UV Resin Shootout

[flytire 0]

There's patterns I'm wanted to tie but can't because I can't cure the resin.

 

try the sun. works great!

[126lineman 0]

^^^ Best advice yet on curing ^^^

[mikechell 0]

try the sun. works great!

I tried that. It was a pain, having to wear those heavy gloves to handling the sun when I wanted to use it. Also, it's omni-directional, so I had to make a special box to set it in when I wasn't curing resin. Nearly burnt the house down before finding the right material.

And then a got all these calls because the sun would go out for lengths of time ... just too much trouble.

A battery powered light is so much easier ... and safer.

[RogueFlies 0]

Hmmmmm

 

Identical bottles, but that's where the similarities end. Lina is as thick as loon thick and stays very tacky. More findings coming soon.

I love silver creek, I just wish it came in a bottle luke the flow

[feathers5 0]

Did you ever come up with any conclusions on lights and resin? I'm in the market and don't know much about the stuff.

[SilverCreek 0]

I do have some glue that do not cure in the typical 405 nm that all the violet LED lamps are around. However when using a high powered 365nm light, it cures perfect. (Typically this resin is used for assembling layered glass for e.g. glasses)

 

The 405nm is typically termed violet, where the 365nm is termed UV.

It is save to say, that the so called UV resins we use, typically is Violet cured, but who can sell something that's not ULTRA these days? ;-)

 

Looking forward to see the rest of the test.

 

Since humans cannot see below 390 nm, how do you tell when the 365 nm light is on?

[cheech 0]

Did you ever come up with any conclusions on lights and resin? I'm in the market and don't know much about the stuff.

It is still a few weeks out. Right now, because of similarities in the lights, I have narrowed it down to using 10 lights to cure each resin. I blast it for 5 seconds to see how much the light cured the resin, then for 5 more seconds, and if it's not cured at 10 seconds I note how long it takes to cure the resin... It's time consuming. I think I worked on it for 3 hours last night and was able to test 6 different resins.

[cheech 0]

 

I do have some glue that do not cure in the typical 405 nm that all the violet LED lamps are around. However when using a high powered 365nm light, it cures perfect. (Typically this resin is used for assembling layered glass for e.g. glasses)

 

The 405nm is typically termed violet, where the 365nm is termed UV.

It is save to say, that the so called UV resins we use, typically is Violet cured, but who can sell something that's not ULTRA these days? ;-)

 

Looking forward to see the rest of the test.

 

Since humans cannot see below 390 nm, how do you tell when the 365 nm light is on?

 

Also, most of the lights that we are using to cure resin have a broad range of nm. If we were strictly using a light that put out a consistent level of nm, we'd be paying a LOT of money for our lights. It's likely that our lights are putting out a fair bit of violet AND ultra violet light. Long story short... There aren't too many lights on the market that won't cure resin - it's just that some cure it faster than others.

[artimus001 0]

have you included the use of a salon nail lamp or sunlight as part of your testing?

[Fotwin 0]

Cheech,

You have done us all a real service , so many thanks.

 

I have been thinking of trying out a new UV resin but was put off because " I needed to spend about $20 for a new UV Torch " .

 

So again many thanks , you have saved us all , collectively, a lot of money.

 

I can now look forward to buying it and use my Bug Bond torch to cure it.

 

If there is anyway you can list and rate the UV torches in terms of performance, without being taken to court,

it would be gratefully received, by the rest of us.

Fotwin

[cheech 0]

Cheech,

You have done us all a real service , so many thanks.

 

I have been thinking of trying out a new UV resin but was put off because " I needed to spend about $20 for a new UV Torch " .

 

So again many thanks , you have saved us all , collectively, a lot of money.

 

I can now look forward to buying it and use my Bug Bond torch to cure it.

 

If there is anyway you can list and rate the UV torches in terms of performance, without being taken to court,

it would be gratefully received, by the rest of us.

Fotwin

I'll be posting the full review on my website. www.flyfishfood.com I'm at least a week out though. Still need to do durability tests and sun tests.

[Henrik Thomsen (DK) 0]

 

 

I do have some glue that do not cure in the typical 405 nm that all the violet LED lamps are around. However when using a high powered 365nm light, it cures perfect. (Typically this resin is used for assembling layered glass for e.g. glasses)

 

The 405nm is typically termed violet, where the 365nm is termed UV.

It is save to say, that the so called UV resins we use, typically is Violet cured, but who can sell something that's not ULTRA these days? ;-)

 

Looking forward to see the rest of the test.

Since humans cannot see below 390 nm, how do you tell when the 365 nm light is on?

You don't. But the fluorescent microscopes with integrated emission filters will detect the excited fluorophores, that emmits lower energi light, e.g violet 405 nm light.

[JasonV 0]

Out of curiosity do you have access to a $1k - $10k microscope? I'm thinking most do not.

[cheech 0]

All of this nm talk is WAAAAAAY blown out of proportion. 99% of the tyers using UV resin don't care what the scientific process is as long as the light cures the resin.

[artimus001 0]

All of this nm talk is WAAAAAAY blown out of proportion. 99% of the tyers using UV resin don't care what the scientific process is as long as the light cures the resin.

that is why i've asked if you have included a nail salon light in you test.