TotalBoat 200g UV Cure Clear Acrylic Resin with UV Flashlight for Resin Curing - Kit for DIY Jewelry Making, Small Resin Crafts, and Protective Coating

Good quality

This brand was recommended to me by my favorite craft YouTubers, and let me tell you, it did not disappoint. The UV resin was very easy to use, and the results look very nice! Very clear and shiny, no bubbles. It's very sturdy, too- even the thin pieces are very difficult to break, and I put a lot of effort into trying. I saw mixed reviews about how well the included flashlight works, so rather than risk it, I ended up buying the separate UV light that TotalBoat sells, and the resin worked great with that. Unfortunately that means I can't say either way if the flashlight worked. It definitely looks like it should- it did turn on just fine and seems very bright. I will absolutely come back to TotalBoat when I need more resin.

Me encanta esta resina, realmente es buena, me gustaría que la volvieran a vender ✨

The only beef I have about this resin, is the cost. But you get what you pay for. I absolutely love this resin. It works awesome, cures quickly with UV, is nice and clear (even after curing), and I haven’t noticed any yellowing (as of yet). Its odor is minimal, clear, bonds wells, with minimal bubbles and warping. It does bubble if you pour too thick, so make sure not to pour anything thicker than 1mm. If you need to go thicker, cure in layers for best results. The UV resin cures well, cures hard but slightly flexible, but slightly brittle and will snap easily. It will also chip off surfaces, so ensure you prepare the surface of anything you’re wanting it to adhere to. Another problem I have with this product is that the UV light it comes with is garbage. Mine quit working within the first 24 hours. I didn’t even make it through half the bottle of resin. The UV LED bulbs of the light just slowly became dim and wouldn’t be as bright. Eventually, it got to the point where it wouldn’t even cure the resin anymore. I tried many troubleshooting steps to try and fix the light, including replacing the batteries, and even the battery carrier (the black insert that the batteries go into, in order to fit inside the light and hit the electrical contacts of the light), and finally I attached the contacts of the light directly to a DC power supply. However, nothing I did would bring life back to the light and cure the the resin. So I did end up buying a $40 Rechargeable UV Curing Flashlight on Amazon. I do wish TotalBoat would make this resin available without the flashlight, as I’d like to buy more, but I don’t need their cheap-crappy light. This is partly why I mentioned starting with a different, cheaper resin. So you can iron out these mistakes, without wasting such expensive resin. I compared this resin to: Osbang UV Cure Resin (Found on Amazon) In finality: I would not recommend this product to someone starting out with UV resin projects, because of the cost. There are cheaper UV resins out there that are fairly cheap, but not quite as good. Use those while you are starting out. You don’t need this expensive, quality UV resin to make mistakes, and learn from them. I do recommend this product to anyone needing a quick curing resin, or someone who’s used to working with resin or resin crafting. I would recommend this to glue two things together, but ONLY if you’re using this as a secondary source of attachment (Meaning, glue the two things together using something like Gorilla glue, and using the UV resin to hold them together while the glue cures).

I’ve used this on two projects so far. Walmart adjusted the frames of my glasses and cracked the bow. Even though they did it and the glasses were less than a year old, they refused to replace the bow or frames. I used the product on the crack and it worked well. I rotated the bow so that the liquid would sort of even out on all sides without making a big bump on the surface. It’s been two weeks now and the crack has not redeveloped. The second project involved completing the addition of a wa style Japanese knife handle I made for my grandson. I used it to seal the top interface of the tang to the wa to make the knife food safe. The only problem I has was with the UV flashlight included with the kit did not work the second time I used it. I was able to fix it by removing the AAA battery pack and straightening the led contact spring which had bent an got caught under the tube flange. That is a bad engineering design.