Silicone Measuring Cups

This is a set of mixing cups ideal for mixing and measuring resins that are indefinitely reuseable because the resin won't adhere to the silcone.
Order link: https://geni.us/1Ab8E

Transcript:

I’m Tyler Winegarner for Cool Tools and today I want to talk about the right way to mix a stiff drink.

Ok, let’s just get this out of the way - don’t drink any of this. But today I want to introduce you to these silicone mixing cups, which are some of my favorite tools for mixing resins. I love experimenting with using resins for inlays & micarta layups, and lots of other fun projects. What I hate is all the consumables it uses - gloves, mixing cups, mixing tools, all of it. But these silicone mixing and measuring cups turn a number of those consumables into reusables.

They’re pretty much exactly what they sound like - they’re semi-rigid flexible mixing cups with graduation markings on them. I’ll get the bad stuff out of the way first - the markings are on the outside of the cups, and the cups themselves are translucent, and not transparent - which makes it a little harder to mix by volume. If you have a kitchen scale, you can use it to measure your ratio of resin to hardener by weight. Make sure to look up the by-weight ratio - it’s likely different from the volume ratio.

Now for the good stuff: Cleanup with this stuff is a breeze - if you have any left over resin, just leave it in the bottom of the mixing cup for the duration of the cure time. When you’re ready to come back to it, just press on the bottom of the cup and the puck of hardened resin just pops right out. There’s probably some leftover residue on the sides as well, and you can just peel that off. Because the resin can’t bond to the silicone, you’re left with an easily cleanable surface that’s ready for your next casting.

These cups come in a kit with a couple of extra goodies - the real surprise were these silicone popsicle sticks for mixing. These feel like they have a stiff metal bar in them to keep them rigid, but the outer surface is more silicone - which means that you don’t even need to waste a popsicle stick for mixing - just let it cure with the rest of your project, and peel off the waste when its hardened. If I’m griping, I wish they hadn’t stamped their logo into the surface because its harder to get the resin out, but I guess branding is important.

For $11 you get a kit with four small mixing cups, one large mixing cup and four of the mixing sticks. The larger cup has a smoother finish, which makes seeing the graduation markings noticeably easier - but there’s fewer of them so its not ideal for smaller pours. Still, for this price this is a versatile kit that makes working with resins a lot easier. There’s links to everything you need down in the description. For more tool recommendations like these, check out cool-tools.org

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