Working with Resin

I have never used resin parts mainly because of the health concerns I have read about the dust particles that are given off by it, so what advice would you give when using resin?

I wouldn't worry too much on the horror stories that you read or hear, most of them have grown arms and legs.

Use a bit of common sense, don't breath it in large quantities and don't eat it and you'll be fine. Wear a disposable face mask if you wish if you're working with it in great quantities. I wouldn't bother about using a well ventilated room or extract as this will only make the dust airborne and will pose a greater problem. The one thing I do is to dampen down my modelling board so any dust that falls will stick to the board rather than float around, you could use a towel soaked in water then wrung out instead.

You're more likely to slice your fingers with the razor saw before the dust does you any harm.


A bit of reading here http://www.ehow.com/info_8306336_dangers-polyurethane-resin-dust.html

As has been said, plenty of people in the modelling world warn of its dangers, yet curiously even after extensive trawling of the web I've never found anything to suggest it's of any serious risk. Certainly the technology teacher at work was unconcerned by it. What I do do though is if I'm sanding it rather than cutting when there's going to be more and finer dust I run the sink in the bathroom and sand it underwater. Rinse the sink after and job done, no dust at all.