What Happens If I Over Torch Resin?

Q: What Happens If I Overtorch Resin?

Overtorching happens when you hold a flame torch too close to your freshly resined surface, or you hold the torch for too long in one place. You'll know you've overtorched when you see smoke or burn marks in your wet resin, yellowing, dimples or waves in your cured resin, and possibly even damage to your artwork.

Q: How To Reduce The Risk Of Overtorching?

1.Always practice on a non-masterpiece first. 2. Don't use cold resin. Room temperature is advised for optimal consistency and to reduce bubbles. 3.Always err on the side of caution and pre-seal your work, especially for a photo where the paper or ink is not good quality. This will help to reduce bubbles. 4. Keep your torch moving in a back and forth fashion at all times, as if you're ironing clothes. 5. Don't hold the torch too closely to the resin surface ... you simply want to kiss the surface of the resin with the flame.

Q: How To Fix Your Work If You've Overtorched?

For waves and dimples, simply sand down the cured resin, paying careful attention to sanding out the imperfections. The purpose of sanding is not only to remove the waves and dimples, but also to create some tooth for your fresh resin layer to adhere to. For this reason, it's important to use a coarse sandpaper to create tooth ( we like 80grit ) and to sand the entire piece. Wipe down all sanding residue with a damp papertowel. Repeat as necessary to remove all traces of dust - you want your surface to be absolutely clean of residue before you pour your fresh layer. Carefully measure and mix a fresh batch of ArtResin and pour as directed.Cover and wait 24 hours and your piece will look beautiful!

May 31, 2017

Over torching happens when you hold a flame torch too close to your freshly resined surface, or you hold the torch for too long in one place. You'll know you've over torched when you see smoke or burn marks in your wet resin, yellowing, dimples or waves in your cured resin, and possibly even damage to your artwork.

How To Reduce The Risk Of Over Torching:

Always practice on a non-masterpiece first
Don't use cold resin. Room temperature is advised for optimal consistency and to reduce bubbles. Give your resin a warm water bath if necessary.
It's a good idea to err on the side of caution and seal your work, especially when resining over porous materials like wood, paper or natural objects that tend to release bubbles.
Keep your torch moving in a back and forth fashion at all times, as if you're ironing clothes.
Don't hold the torch too close to the resin surface ... you simply want to kiss the surface of the resin with the flame.

How To Fix Your Work If You've Over Torched:

To fix waves and dimples, sand down the cured resin, paying careful attention to sand out the imperfections. The purpose of sanding is not only to remove the waves and dimples, but also to create some tooth for your fresh resin layer to adhere to. For this reason, we suggest sanding the entire piece with a coarse sandpaper, like 80 grit.
Wipe down all sanding dust with a damp cloth. Repeat as necessary - your surface should be clean of residue before you pour your fresh layer
Carefully measure and mix a fresh batch of ArtResin and pour as directed.
Cover and wait 24 hours.

💡 TIP: Be aware that it may not be possible to salvage large yellowed areas or bad burn marks from over torching, or if the artwork itself is damaged. For this reason, it's very important not to over torch.

Additional Tips:
- Check out the FAQ section
- If it looks wrong, it probably is. Ask for help.

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Do you want to learn more about troubleshooting epoxy resin? Read our guides below:

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