thought it was going to be. I would love to send you a picture but I dont know how to attach one for you to see, if you can tell me how to do it, I will. In the final one I do, I am going to put a steel ring into the wrist (top of the mold), SO THAT HE CAN HANG IT FROM HIS GOLF BAG. If you have any tips or ideas for me, please let me know. I have casted a ton of hands, feet and so on for people, just out of a casting powder, I have had the problem that you had with the space on the bottom of the fingers...you can solve that by pouring in just a little resin and rolling it around, I have also poured a little in, then poured it out, pouring it back in and then rolling it around to make sure you have it all in the bottom of the mold where your fingers are curved, then I always tap mine on the counter and put it at an angle and tap it around to make sure I have all the crevices full. But I am super interested in your pressure pot!!! What can I do to create this on a budget??? Your videos are awesome and I have been stalking you on you tube!!! Thanks so much!!!

I think this is a fantastic idea. I have seen some type of dental grade molding media but I'm not quite sure of the name. That might give you exactly what you want while trying to do your whole arm. A casting in this media comes out crystal clear. Just my two bits for you for whatever it's worth. I can't wait to see the final decision on what to use.

You’re becoming the Epoxy King. Those look great even if they aren’t clear.

I’ve got to hand it to ya ... 👀😂. Need a hand with that .. 😳 That’s handy! Looks like it’s some fun stuff to experiment with.

Jake SMASH....haha nice work man.

you could use bodydouble straight onto your skin (instead of alginate) as it's not water based, or make initial cast with hydrocal and make a silicone mold that you'll pour the resin into.

Good job👍👍🇵🇾

Have you tried putting the cured alginate in the pressure pot to push out the water before you pour the resin in the mold?

What is you used a hair dryer to dry the alginate and then used really fast setting epoxy or an accelent and or resin polish

Just change your channel name to “ Fun with Resin” 👍🏻 Another creative project from the Northside shop 🤜🏻

Hello, i am a beginner. And i have a question. On the Fingers of the first resin hans were inside holes, i think from air bubbles. It is possible, to put the alginate mas into the vakuumbox for only a few seconds? So the air bubbles get up like to use resin?

If the water is pushed out of the Alginate by the pressure, try putting it in the pressure pot before you put resin in, then cast the resin in a separate cycle.

i don't know anything about anything but if you put the mold in the pressure pot before pouring the resin would it take some of the excess moisture out of the mold? :/

Can you make the alginate mold and then take it out of the bucket, leave it overnight or a couple of days to get the moisture out, and then pour the resin?

nice video! can i also use plaster mold for resin? :))

Great video. I compete in arm wrestling and I was thinking of making a cast of my hand and modifying it to make it usable as an exercise tool. How strong is that apoxy? Do you think it can handle roughly 100lb of force? Like, if I were to lay my fingers out in an L shape, and then put force into those fingers kind of thing?

Could you take the cast alginate out of the bucket and allow it to dry more over a few days and then cast the hand? I don't know anything about alginate and very little about epoxy, but I'd think that if the mould could be allowed to dry you could get the clarity you're after!!😁👍

Would alginate be good to make a body cast for a resin pour?

What if you coat everything in a super thin layer of resin?

"The strong hand" haha. Liked and subscribed just for that 🤣. Cant wait to watch some more videos later on tonight!

Hi. What's with the thermometer?

How much resin did you uswd for each hand?

Hope the guy your making it for likes it too!

Why not run the alginate through the pressure pot after it cures and remove the water. Allow it to dry over night and then do the total boat epoxy. Could get rid of the water.

Seems to me you need to take the Alginate out of the pail and let it dry before you use the resin and pressure. I am pretty positive you would want to air dry it instead of oven, just a simple fan would do, let it dry over night in this fashion before doing resin.

Hi hello it is breakable or not

I waiting to see what comments you get about bodycasting.

Kill Bill !!!!!! Best series ever 😂😂😝😝

The real challenge is going to how to balance and hold the stiffy for 5 minutes in that bucket...

Second base... . laughing audibly, dude

I have a solution to your problems. I ran into this family, Adams Family I think. They have a good solution to the hand issue.

Polyurethane resin works better with alginat then epoxy...