 oh yeah resin hardener mix the two together you have 45 minutes to work with it art resin comes with these lids in the top and that's just so that it doesn't spill during shipping the easiest way to get these out cut a hole in it stick your finger in it pull it up let's go look how clear it is the key to stirring art resin is one do it long enough and two you want to scrape the bottoms and you want to scrape the sides because each part on its own is super sticky and if you don't scrape the sides in the bottom then unmixed material stays on the side in the bottom and then when you're pouring the resin onto your actual puzzle or art or whatever you're making and what that leaves is that leaves some sticky spots right because it was on the side it wasn't mixed in general we say stir for three minutes it's just a good rule of thumb all I do is I stir until I say to myself that seems like about three minutes and then I count 30 seconds it's foolproof so let's talk about other resin things resin is very temperature sensitive so when we talk about how long the pot life is and everything we're talking about room temperature if you want it to cure faster you heat up your room the hotter the room the thinner the resin is so it will self-level more and the bubbles will come out easier and opposite the colder your room is the thicker the resin so it won't go out as far but the bubbles have a harder time excuse me the bubbles have a harder time the bubbles have a the bubbles will have a harder time coming out when it's cold okay I'm finished with the stir stick I'm just going like that by the bing by the boom set it down any extra resin was drawn there I can keep reusing that using that how I like to do it usually is I pour a bunch in the middle and then I kind of circle around to just put it everywhere you know the more you can kind of pour it out the less spreading you're gonna have to do you can kind of see here how the resin is moving on its own you want to be super thick like that so if it could self-level all by itself now what you're gonna do it's just gonna take your spreader and you're just basically pushing it around so we're not brushing we're pushing and just drag it all over the surface and again I'm not wearing a respirator because there's no VOCs so you don't have to a VOC is a volatile organic compound and basically what that means in resin is if you were to use some filler or some cheap additives to make it look like there's more resin those cheap things when the chemical reaction happened they evaporate they basically are meant to just leave so their shrinkage and there is stuff in the air that you don't want to be breathing in you could make epoxy resin for very cheap and make a lot of money but you know you're sacrificing certain things in the quality including yellowing and and health so you won't find a clearer resin I'll tell you that you can do just try your best and don't give up that's all you can do okay and we're almost done here believe it or not and the next step is everyone's favorite step using a torch or a heat gun should get rid of all the bubbles this is a butane torch kind of a good intro torch it's refillable with butane so butane is lighter fluid the same thing that's in your lighters now this is my all-time favorite it's what I started with and it's what I always use it's propane propane is way easier to find it's cheaper there's always the best tool for the job so this torch is fantastic you don't have to use a flint or anything you just turn on the gas you'll hear it see that and you push the button just a little flame like that that's perfect a couple things when you're torching think of it like ironing with ironing you don't hold the iron in one place right don't hold the torch in one place or you'll you'll find it burns a bit and it'll leave a little tiny little dip do you think you could focus on some bubbles okay like right here again just moving it quickly back and forth you know I'm about an inch off the surface maybe two inches off the surface and then I'm just gonna just systematically go back and forth this part's just so cool you just see it become perfect right right in front of your eyes so torch off the last step is we always keep a box or little containers of toothpicks around and then we also have light schooling you look into the reflection of the light and then you can see if there's any tiny pieces of dust or hairs and usually there are a couple looks good sometimes just a little single bubble you want to coax up I'm putting on one more gloved hand and I'm gonna just rub the sides again just to help they're not being in any drip lines right beautiful hey take this box all right so that's done well let's sit overnight again tomorrow it'll be hard to the touch and we'll be able to see how it looks okay lights off see you tomorrow