Clear Epoxy UV Resin Glue - Crystal Clear Epoxy Resin for Jewelry Making, DIY Crafts, Casting and Coating, Sunlight Activated Resin 200g

This product is different from the regular resin I get, but it seems good so far.None of this ever dried.

I recently ordered Clear Epoxy UV Resin Glue - Crystal Clear Epoxy Resin for Jewelry Making, DIY Crafts, and Casting. I put a small layer of this UV resin inside a blue painted seashell and put it under my gel nail UV light for several minutes. I layered another coat of this UV resin with some sand from the beach and a few little shells and put it under the UV light for several more minutes. I did 1 more thin layer of this UV resin and before this last layer, I sprinkled a little glitter and again put it under the UV light - this time for like 5 mins. It turned out so beautiful! I am hooked! It was a great starter bottle and I couldn't be happier.

The worst part of this product is the odor. It is very strong. It's noticeable even before uncapping the bottle. I ended up wearing a paint mask while working with it--and I'm glad I did. Even after a few minutes, the smell lingers. I suggest finding a very, very well ventilated area when using this, though I should mention this is UV cure, so it needs to be away from sunlight before it's ready to cure.It's UV cure, so as long as it doesn't reach sunlight or UV light, then it doesn't cure. This gives plenty of time to work out any bubbles and let it settle into the correct shape. As opposed to the two part epoxies that have a set time, this gives you as long as you need to work with it.The curing time is a little slow for something that should be "fast cure", especially on bigger pieces. I used a UV light that I use to cure nail products, and it seems to work about the same as leaving it in the sun. Not too big of an issue though.I don't have any way to check and confirm that this is safe and non-toxic.

This acrylic resin glue comes in a black bottle with a safety seal and wrapped in plastic. Even in that state, you can already smell the product. As a long time resin used, upon opening the bottle to examine the product, the fluid did not look right, having that milky shimmer of not fully mixed. I am not sure if this happened in transport, from sitting to long or was just not fully mixed. I mixed the product with a small paddled spoon in its bottle and let sit for 4 days to allow any air bubbles to rise from the glue before trying.The largest issue I have is after using this product in 6 different tests, mixing a second time out of the bottle with zero UV/ sun exposure and curing both with a UV led and UV lantern light, the end result is always tacky. The product will form a decent seal, bubbles are easily worked out and this acrylic resin glue does form a bond in the listed times upon the bottle, even after 3 times the suggested time and 2 days of natural sun exposure, the product is still tack where exposed.

According to the directions and using my UV light my product should have been done in 3 minutes. I put this under UV light for probably 10 minutes and the resin ring I made is still very sticky. When I received this product I could already smell a very strong odor and it made my entire closet smell like resin glue. I have used epoxy resin before to make rings and have not had a problem like this resin glue does. I would not recommend using this resin glue.

UV resin is the fastest way to make things with resin. All the other ways take FOREVER! Plus there's no mixing with the UV resin. That's a huge plus.

This works as described. You can expect a strong resin smell and I would advise using gloves when working with this glue, even if it labled as non-toxic. I used a UV lamp to cure this, but even after 6 mins, the top layer feels tacky. The glue hardens, but I haven't been able to get rid of the tacky finish. I will try taking the prroject I am working on out to the sunlight to see if it cures different. I would expect this to end up with a hard solid finish without tack. It works as intended, and is comparable to the resin in the miniverse toys. I jusee need to figure out a better way to cure it!

Unfortunately, this acrylic UV product does not perform nearly as well as the epoxy UV resin I have been using. Firstly, it is extremely runny, which works for some projects, such as if you are filling a mold, but definitely not easy to work with for many other uses.It does not self level and will cure with a very rough finish, as pictured. For most project this would require additional sanding and pol8shing to fix.In addition, the example you see only has a layer about 2 or 3 millimeters thick and it took nearly 2 hours to cure. Kept going back to find it was still tacky. And that is with it directly under a UV light.I ended up putting a coat of my epoxy UV resin over top of it to fix the finish so I would not have to sand it down. Gor comparison, the layer of epoxy UV resin I put over it only took about ten minutes to cure under the UV light.