Saturday, July 27, 2013 - 10:45 am, by: Michael McKellar(Mickmini)
make sure you keep the charcoal filter in a sealed plastic bag, better double bagged, when not using it overnight. the activated charcoal does "fill up" and become ineffective, but in the bag it runs out of things to absorb so lasts longer.
what you are mostly breathing is styrene fumes. nasty stuff, but should not kill you in the short term. we occasionally had some chlorine gas blowing in from the factory next door, when mixed with the styrene fumes, would knock you about like no ones business.
you should also look into a bit of accelerant in the resin as well as catalyst if it is a bit cool. if your resin is a winter mix (depends on when you bought it, how long it was on the shelf etc) it should already have some in it.
I love the flanging on the plug, shows some skill and planning that. how are you going to stiffen the mould?
