JDiction ResinCrete Kit, Complete Kit Easy for Beginners, 20-30Minutes Demold, Include Water-Based Eco-friendly Casting Powder, Mold & Pigment, Easy Mix for Beginners DIY Home Decor

Ok. Back in the mid 90's out came plaster of Paris with silicone sculpture molds. Safe, non toxic, easy to use. But there were some challenges. Air bubbles. Removing them from the molds was ok. Painting them was fun. The molds were reusable, and for me with a daycare, that was big. The kids had lots of fun, (ok I did too). The price was very reasonable! Now along comes this product! I honestly had this in my cart on hold for months due to the cost. But along came a sale so I say let's try. Now no matter if your a beginner or seasoned crafter to this kind of material, it doesn't matter, you can do this! The kit literally comes with things to get started, you just need a basic kitchen scale, (which are inexpensive now a days, coming from someone who is on a very fixed budget), cardboard square big enough for your mold to sit on and water. If you are still unsure, watch Steven McDonald, glitz n glitter, and so many others on YouTube. Steve, however really does a fantastic job with many insights. Ok. Follow instructions, even if you make a mistake and add to much water or resincrete, you can still fix it. No worries. The cardboard, tile or something to put your mold on, (which it comes with 3 cool molds), that cardboard will help you to shake out any bubbles, move it without spilling, just a great tool that's free!. Everyone has cardboard! Now, (wish I knew this years ago with the plaster of Paris), but you can color this in many ways. If you add Mica, add it to the dry first, liquid or acrylic paint, add it to the water first. (If you want different colors, do smaller batches to put together). The bubbles, wow, barely any. The surface, smooth with a beautiful Sheen! Now I wished I never listened to my ex husband! I wish I had kept those molds and ice cube trays I had those 20 some odd years ago! You can use this in ice cube trays like from the dollar store also! My recommendations when you finally decide to buy this kit: Buy another bag of resincrete Kitchen scale Fun mold, such as even the candy melt trays, ice cube trays. (No need to go expensive here) The bottle of glaze that is water soluble for resincrete. String (to make ornaments) A simple face mask, (in case of dust) Imagination You will not regret this purchase! But if you have children, they will have fun also! Hmmm who will have more fun? The adults or the children? You decide!

I used this recently for the first time. I normally use Epoxy Resin and wanted to give this a try. Wow, it's great! Before it cures, it has the consistency of milk. It is very easy to mix (about like mixing Hot Chocolate). It is hard enough to de-mold in about 30 minutes (unlike epoxy resin that takes about a day)... Once it dries, it feels like paster or ceramic, but is a bit harder... I was concerned that it would be too brittle and would break apart when pulling out of some of the molds. Nope, even my most difficult chess piece molds, after 30 minutes, no issues... I am very impressed with this stuff and have already bought more..... NOTE: I did still have some air bubbles trapped in the molds, so, you still need to be careful about that, but since the mix is more like milk and less like honey, the bubbles are much easier to deal with.

Love love this product. Made some beautiful pieces with it. Really like that you can demold in 30 mins. I will definitely purchase more of this.

Update after mixing and pouring into molds I have noticed the round mold is damaged on the inside of it. This is due to how the molds were packaged. It has indentions in it, and after pulling it out of mold the inside isn’t level. The instructions wasn’t in the package. I had to find a video from Steve McDonald to see what measurements were. The curing time is Great when you are wanting to finish and move to next project. The inks done great marble effects. Color was great, great value for money, Durability seems to be great. The molds function great.

The starter kit has everything necessary to create several items. While the compound sets up quickly, it, initially, flows like water, which enables it to get into every detailed part of a mold. The short de-mold time allows multiple castings in a short time period and, also, feeds instant gratification. The cured projects are “rock solid” and have a nice weight. The finish, before applying any type of finishing wax or sealant, is silky smooth. There are several options for adding pigment. I have, so far, used only the Jdiction pigments for Resincrete. I was not impressed with results using pigments from the kit. Despite vigorously shaking the vials some of the pigments had the consistency of a thick paste. Some of the pigments had a creamy, fluid consistency. I had the full set of pigments purchased in addition to the kit, so I tried them. They are great - rich pigment, good consistency, smoothly incorporates into the compound. The kit comes with a finishing wax. There is no information, however, as to the type of wax or application. I emailed Jdiction in inquiry about sealant recommendations, but they never replied (after sending 2 messages). If someone has resin casting supplies, the single bag of Resincrete would probably suffice. The starter kit would be good for anyone who has no casting supplies. If Jdiction’s “customer service” had responded to one of my email inquiries, I would have given 5+ stars.

I love this stuff. It’s makes crafting easy and fun. It dries hard as a rock! I dropped a piece and it did not break. I will use it again. Worth the money.

I had never used any eco friendly resins before, I had only used epoxy resin. I’m always concerned about epoxy resin because of the volatile organic compounds. I decided to try the JDiction resincrete kit because it had everything that I needed but the water. I still used gloves and a mask while mixing and pouring the resincrete but not while unmolding. I’m very happy with the results. The texture is like porcelain and it picked up all of the fine detail. The items are warm while curing but get very cold after unmolding. The items are strong except in very thin areas. I broke the ear on a dragon because I was being a little rough while removing the mold. After that, I was more careful and had no more breakage. I used some dye colorant but was unhappy with the pastel color. I painted the items and got good results. I’m definitely going to do some more casting with this eco resin because of the good results.

My first time using and ill admit its pretty easy to use. I'll probably buy more of it. The molds that came with it are decent size for first timers. Instructions are clear.