A little delayed by weather, it has begun...
The kit:
Gloves, mask, goggles, stirrers, measuring cups, syringe, scales, tin foil, clothes, baking tray:
from hereTest pours - poundland microwave containers, half sprayed (because hands, but also to compare against a base transparency) one light one dark and marked to test opacity.
~100ml in each, mixed with a splash of turquoise wash:
Ripples made at ~4hrs after pour:
Unintentional oily swirl:
So I liked the colour, understood the technique and didn't see any exothermic reaction on the material. I should have varnished first because the paint chipped off but no big deal.
So this morning, we have begun. Used a mix of dark tone, turquoise, and moss green washes for a darker lower layer - will do a 2nd brighter pour on top.
Things learned so far:
- it's really, really, viscous which I didn't identify in the empty bowl test pour but was it didn't even flow between the mesh of the fence bit so it needed a lot of sudden cajoling with stirrers and syringes to get in the right places
- syringe was the best way to get it in there, but the poor thing can't really handle resin and broke about 90% of the way
- used in foil to protect the paint work from stray drips, which kind of works but is kind of very difficult to see what's happening and deal with the flow problems