Hi everyone, I'm putting down a 2p floor and just about to put in my order for Glass cast resin when I've been reading in the forums about all the problems people have had weather or not it is only by mistake and I find myself talking myself out of doing this now. I'm a bit of a worried at the best of times! Has anyone done this floor who could help reassure and give as much help and advice? I would be most greatful. 

Craig

The absolute best thing you can do both for your confidence and your end result; is buy a little bit extra resin and play around with it a bit first. Do a couple of small jobs with 200g of resin and see how the resin works, how it feels, how thick and hard it is to mix, how its going to behave in your specific work environment. It blows my mind how many people with little to no prior experience with epoxy resin of any sort buy 25kg of resin, mix it all up and tip it on their floor and then panic when things go wrong.

At the end of the day, you just have to respect the chemistry at play. These are excellent products, and they are very user friendly, but they are still a chemical and can be unforgiving if the instructions are not followed meticulously. Pay attention to the ambient temperature in your work environment, if it is below 20° dont be impatient and go for it anyway, make sure it is above 20°. Work clean, spend the time cleaning your floor and your mixing area to make sure no contaminants can ruin your result. Be very accurate with your mix ratios, and spend plenty of time mixing, dont rush the mixing process. Dont try to mix huge batches, it's much easier to mix 1kg at a time and do several pours than it is to mix 5kg. With epoxy, it is extremely rare indeed that anything will go wrong if the working temperature is correct, the mix ratios are bang on, and the two components are thoroughly mixed.

Hi Craig,

If you watch our Video Tutorial and follow it closely, you won;t have any problems - the GlassCast3 is very reliable; you just have to use it correctly. Things that catch people out are the temperature (needs to be at least 20'C), Mixing Ratio (2:1 by weight so 200g Resin to 100g hardener or multiples thereof) and the actual mixing needs to be done thoroughly (which is why we recommend the double pot method). If you follow the instructions and pay careful attention to the above, you won't have any issues.

You could as above have a small test run first so that you are assured that you have the processes dialled but it really shouldn't cause you any issues if you're careful and attentive.