Casting Air in Epoxy Resin to Create Art

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On this episode of Ben's Worx I cast a bag of air in epoxy to create resin art.
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@BensWorx Год назад

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@BubaLabinski223 Год назад

Hello Ben, I really love your show and I got a question for you on the pressure pot. Do you introduce pressure or do you take it out?

@BensWorx Год назад

@@BubaLabinski223 Hi Mate, I add pressure

@cptkirkjamest6927 Год назад

I would really love if u done a project with the original star trek enterprise

@BubaLabinski223 Год назад

@@BensWorx thank you Mr. Ben and I love your show and you’re very talented especially with that lathe

@dontwanadisplaynameonutube2951 Год назад

Ever consider decompressing it very slowly to allow the epoxy to withhold the pressure of the air bubble more equally?

@robertfuchs2227 Год назад

It would be interesting to see what would happen if you used bubble wrap. Lots of tiny fractures maybe?

@BensWorx Год назад

Yeah 🤔

@robertfuchs2227 Год назад

@@BensWorx hopefully you consider this idea for a video I would really love to see that. Bubble wrap is thin so should pop very easily from the heat of the resin and release the air.

@mystic_tacos Год назад

Yes!! Absolutely, I would love to see this experiment!

@Royal_Fortune Год назад

@@robertfuchs2227and if wrapped around a cylinder stuck straight up in the center of the resin maybe we could see a 360 effect of mini explosions going in all directions. Would be a neat visual assuming the bubble wrap works

@kiwiamy Год назад

You could inject coloured liquid or glitter into some of the bubbles to see if you get lots of mini colour explosions!

@ggbuck2625 Год назад

A couple of things happened with the glitter bag. The pressure pushed the air out of the bag and the heat from the reaction melted the welded seam. To replicate you would have to seal the zipper making the fracture come through the weaker side weld of the bag. To seal the zipper run a lighter across the female part of the zipper. That will normally seal the zipper tight to where you can't open it. By not doing this you run the risk of air escaping through the zipper again. I made Ziploc bags for 35 years and learned a few tricks.

@ellaenchanted2399 Год назад

what is the female part of the zipper?

@theboz1419 Год назад

@@ellaenchanted2399 there is an inner and a outer of the zipper. The inner is the male and the outer is the female

@ellaenchanted2399 Год назад

@@theboz1419 interesting. I would have assumed it would be the opposite

@alisonmary1443 Год назад

Of all things you have cast the air was brilliant, original and probably the only air cast ever, so glad to be here witnessing the fracture phenomena. Thank you 👏👏👏

@BensWorx Год назад

Thanks Alison 😊

@Quickened1 Год назад

The air definitely escaped through the crack on the second one, as indicated by the glitter near the top. If glitter made it that far up, air surely did as well. My thoughts were to add a few drops of dye in the baggie... See if there's a color explosion!

@kellyw.1779 Год назад

I was thinking the same thing about adding some dye. Lol😁

@kathoward21 Год назад

I was thinking pigment powder

@TyroneBaxterbttv Год назад

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@Merennulli 10 месяцев назад

I always love your cheerful calmness in these videos. Almost like a young Mr. Rogers taking up resin crafting.

@Smith.S.E. Год назад

I can watch these kind of random experiments all day

@scoutsatan6206 Год назад

Now take the first with the great fracture place it in a slightly larger container and add a colored resin and vacuumed the air out and try to suck the resin into the fracture, I think that could be cool to see

@Royal_Fortune Год назад

I think the videos I love and remember the most are the ones with a burning question or some science that needs to be tested. Experiments are always fun to watch

@texanasimmons1761 Год назад

Puff goes the air-in-the-bag!

@tomclevenger5668 Год назад

You had less air in the glitter one than in the no-glitter. So you had less force of escaping the air. To calculate - the explosion, calculate the amount of air on the first page and use a larger bag and calculate its volume minus the volume of the glitter. That is simple math to figure the volume,

@shanmclean2553 Год назад

Was thinking the same thing

@some1else787 Год назад

Agreed. I was also thinking less, and much finer glitter plus larger bag.

@Danny_Harris-Arts Год назад

The pressure is compressing the air in the bag to a smaller “compressed” volume around the glitter in the bottom of the bag. When the resin cures and the pot is decompressed the air volume expands and causes the fracture but the fracture is too thin to carry a larger amount of glitter. Try putting the small glitter/air filled bag glued to the top on the inside a larger bag filled with air. Both will compress but the glitter at the bottom of the small bag will be at the top and will decompress at the same rate as the air in the bigger bag but by being at the top more May escape

@scottmacgregor3198 Год назад

I love this channel. Weighing scales, resin and zip bags. Just like being at a friends house. Great work

@isturma Год назад

Don't forget the powder!

@Mad9977 Год назад

You're the Ben Kenobi of Epoxy Resin Experiments 😎👍

@boeubanks7507 Год назад

Also, it looked like the glitter bag failed prematurely at the seam. This released a small amount of air at a time. If you watch pot cam closely, you can see a straw and bubble form very early on and, the bag deflate. I recommend you reenforce the bag seams with scotch tape and UV resin. Or, utilize a pass through into your pot to set up an air injection system. You should be able to do this with one of the turkey injector needles or something similar. Just coat the needle, inside and out, with mold release so your can remove it.

@kiracattan4624 Год назад

At the end of the video, the one on the right looks like either an unusual butterfly, or an insect walking along on a branch. Absolutely fantastic.

@suep9445 Год назад

It was VERY cool to watch on potcam as the bag with the glitter compressed. The "movie" is better than the final result!

@jenhaynes9721 Год назад

Looks like a wave... Pretty

@GrandmaLoves2Scuba Год назад

I watch this channel for the experiments. (And the pot cam, lol. And your brilliant pieces.)

@tonycooper1909 Год назад

Put glow resin in the bag and under pressure so it can highlight the fracture 🎉❤

@karacoop Год назад

I wondered if the resin heat would melt the plastic bag so it’s neat to see how the 2 different versions of the experiment worked out. As always thanks for a great video, Ben!

@BensWorx Год назад

Thanks Kara 😊

@vikenhenning3906 Год назад

I think the problem with the second one was that the glitter took up too much volume and thus there wasn't enough air under pressure and warmed up from the setting resin to push out and rise up when the plastic baggy melted.

@haqeeqee Год назад

If you want a coloured explosion, you could maybe try using two bags: one inside the other. Fill the bigger bag with the material that you want exploded, devoid of air (e.g coloured water or water mixed with glitter or sand) and put a smaller bag filled with air inside the bigger bag. Then the smaller bag would explode and send the surrounding material flying. You could also try making bubbles of air out of plasticine. They might explode like popcorn in the resin.

@RyanTaylor228 Год назад

I think if you used a very fine powered glitter or coloring it would show more in the fracture not just at the top where some of the glitter ended up this time. And try one with part air and glitter with some water or liquid coloring in the bag. Oh and maybe try one with a much thicker bag, maybe it would not melt as quickly. Just a thought, awesome video as always!!

@hello_newman3116 Год назад

Use glow in the dark glitter! Might be cool. Good vid!

@bamereg Год назад

That was fun, thank you Ben! I love the detail of the purple straw to blow air into the bag with purple glitter.

@richards7909 Год назад

That’s not an air fracture around the Enterprise. It’s a tear in the space-time continuum!

@KieRendan1337 Год назад

I swear I just be straight up vibing to the potcam music xD

@patrick247two Год назад

The glitter provided space for the air to compress into. The bag seal was able to hold against the air pressure. Therefore the air remained in the bag.

@victoriaeads6126 Год назад

I recently realized that the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum in Virginia, Udvar-Hazy, has the original starship Enterprise filming model in restoration! That museum is only about an hour from my home, we can't wait for it to go back on display!!!!!

@victoriaeads6126 Год назад

Oh, what a neat experiment! I've read many of the comments, and agree that you've got a great jumping off point here. Using what some might call a flaw to deliberately manipulate a material is something very Bob Ross. Please explore this idea more!

@hin_hale Год назад

I think you should try with powdered paint next time. Since it has a much smaller granule size, the escaping air will probably push a lot more of it through the fracture and give it color.

@torche72 Год назад

Milk paint should do the trick.

@samanthadean1083 Год назад

Very cool experiment, Ben!!! ❤️❤️❤️👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@qg786 Год назад

I think the air inside the bag got compressed to the point that it isn't visible. I think it might be worth doing it with something that isn't heat sensitive but will break from the pressure.

@mykelevangelista6492 Год назад

Great idea for an experiment. I'd like to see two things - one, using bubble wrap, but with several different types of wrap. Some have larger bubble pockets, so it'd be cool to see the different effects they produce. Two, using different coloured gases instead of just air. Unfortunately, this might be impractical, because most of these gases are toxic and would need very careful handling. Fluorine is yellow and chlorine is green (I think), but might be nice to see what happens when encased in resin.

@aicirtkciub9167 Год назад

Yes! That was really cool. I like experiments!

@CeriddwenRising Год назад

I think that the melting plastic bag also melted the plastic glitter a bit too, thus preventing more from escaping. Most glitter is made of plastic.

@lechatbotte. Год назад

So the bag collapsed. Imploded as it were. That’s very interesting. Wasn’t a big explosion but it was keen. I have to say this is fun to watch.

@KP-nx8lo Год назад

You should look at camera housing for deep sea diving/exploring they are made to withstand extreme pressure like you use in the pot

@mtpockets5109 Год назад

Hello from Wisconsin, USA. Love watching your videos, and want to share a few suggestions I think would be pretty neat. 1) fake rose or flower of some kind. 🌹 2) a fossil or sea shell 🐚 3) glow in the dark star or planet ✨🪐 4) toy animals 🦓🐷🐕🐮 5) marbles

@Xaqaria Год назад

Theory: As the air was at the top, and the surface with the least support was the top, the air escaped with minimal mixing of the air and glitter. Idea: In a small cup seal a bag of glitter in resin with part of the plastic bag reaching out the top. Once it's out if the pressure pot, use UV resin to cure another bag to the opening front the first cure. Cure a base in a second, larger cup. Remove the resin from the first cup and suspend it upside down in the second cup. Fill the second cup with resin to cover the full air bag and just a slight amount of the first resin. Pressure pot it and see how it cracks. Also: can you change out the fittings on the pressure pot to high flow fittings? A faster change in pressure should create more violent cracking.

@RissaNaChelle Год назад

I feel like this bag trick would have been perfect for the water videos

@lynniev Год назад

2 projects in one video! Thanks, Ben!

@henriquekempenich5106 Год назад

Nice experiment! Try with a glass vial or a rigid plastic tube next.

@Pinkstinkie Год назад

i don't have to cook because of all the delicious leftovers AND I got 2 (TWO!) pot cams. It's been a great Friday!

@OzarkArtsandCrafts Год назад

Very interesting! This could be a breakthrough to something new. Thanks

@richardc6091 Год назад

The pressure pot reduces the volume in the bag and the explosion occurs when you release the pressure and the air in the bag re expands so an idea is to set up as normal but instead of using pressure pot leave it for the 40ish minutes in normal pressure and then pull a vacuum on it to see if you will get a better/same/worse result

@stargazer1682 Год назад

This makes wonder about casting with a laundry detergent gel pod? I mean, the outer casing is meant to dissolve in the wash, but I don't know if the resin would have the same effect; and I would hope the the detergent gels wouldn't interact with the resin. But I would think there'd be at least some air trapped in the pods, to create a fissure and maybe push the different colored detergent gels in different directions?

@dougpisik Год назад

The air compressed under pressure (the whole reason for using the pressure pot is to compress air bubbles.) Then when you released the pressure, you can see the "poof" as the air expanded and came out the fracture at the top of the cup.

@gracieshepardtothemax1743 Год назад

Before I say this know I know NOTHING about resin. But watch you and Peter browns channel. And some others. Would it be interesting to try pressure and vacuum pot to compare? I’m not even half way through. But interested nine the less!

@cookiescoop6065 Год назад

That was cool watching the hot air escape when the pressure was released

@LisaVornhagen Год назад

That was really cool! Disappointing that there was no glitter explosion, but still really cool!

@BensWorx Год назад

Thanks Lisa

@staceyritchie7100 Год назад

I love watch'n your experiments! This was neat!

@BensWorx Год назад

Thanks Stacey

@JediMasterSap Год назад

Still loved the experiment, maybe try a lil bigger bag so it'll hold more air. Lol that means bigger container bigger glitter boom 🤣

@GarnetReaper Год назад

Watching the bag melt got me thinking... how would a marshmallow do in resin.

@Lissa71 Год назад

Try water in the bag with the glitter. as the bag melts it releases the glitter and causes a mini explosion? like the ice and stuff did? its a thought.

@richardc6091 Год назад

It would be interesting if you put colored slow cure resin in bag and clear fast cure resin around it and see if it will mix when bag melts and how it spreads when you induce the fracture.

@bagged87chevy Год назад

Most likely the air in the bag has moisture in it which created a steam pocket from the heat of the curing process. While under pressure in the pot it was contained. Once there was no exterior pressure the steam was able to escape, causing the fracture.

@snakezdewiggle6084 Год назад

Ben's Science Works 😆 Using a vacuum tank could yeld a better result. For the cost of another camera, you could put a pyrex or acrylic window in the base of the tank, then lay it on it's side. Only needs to be 2inches across or round. Lighting - LEDs. ;)

@Rockhopper1 Год назад

crazy idea time, get a small container then cast resin in it like normal, on the band saw cut the top for a lid, then using the lathe create a thin walled well inside it, so you are basically making a container. Invert it so the lid is on the bottom, now for the crazy part using the UV resin glue the lid back on and drill out a hole. Put in a bike Schrader valve and glue that in. Then get a piece of burl and make a wooden base with a hole to cover the Schrader valve. Then pump in around 5-10 psi of air into the valve (you don't want it exploding in your face). Then place it into a larger pot and pour in your resin. Put that inside the pot and do as normal. It should technically explode inside the pot.

@r0llinguphill483 Год назад

Try doing it the way you do the trapped water. Let the resin get to an almost cured state, blow an air bubble in it, then put it in the pressure pot to finish

@MikeNHOC Год назад

That was pretty neat, Ben!

@BensWorx Год назад

Thanks Mate

@lindahobbs5545 Год назад

That was a great experiment! Was so hoping for a glitter bomb. Oh well maybe next time! Great job Ben!

@BensWorx Год назад

Thanks Linda 😊

@susandaniels9733 Год назад

Cool thanks for sharing this video... I look forward to seeing any future glitter 💥... I hope that you and your family enjoy the holiday season.

@BensWorx Год назад

Thanks Susan, you too!

@poe8259 Год назад

I hope one of the resin manufacturers see this and can explain what they think is happening.

@f.cscootriders Год назад

So you can melt a bag in resin but not chocolate. Still a cool episode. I was waiting with anticipation for something big to happen on this one. Well done

@witcherciri4167 Год назад

This was so cool to watch. I wonder if having glitter in the resin would make a interesting look when the fracture happens 🤔

@undeadOtter Год назад

That was interesting. The reactions of the different types was just awesome

@geoffrey3668 Год назад

Always so cool to watch your video!

@jimmytadams Год назад

Pressure compresses the air, so it takes up less space. Even if bag didn’t melt, releasing pressure will cause air to return to original size, pressing out with the same force it was compressed, about 60 psi (not positive about the units on your pressure pot). Anyway, that pressure causes the resin to fail. You could test one in pressure, one in vacuum, and one just in standard air and compare results

@Tindome-ib6el Год назад

You really should do some more experiments with those ziploc bags. This is fun to watch.

@JakHart Год назад

I feel like the glitter bag needs more air in it, that way when it compresses, there would be a greater amount of outward force when the pressure is released.

@johnweems4586 Год назад

When you add pressure you squeeze down the air in the bag the same way you do the tiny bubbles. When you release the pressure because there's so much more air it expands back to its original volume cracking the resin. That's my theory anyway.

@Tim-57 Год назад

Hey Ben Looking forward to watch more, as you continue this air experiment. Take care

@BensWorx Год назад

Thanks Tim

@kasie680 Год назад

As soon as you said you could try glitter ✨ I screamed YESSSS BENNNN! And my husband was like who the fuck is Ben and what’s he doing??? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@BensWorx Год назад

😂

@michelemichaelsen2643 Год назад

Love your experiments!

@smithatkinson8923 Год назад

Hello Michele

@1320freek Год назад

I think you should do the glitter bag experiment again, but let it cure on the bench. Let just the heat melt plastic bag. Results might be different than being under pressure. Maybe try this with a resin powder also. Great video! Thanks!

@Keshlynne Год назад

I became concerned that the glitter might melt along with the plastic bag, but the glitter seemed to be moving around okay, so maybe it was just because there was less air in that pocket than the other one (the glitter took up too much space)? Maybe try it with a shimmer dust next time? Shimmer dust is much finer and means you would need a lot less of it, so there would be more room for air.

@torche72 Год назад

Maybe use colored plastic bags that have been cut into ribbons or glitter size pieces just so they can melt when the resin cures?🤔

@joshcarver5231 Год назад

Awesome video Ben! Always a great feeling getting that notification

@BensWorx Год назад

Thanks Josh

@ShooterMcGavin870 Год назад

Might try putting smoke in the bag!

@spookz4469 Год назад

An idea might be to introduce a bunch of air into the resin as it starts to cure so it holds on to the air better, and then throw that into the pressure pot. try to get some large bubbles. maybe this is possible?

@ragegamer1607 Год назад

Should try helium. Compresses as dense as air but will expand way more. Wonder if that will cause more of a pop

@ellenyager9577 Год назад

Is there anything you cannot cast? Ben, you are amazing! An amazing artist! Cheers, mate!

@BensWorx Год назад

Thanks Ellen 😊

@Clarytee217 Год назад

Love this! The colorless one is really pretty imho 💕

@torche72 Год назад

I would suggest using a colored smoke/gas to fill the baggie. That might colorize the fracture. Someone else was also worried about the glitter melting and I thought "that would be awesome to see!" If you could cut up some colored baggies into ribbon or glitter sized pieces they might twist and contort further while curing, that would make a good potcam.

@turdbird0 Год назад

You might get a better glitter explosion if you use nail art powdered glitter

@controllerpleb6568 Год назад

I must admit, I didn't expect them to turn out that pretty. They look really nice 🙂

@BensWorx Год назад

Thankyou

@Snowlilyzoe Год назад

I wonder if you tried a glass vial. Shouldn't melt, but the pressure release/difference could be the more explosion your looking for.

@Xaqaria Год назад

Another idea: I'd have lots of safety gear and a "blast shield" for this one... Cast something with sides and a bottom, but hollow with no top. Create a contraption that will allow you to lower something into resin after the tank is pressurized (will magnets work through the side wall of the tank?) The gap before closing only needs to be a couple mm, just enough to let the air get pressurized. For second casting, after the tank is pressurized, lower the first casting upside down into new resin and let it cure. You'll end up with a larger volume of pressurized air encased in resin.

@Ariella-mx3xq4cw6n Год назад

The fractures are caused by thermal heat. It boils. The resin gets very hot. You see some professional resins users, use fridges or freezers to prevent the resin getting hot fast, therefor preventing cracking. It allows for the resin to harden slowly allowing time for the air to escape the resin. This is especially true in large pours. Unless you want cracking resin should be left to mature in a cool place, especially using 3''. Depending on the resin. I'm no expert but looking at the work of the professionals there appears to be many types of resin.

@HoldtSteen Год назад

This is very much the answer. I don't get how this is not yet understood on this channel :) The air has very little to do with the cracking, and cracks will, and can happen without any air present in, or around the resin for that matter. If you want to avoid cracking, use a slower curing resin or cool the resin actively to slow down the exothermic reaction.

@lorrainewilliams8232 Год назад

That was brilliant, especially that first one, not sure why we didn't get an explosion on the second one, but still a great video 👍

@leoleoleonor Год назад

I think the bag with the glitter leaked air when you put the pressure in the pot, so when you removed the pressure it didn't explode like it did before

@Snowlilyzoe Год назад

Oh I would love to see you cast gallium or Indium. They are safer low melting point metals and I bet they would make something cool as they would melt as the resin cures. Bismuth would be really cool, but I don't think any resin get hot enough to melt it, even with the low melting point.

@hayleymariemills Год назад

Would be really cool looking if it were filled with like a blue colored smoke.

@SpookyWifeSpookyLife Год назад

Ben, could you make a snowglobe?? The glitter experiment made me think it would be cool to capture a pocket of glittery air in a little orb like you did with the tiny aquarium knobs. And then shape them the same way and make ornaments with them theyd be little circles with glitter inside! And then i thought about if you made the aquariums, maybe you could make a snowglobe with liquid and glitter inside on a pretty wood base. I feel like if anyone could do either of these it would be you. Great experiment!

@jeffs7573 Год назад

The air in the bag was compressed, when the resin was setting it created an enormous amount of heat, the air absorbed this heat, and as the resin wasn't fully cured yet at the 40-minute mark, the release of pressure caused the super-heated air to expand and find the easiest way out of the resin. The heated air had a larger volume than the cooler air at the beginning, that is why the fracture happened.