Clear casting a small table


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Jackofalltrades
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Hi there,

I want to make a small table top completely out of clear cast resin and I am going to embed wooden legs in it at the time of casting. I made a small prototype using polyester clear resin and that worked fine but now I need to make a much bigger mould, probably 30x40 cm and 6cm deep. Am I best off lining a wooden mould with polypropylene sheet or is there a better way of doing this? 
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> 30x40 cm and 6cm deep

That's 7.2 liters or about 8 kg of resin. Have you considered the resulting exotherm?

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No I hadn't - how hot will it get ? 
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