discussion Never worked with resin, need help!

[BattleshipBob]

Evening

I have found in the stash a Legend resin set of stowage etc for my Pz 111 N. Now i have never used resin, so on the beg for help?

Remove and clean up with the same tools, methods as normal plastic?
What do you glue it with?
Ok to paint with Vallejo
Anything else???

It comes with a nice pe storage rack as well

Many thanks bob

 

[AlanG]

Clean with soapy water
Glue with superglue
Use primer then paint with your Vallejo
If sawing/sanding then use a mask as the dust isn't good for you

 

[BattleshipBob]

Evening Al and many thanks

Hows life in sunny Scotland!

 

[Steve Jones]

I would strongly advise using a mask if sanding the resin at all, as resin dust is evil

 

[BattleshipBob]

Hi Steve

Noted! Better to paint off the kit or on??

 

[AlanG]

Hows life in sunny Scotland!

Nearly had to phone the emergency services today. Saw a big fireball in the sky. The wife stopped me and told me it was the sun. Been so long since i've seen it i forgot what it looked like lol

 

[BattleshipBob]

Thats what it is, thought it was a comet!

 

[Guest]

For sanding use wet or dry sandpaper, wet.
Keep a tub of water close to you because as you sand wet resin it makes a mush simply dip in the water and the mush comes off.
If using files the same technique as above applies.
Keeping everything wet creates very little dust.
All the best.
Ralph.

 

[BattleshipBob]

Thanks Ralph

Very kind! Will do the jobs in the garage to avoid any dust etc

Bob

 

[Mr Bowcat]

I tend to put a puddle of water on the cutting mat and put the resin piece in it while I cut/sand. Catches most of the dust and can be wiped away afterwards.

 

[BattleshipBob]

Many thanks, great advice chaps

 

[Mickc1440]

Very useful tips, thanks chaps.

 

[Guest]

Most resin parts these days, you can remove from the pour plugs (sprues) by scoring with a knife, then scraping the scar on the part with the knife as well, both of which avoid the dust associated with sawing and sanding. Only if the plug is very big will you need to saw it off.

 

[Guest]

Go for it Bob, all of the advice apart from staring at the sun is to be recomended and used, you do not need a full on bio chemical helmet, just one of the paper masks to put something between you and the dust. And if it is possible do your sanding stark naked in the garden when it is raining cats and dogs, that way you will meet all the criteria and some new friends in white coats...
Mile.

 

[Guest]

Excellent advice and an even better question, thanks for raising the point Bob.

I have used some resin and have more coming up and wasn't aware of any health risks, so will be taking precautions from now on.

 

[BattleshipBob]

Jakko, sound advice, thanks!

Mike, not sure about the naked bit, one way to get a warm cell and annoy the neighbours lol!!

Bob

 

[Guest]

Jakko, sound advice, thanks!

Mike, not sure about the naked bit, one way to get a warm cell and annoy the neighbours lol!!

Bob

I'm still wearing the tag, comes off next week......

 

[AlanG]

Just to piggyback on this thread (and also give other potential options to Bob et al), are there any other glues other than CA that can be used? Especially ones that could allow you a little 'playtime' for positioning said resin?

 

[Guest]

Two-part epoxy glue. I would recommend this for any bond involving resin and/or metal that needs to be strong, like the suspension on a tank kit or major hull or fuselage pieces, wings to fuselage, and similar.

You’ll probably have the opposite problem with that than with superglue, though: in the first stage of it setting, it acts more like a lubricant than a glue, so you may find pieces that sit perfectly on top of each other without glue to slide off each other when there’s fresh epoxy between them. Blu-Tack is your friend