Watch this if you like but I've updated it to answer the questions that have been asked. Here is the new link: th-cam.com/video/uIoiGM2YmvI/w-d-xo.html
Just fyi I looked and no one mentioned, those bike tire valve is called a shreader valve, thanks for this video I'll send it when people cry that you have to have a super heavy duty steel pressure pot
I viewed your pressure pot video about a week ago with rising hope that this could be a low cost solution to solve the bubbles-in-resin problem. So... off I went to procure said parts. I had a lot of difficulty finding the 3.5 gallon bucket and lid so I returned to my home and did the Amazon search and purchase thing. My items arrived in a couple of days and I went to serious work. The next day when the pipe glue was cured, I prepped me a small test batch of A & B resin, placed it in the home made pressure pot, and had me a Heineken to celebrate my accomplishment. Forty-eight hours later came the Grand De-molding. I. Could. Not. Believe. My. Eyes. I put on my prescription glasses to verify. I then got my high powered magnifying glass to confirm. Not one bubble! Please note that I mixed my A & B resin slowly as usual, let it rest for approximately 10 minutes before putting it into my pressure pot. After sealing the bucket with the lid, I pumped in 10 PSI with my bicycle pump. I checked the pressure 3 or 4 times before I finally left it alone. The pressure held. 48 hours later I had the clearest bubble free resin I had ever poured. Thank you sooooo much for this DIY tip. Cheers!
Glad to hear it worked I just bought a vevor pressure pot and realized how much mods I gotta do and I might just return it and do this method and buy a vaccum pump and chamber do that for silicone and do this bucket method for the resin kill two birds
Thank you so much! I've been looking for buckets to create this myself, and I came across "fermentation vessels" or buckets people use for brewing beer. These are made to hold some pressure (I think most go up to 30 psi) and therefore perfect for the DIY pressure pot!
Bakeries, and even grocery store bakeries, receive materials like icing in 3-gallon buckets. If you ask nicely, they might help you out with one. When I lived out in the country our local store did give up one bucket. I got a sense that they recycled them back to their suppliers.
Attempted this with a clear 3 gallon bucket from Home Depot and one of their orange leak proof lids. System started to fail at about 3psi, had massive doming on the top and bottom. Data point that may help others. Use better buckets!
I’ve been searching for an affordable way to make a pressure pot. This is absolutely perfect. I’m a 50 year old female and totally 100% understand exactly how to make and use the pressure pot. Thank you for sharing and explaining you terrific idea!!
Get a Used/Old/New aluminum pressure cooking pot(Small or big) Check out Dental Laboratory pressure pots to get the idea. Car/bicicle valve, and a pressure gauge, in the 2 holes on the lid. Thats it up to 25 psi.If you get a heavy duty or stainless pot, can raise the pressure. Been using mine for 35 Yrs.
Hi :) I have just finished watching your video - i'm starting to make some experiments with epoxy and buying a pressure pot right now isn't my main focus so I decided to watch all DIY pressure pot videos on youtube and I have to admit - yours was the best of them all. BTW you don't seem frustrated at all but a good, honest, decent person and humble. GREAT VIDEO - THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING EVERYTHING IN AN EASY WAY :)
Great video. I'm trying to make some resin dice just for fun and didn't want to spend 150$ on a pressure pot, definitely making a trip to home Depot tomorrow.
I watched a man do it with a hand pump and because my hands aren’t well shoot I’m going to be 60 this year so they’re not as great as they used to be but I like that pump you can just push it down. And you’re doing a very good job narrating.
First of all, you sir, are an absolutely narrator. Gf and I absolutely loved this video and I will definitely sub. Also, ty for showing how you made this pressure pot. Resources are limited for us but this is definitely doable for us. Ty ty ty
As a student on a budget looking to make my own dice, I think this is the perfect thing to try. I certainly don't have the space for an air compressor. Did you ever pop it? What was the limit?
Looks good. Just for safety I think I'll add some clamps to the edges before I pump it up, but the basic idea is wonderful. I'm in Japan, and buying anything like a pressure pot over here is insanely expensive. Thanks!
You sir gained a sub. I am going to do this over the weekend. Saves me from deciding on and buying an expensive one and I already have everything needed. Awesome, thanks.
I’m so glad I found this! I just do small things like dominoes and such but I didn’t want to use a big pressure pot because my craft room is my upstairs bonus room in my house. This is a great idea thank you!! Now I just need to find the parts
I’ve been wanting to try resin dice making but the pressure pot was always my sticking point. I don’t know why I always thought they were drawing a vacuum to get the air out. This is brilliant and I’m definitely going to try it.
th-cam.com/video/yvwAQTiIjtM/w-d-xo.html This youtuber answers your exact confusion, but to put it simply, pressure pots squash the bubbles into invisible sizes. Vacuum chambers draw the air out of the resin, which will ironically create a lot of bubbles in the process, as well as a big mess.
Great job on the bubble remover bucket!! I've been looking for an economical way to do it and thought the only option was building the Harbor freight one. The cost was also prohibitive so I never did it. As usual the simple answers are most often the best option. I use clear 2 part resin but I add mica or inks for color. I'd be interested in your molding recipe as well. I subscribed and will be looking for that video. Thanks for your work on this.
You're awesome man. Found you looking up pressure pot, of course, watched your follow up, then more of you autoplayed while I looked up parts. I dig your style, attitude, outlook... Thanks for contributing to knowledge and for being a Star Wars nerd.
Made one of these and decided to describe possible improvements for others such as two plywood square parts, one for the bottom of the pot and one large enough for the top. Suggest another piece cut round to fit inside the lid's edge under the square part. This will keep the top from bulging and increase your chances of success with higher pressures greatly. Of course you'll have to cut holes for the pressure gauge and a long stem valve to fit through. Your bar clamps will fasten to the bottom plate under the bucket and the top plate over the lid and provide the pressure to prevent air leakage. You'll definitely need a lid with a gasket or try to make one with a tube of RTV gasket maker or any silicone sealant. Use good flexible adhesive to set the threads of the pressure gauge and valve too. My pressure pot could take 10psi without some of the above-mentioned improvements and then settled down to 5psi after many minutes. Good for experimenting with pressure-cured resin on a budget. Hope you get better results.
Follow up - Found out if you leave to clamps on this empty diy pressure pot until next use, it conditions the lid's seal to be more air tight. Now mine is achieving pressures in excess of 10psi, enough to bring microbubbles up to the surface to burst.
Hello, if I understand correctly, are you putting pressure? I thought that on the contrary it was necessary to remove the air, can you explain to me please? and congratulations on your production
There are two methods. This is a pressure pot which squeezes the bubbles to make them undetectable. A vacuum chamber is used to suck the air out. Both methods work. It's pretty much a matter of preference which one is better.
This is great - I use a paint sprayer pot at 50 psi, but I'd like a second pot, and I've been thinking it's overkill. I've been thinking of making a mini one.
Edit: My lid ended up sealing, but... at just under 10psi my bucket popped. Not just the lid popping off, but the spot where the wire handle mounts actually ruptured. I was worried about the lid popping off and hitting me or something in the garage, luckily I had the bucket covered with a moving blanket. The bucket was a new Leaktite 3.5 gallon. Please be careful. Original comment: Great video. I've tried making one with the same kind of lid as you used, but the seals on the cap leak slowly. . Have you tried using a Gamma screw on lid for your DIY pressure pot?
Mine popped and busted my thumb something fierce. Not worth the savings. I'd of payed the 100 bucks at harbor freight to not have to endure that. I've got a dime sized hole in my finger tip.
This is so fantastic! Thank you so much for sharing, I've been wanting to make dice for so long but can't afford a fancy pressure pot. I can't wait to try this out.
Thank you so much for this! I just started working with resin and the price of pressure pots and vacuum chambers really got me down. This is so helpful, thank you!
This video is exactly what I needed to know to DIY a usable pressure pot. And on the first info search try as well so that's a good first foot forward for conservation of some cash money.. Especially after catching myself doing the usual over engineering with inevitable nickle, dime and Jefferson cost increases. Like I don't need one that can safely handle 150psi in a size 20 gallon tank. Unless of course it actually is also a secondary air storage tank for the air compressor... That would justify a larger tank. . . .Doh!!! Man-o-man am I ever mega glad I stumbled onto your video. And I have everything needed already plus options so no parts run to the hardware store (which is really rare). Wow this is turning out to be a good Thanksgiving.
If you can get an old pressure cooker it is great. Sometimes you can get 6 liters pressure cooker from thrift shops for less than 20€, I imagine you can get them even cheaper in the US 15$ maybe? Anyway, those pressure cookers can withstand up to 4 bar (almost 60 psi) and they work great, easy to close, easy to connect to the hose because they have a nozzle they even have a sefaty release valve in case you exceed 4 bar, however you might want to replace that with a manometer. You can have your setup ready in 5 minutes. (obviously you need to have your compressor and hoses ready with a hose the right size to fit the pressure cooker nozzle)
I actually did a video of using a pressure cooker as a vacuum chamber after this video. I haven't made it into a pressure pot yet though. Check it out and let me know what you think.
Get two of these buckets. Cut an oval in one side, then in the other bucket cut the oval larger. Put a gasket around the larger oval and add a handle. Do the rest the same. Instead of taking the lid off and on, you put the gasketized oval into the smaller oval. Start the pressure, once your pressurized, that oval will hold itself on. Much quicker than messing with the lid everytime.
I have yet to start doing anything, but when the car-boot sales season is here I am going to get an aluminum domestic pressure cooker and use that as a base. There are usually several for sale going cheap, because people tend to be wary of them. The existing pressure release will be where I insert the shrader valve.
This is very cool! I have already a diy pressure chamber and a diy silent airbrush compressor. I wanted a pressure pot but the usual way to make a diy one is to convert a cooking pressure pot. An other option is to buy one of those cheap chinese paint pots. But the idea of a pressurized metal bucket was making me nervous. A light plastic container though is brilliant. If you add a safety valve and a pressure gauge with a release switch, a usual refrigerator motor needs about 15 sec to provide 30 psi pressure. And even if some freak accident happen the plastic container wont kill you.
You're a lifesaver. I just got into making resin decorations and I'm trying everything I can find for getting rid of excess bubbles. Thank you! EDIT: Would this method also work on a square weatherproof tote for larger items?
Hey, I really appreciate you sharing this. I was having trouble finding a good alternative, so thank you so much for your help! (Love the shop buddy cameo, btw 💕)
I know this is an old comment, but I wanted to ask what your thoughts are on this DIY pressure pot after 6 months. Did it work? Would you recommend it?
@@viridianwarrior I wasn't able to find buckets that sealed properly at the local hardware stores, but I gave it a try with a couple containers with some DIY gaskets/sealers added. I couldn't get them to hold pressure long enough to even fill up and I haven't looped back around to it since to try again with a better container, but thanks for the reminder!
This is great! I have a compressor but I also have an Airhawk for tires. That will work better because it will fit the tire valve. Super great cheap solution thanks. 😂
So helpful. I’ve been looking for an inexpensive-and successful- way to do this so heading off to the paint shop, have everything else I’ll. Wish me luck😊
Awesome!!!! Thank you for posting this. I'm currently trying to find a bucket that i can lock and that has a rubber seal. Unfortunately here in the UK they seem to be harder to get. But the valve stems are already on the way to me 😊
@@jennercustomtoys unfortunately it just doesnt work for me Its a 20L bucket with a screw lid and i checked the ruber seal inside the lid is intact But i tried with my air compressor abd it didnt want to work. So i thought that thing is old and i already had issues before with it. So i got a foot pump but the needle on the gauge dorsbt move at all. I'm at an absolute loss 😔
@@macnavi the first container i got from tesco before Christmas didnt want to work I bought now the sistema one, i initially wanted to buy at tesco but couldn't afford, yesterday and want to give it another go
Thanks for the video! I was wondering if something like this would work. I'll certainly have to give it a try. And if it doesn't work for me.. it's only 10 bucks. I've thrown that away in bubbly resin many times over, and I'm still new to the craft! I'll certainly be checking out your molding compound videos next.
Your a funny guy!!! Enjoyed the video and learned from it. What I'm curious about is how long do I keep it in the pot to remove bubbles BEFORE i pour?? Just need a good way to destroy them bubbles. Many thanks.
I can't find anyone who's done this.. but I'm actually going to build a "pressure box" because most of my molds are large and wide (but not tall). Researched tubs to convert and I wasn't confident it would work at all, and the options would be price prohibitive for a "test". So instead, I'm going to make a rectangle box with 5/8th MDF board I have laying around (and a liberal amount of screws/glue), then coat the inside with epoxy resin, make a built-in "gasket" with a taped rim and poor some silicon. I'll also apply silicon calking to all inside edges. Then just use a set of heavy duty cabinet hinges (mount on outside), and probably 4 latches (or just 6 latches by themselves). My hope is that it'll be over engineered and work well (say possibly hold about 30 PSI). I ordered a bag of 50 PCS valves off Amazon for $6 (crazy, it was double that for 10 PCS from the same seller?), which I think I can make work and air-seal it by pouring epoxy on the inner side of the "lid" after installation (all of the "overkill" for good measure, lol). And I already have a decent $20 hand/foot pump with gauge. It might be an utter failure, but I'm hopeful, Lol. If it works, I can make these things for like $5 (of all all sizes as needed and stackable!). I've also wanted to start making videos and document all my projects on TH-cam, just haven't made that plunge. Thanks for all the inspiration!
DEFINITELY trying this!! I've only just started making resin items that aren't just coasters or plates and been having major issues with really big bubbles ruining the top-side. But does this work ok with dice molds that have a single flat top that covers the whole thing? I can get layers done fine but once it's at the top I get bubbles that ruin it.
I've done a dice mold on my channel. Check it out. But also as I tell everyone please check out my follow up video on this. There are a lot of safety issues that I address and I make some corrections.
Can you put mixed resin into the pit for a short time to remove bubbles before casting? I think by “white resin” you mean the acrylic resin rather than the epoxy type. It would likely work with epoxy resin made white or any other colour.
Thank you for the great video!! I’ve seen a couple of other DIY pressure pots, but nothing this easy and cheap. I’m new to resin casting, and when looking into it, I’ve seen people suggest that DIY pressure pots are “dangerous”, so I’ve held off for the time being until I can learn more and be aware of what I’m doing. I can’t really figure out there the danger is, though. I assumed that given its pressurized, the danger lies in the fact that it might “pop”.
Make sure to watch the follow up video on this. Yes, it can be dangerous if you arent carefull. I have had the lid pop before but nothing major happened. That's why the lid with the clips is so important.
I don’t have any PVC compound but I do have hot glue. Any chance you think it would still hold if I hot glued the tire valve stem into the hole? May also be able to use rubber cement from my tire plug kit not..
I think I know why your action figures hands sometimes come out malformed - I know that as the resin is compressed inside the chamber, it essentially crushes the bubbles to microscopic size, and so they no longer become noticeable, and practically are gone. However, the bubbles still exist, on a microscopic scale, they’re just tiny. So the reason your tiny parts are losing details is because as the bubbles inside the resin are compressed, the resin is filling in the space of where the bubbles were. As the resin fills in these voids, it essentially drains down into the space, and will drain from the top down (gravity). This will leave a spot at the very top of your mold that * had * resin when you poured, but no longer does because it drained down into the void from the bubbles. To fix this problem, simply overfill your molds, or make sure you use a large enough Sprue. Either of these options will leave excess resin at the top, so as the resin drains and fills in the voids, the resin that *WAS* extra drains and becomes part of the actual figure. This will always happen on large molds, if you don’t overfill or leave a sprue you are garunteed to have a void at the top, but on small molds (like the hands you make) it’s 50/50, depending on how much air is in your resin when you pour. If the hand poured really clean with no air bubbles, then there is no air to compress, and so the hand doesn’t drain, but if that part of your resin has a lot of bubbles (for example, the last bits of resin in a cup of it you mix usually has a lot of bubbles compared to the start of the pour) then all those bubbles get compressed and drain the resin from the top of your hand. So to fix, either make the hands with the very start of the pour, where it doesn’t have many bubbles, or overfill the mold/make a mold with a Sprue. Also the other possibility is that you are making a mold where there is an angle in which you have resin trying go down and then back up, but that doesn’t work because resin is too thick and flows down, so you leave an air bubble when you fill the mold. However, you seem like a pretty experienced craftsman as far as this subject goes, and I’m going to guess your molds are made correctly for resin pouring.
And I make this guess based on my dice making experience, whenever I made molds and didn’t leave the Sprue with any extra resin in It, the die would compress too much and leave a void. As far as the Physics and scientifical explanation, I learned it from TH-camr @Rybonator, his tutuorial on making clear dice with a pressure pot, he explained how the physics of pressurizing resin works, as well as vacuum forming silicone molds to prevent spiky bubbly silicone
My next endeavor is to make a vacuum chamber. Since making this video though I have figured out better venting for my action figures. Thanks for the help!
@Jenner Custom Toys, You’re very welcome. Also, if you can get the vacuum chamber to work, I’d love to see it in a video. Bubbly silicone molds are a problem for me a lot, and if you found a way to cheaply make a vacuum chamber, that would be awesome to learn to make myself. Good luck, and I’ll be keeping an eye your channel for other helpful tricks with molding and casting.
@@jennercustomtoys Have you tried to see if you can use this same bucket as a vacuum chamber? I am less than a newb with looking into casting some my own dice. Not sure how much of vacuum needed to make it work. Maybe plastic bucket can't handle it.
I know this video was created 2 years ago but I'm just learning about degassing, etc. I started to watch the video thinking it was about creating a system to de-gas before the epoxy was poured/ hardened but am I wrong in saying that you put your parts in to de-gas after they were poured and then were curing?
I’ve just started getting into dice making and don’t wanna shell out $90 for a pressure pot, so this is amazing! I don’t know if 20 PSI would be enough for dice making, but it can’t hurt to try for a $10 pot!
I'm going to attempt this with a piece of Tupperware that I have that has a rubber gasket and locking lid. I'll try to record and update you on how it works!
I just bought the3.5 gal bucket from menards. The cover is a gamma seal lid the is 2 part. The ring snaps in like the video but the inner part screws on . I'm going to give it a try after seeing this video. I was going to take it back because I thought it might blow up on me!
I tried it today with a gamma seal lid and the screw in lid portion doesn’t have enough structural rigidity to hold tight. At 5 PSI it popped the inner portion out of the ring around the bucket. I would not suggest using a gamma seal lid!
Since I've made that video I started clamping my lid on because it's slowly losing air. Excuse my ignorance because I don't know everything about this but what is a gamma seal lid?
@@jennercustomtoys gamma seal lid has a snap on lid rim like a normal lid but the inner portion screws into that. And it does not withstand even 5+ PSI just for reference..
Watch this if you like but I've updated it to answer the questions that have been asked. Here is the new link:
th-cam.com/video/uIoiGM2YmvI/w-d-xo.html
Just fyi I looked and no one mentioned, those bike tire valve is called a shreader valve, thanks for this video I'll send it when people cry that you have to have a super heavy duty steel pressure pot
I viewed your pressure pot video about a week ago with rising hope that this could be a low cost solution to solve the bubbles-in-resin problem. So... off I went to procure said parts. I had a lot of difficulty finding the 3.5 gallon bucket and lid so I returned to my home and did the Amazon search and purchase thing. My items arrived in a couple of days and I went to serious work. The next day when the pipe glue was cured, I prepped me a small test batch of A & B resin, placed it in the home made pressure pot, and had me a Heineken to celebrate my accomplishment. Forty-eight hours later came the Grand De-molding.
I. Could. Not. Believe. My. Eyes. I put on my prescription glasses to verify. I then got my high powered magnifying glass to confirm. Not one bubble!
Please note that I mixed my A & B resin slowly as usual, let it rest for approximately 10 minutes before putting it into my pressure pot. After sealing the bucket with the lid, I pumped in 10 PSI with my bicycle pump. I checked the pressure 3 or 4 times before I finally left it alone. The pressure held. 48 hours later I had the clearest bubble free resin I had ever poured.
Thank you sooooo much for this DIY tip. Cheers!
I'm really glad it worked for you.
any chance you could share the bucket/lid you found? I can't seem to find one with sealed lid.
Please provide a link to the bucked you used :)
Did you find a bucket that fits the requirements by now? @@michiganwolfpupper
Glad to hear it worked I just bought a vevor pressure pot and realized how much mods I gotta do and I might just return it and do this method and buy a vaccum pump and chamber do that for silicone and do this bucket method for the resin kill two birds
Thank you so much! I've been looking for buckets to create this myself, and I came across "fermentation vessels" or buckets people use for brewing beer. These are made to hold some pressure (I think most go up to 30 psi) and therefore perfect for the DIY pressure pot!
Bakeries, and even grocery store bakeries, receive materials like icing in 3-gallon buckets. If you ask nicely, they might help you out with one. When I lived out in the country our local store did give up one bucket. I got a sense that they recycled them back to their suppliers.
Brooooo! I have one of these at home and hadn't thought of using it, not for a sec.
Attempted this with a clear 3 gallon bucket from Home Depot and one of their orange leak proof lids. System started to fail at about 3psi, had massive doming on the top and bottom. Data point that may help others. Use better buckets!
I’ve been searching for an affordable way to make a pressure pot. This is absolutely perfect. I’m a 50 year old female and totally 100% understand exactly how to make and use the pressure pot. Thank you for sharing and explaining you terrific idea!!
Get a Used/Old/New aluminum pressure cooking pot(Small or big) Check out Dental Laboratory pressure pots to get the idea. Car/bicicle valve, and a pressure gauge, in the 2 holes on the lid. Thats it up to 25 psi.If you get a heavy duty or stainless pot, can raise the pressure. Been using mine for 35 Yrs.
@@WillyK51thank you
You can add a second tire valve to check pressure with a regular tire pressure gauge as you pump it up.
I did this same thing with an old aluminum pressure cooker . The tire valve stem is awesome . Nice work 👍
Hi :) I have just finished watching your video - i'm starting to make some experiments with epoxy and buying a pressure pot right now isn't my main focus so I decided to watch all DIY pressure pot videos on youtube and I have to admit - yours was the best of them all. BTW you don't seem frustrated at all but a good, honest, decent person and humble. GREAT VIDEO - THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING EVERYTHING IN AN EASY WAY :)
I love this! To add to that, your voice over video really made it worth watching. Thank you.
Great video. I'm trying to make some resin dice just for fun and didn't want to spend 150$ on a pressure pot, definitely making a trip to home Depot tomorrow.
Thank you sir. i never thought vacuuming resin can do by blowing air pressure (not sucking). this is video help me a lot. (subscribed)
thank you. you just saved me a lot of money for a hobby I just got into a week ago.
I watched a man do it with a hand pump and because my hands aren’t well shoot I’m going to be 60 this year so they’re not as great as they used to be but I like that pump you can just push it down. And you’re doing a very good job narrating.
Thank you!
First of all, you sir, are an absolutely narrator. Gf and I absolutely loved this video and I will definitely sub. Also, ty for showing how you made this pressure pot. Resources are limited for us but this is definitely doable for us. Ty ty ty
Please watch the follow up video on this. I made a lot of corrections for safety.
As a hobbyist who likes to save money, I appreciate this information. Also saw your follow up reducing psi. Thanks for the update also!!!
As a student on a budget looking to make my own dice, I think this is the perfect thing to try. I certainly don't have the space for an air compressor. Did you ever pop it? What was the limit?
Hey, looking to use it for the same end. Do you happen to experiment with this pressure pot and dice making?
Checking in to see if you made this and if it worked!
I tried, I couldn't find a bucket with a gasket, so I tried making my own. It's still an unfinished object, though.
@@teagan_p_999 Look for food grade buckets. That's what I found that fit the bill.
@teagan_p_999 they are called leaktite buckets.. home depot has them in paint section. They are orange.
Looks good. Just for safety I think I'll add some clamps to the edges before I pump it up, but the basic idea is wonderful. I'm in Japan, and buying anything like a pressure pot over here is insanely expensive. Thanks!
You sir gained a sub. I am going to do this over the weekend. Saves me from deciding on and buying an expensive one and I already have everything needed. Awesome, thanks.
Did you do it and did it work?
Did it work out for you?
I’m so glad I found this! I just do small things like dominoes and such but I didn’t want to use a big pressure pot because my craft room is my upstairs bonus room in my house. This is a great idea thank you!! Now I just need to find the parts
The commentary is the best part of the video! 😂
"I don't know what I'm saying there..."
Thanks!
I’ve been wanting to try resin dice making but the pressure pot was always my sticking point. I don’t know why I always thought they were drawing a vacuum to get the air out. This is brilliant and I’m definitely going to try it.
th-cam.com/video/yvwAQTiIjtM/w-d-xo.html
This youtuber answers your exact confusion, but to put it simply, pressure pots squash the bubbles into invisible sizes. Vacuum chambers draw the air out of the resin, which will ironically create a lot of bubbles in the process, as well as a big mess.
The vacuum chamber is to suck the bubbles out of your mold material
Great job on the bubble remover bucket!! I've been looking for an economical way to do it and thought the only option was building the Harbor freight one. The cost was also prohibitive so I never did it. As usual the simple answers are most often the best option. I use clear 2 part resin but I add mica or inks for color. I'd be interested in your molding recipe as well. I subscribed and will be looking for that video. Thanks for your work on this.
Dude..i think you just saved me a ton of time and money
You're awesome man. Found you looking up pressure pot, of course, watched your follow up, then more of you autoplayed while I looked up parts. I dig your style, attitude, outlook... Thanks for contributing to knowledge and for being a Star Wars nerd.
That made my night, thanks!
I really appreciate this video. Wanted a way to try to add some pressure to my resin creations without spending 100+ on a pressure pot. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
Made one of these and decided to describe possible improvements for others such as two plywood square parts, one for the bottom of the pot and one large enough for the top. Suggest another piece cut round to fit inside the lid's edge under the square part. This will keep the top from bulging and increase your chances of success with higher pressures greatly. Of course you'll have to cut holes for the pressure gauge and a long stem valve to fit through. Your bar clamps will fasten to the bottom plate under the bucket and the top plate over the lid and provide the pressure to prevent air leakage. You'll definitely need a lid with a gasket or try to make one with a tube of RTV gasket maker or any silicone sealant. Use good flexible adhesive to set the threads of the pressure gauge and valve too. My pressure pot could take 10psi without some of the above-mentioned improvements and then settled down to 5psi after many minutes. Good for experimenting with pressure-cured resin on a budget. Hope you get better results.
Follow up - Found out if you leave to clamps on this empty diy pressure pot until next use, it conditions the lid's seal to be more air tight. Now mine is achieving pressures in excess of 10psi, enough to bring microbubbles up to the surface to burst.
Hello, if I understand correctly, are you putting pressure? I thought that on the contrary it was necessary to remove the air, can you explain to me please? and congratulations on your production
There are two methods. This is a pressure pot which squeezes the bubbles to make them undetectable. A vacuum chamber is used to suck the air out. Both methods work. It's pretty much a matter of preference which one is better.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! Ive been reluctantly shopping for a pressure pot on and off but never got one because of the price. This is perfect for me
I hope it works for you.
This is great - I use a paint sprayer pot at 50 psi, but I'd like a second pot, and I've been thinking it's overkill. I've been thinking of making a mini one.
Thanks for the info. I bought all the stuff and will be making two of them soon. I bought some metal valve stems that have gaskets and nuts.
Chris, could you post source or pics of the metal valve stems, gaskets and nuts. Thanks...
vaincre 4 pcs tr416 metal valve stems are the ones I bought from Amazon
Edit: My lid ended up sealing, but... at just under 10psi my bucket popped. Not just the lid popping off, but the spot where the wire handle mounts actually ruptured. I was worried about the lid popping off and hitting me or something in the garage, luckily I had the bucket covered with a moving blanket. The bucket was a new Leaktite 3.5 gallon. Please be careful.
Original comment: Great video. I've tried making one with the same kind of lid as you used, but the seals on the cap leak slowly. . Have you tried using a Gamma screw on lid for your DIY pressure pot?
how did you get the lid to seal? I cant seem to get mine to
@@MonarchManifest I don't recall, but I wouldn't do it again, or reccomend doing it, since mine blew up. It's not worth an eye.
Mine popped and busted my thumb something fierce. Not worth the savings. I'd of payed the 100 bucks at harbor freight to not have to endure that. I've got a dime sized hole in my finger tip.
@@michaelrandall7667 fill it with bondo and you'll be set 😊
This is so fantastic! Thank you so much for sharing, I've been wanting to make dice for so long but can't afford a fancy pressure pot. I can't wait to try this out.
Did you end up trying it out?
How did it work for you? I am going to try this in a few days because I want to make dice, too.
@@caitsith5830 did you get any good result?
Thank you so much for this! I just started working with resin and the price of pressure pots and vacuum chambers really got me down. This is so helpful, thank you!
Don't forget to watch the follow up video. I corrected myself on a few things.
This video is exactly what I needed to know to DIY a usable pressure pot.
And on the first info search try as well so that's a good first foot forward for conservation of some cash money..
Especially after catching myself doing the usual over engineering with inevitable nickle, dime and Jefferson cost increases. Like I don't need one that can safely handle 150psi in a size 20 gallon tank. Unless of course it actually is also a secondary air storage tank for the air compressor... That would justify a larger tank. . . .Doh!!!
Man-o-man am I ever mega glad I stumbled onto your video. And I have everything needed already plus options so no parts run to the hardware store (which is really rare). Wow this is turning out to be a good Thanksgiving.
Please watch the follow up video. I made some major corrections and addressed some safety issues. Thanks for the support!
If you can get an old pressure cooker it is great. Sometimes you can get 6 liters pressure cooker from thrift shops for less than 20€, I imagine you can get them even cheaper in the US 15$ maybe?
Anyway, those pressure cookers can withstand up to 4 bar (almost 60 psi) and they work great, easy to close, easy to connect to the hose because they have a nozzle they even have a sefaty release valve in case you exceed 4 bar, however you might want to replace that with a manometer. You can have your setup ready in 5 minutes. (obviously you need to have your compressor and hoses ready with a hose the right size to fit the pressure cooker nozzle)
I actually did a video of using a pressure cooker as a vacuum chamber after this video. I haven't made it into a pressure pot yet though. Check it out and let me know what you think.
this is awesome. i'm going to try this and i'll come back and share how it went
How did it go?
@@bkamm17 I think I might have done something wrong, because the bucket won't pressurize. I still need to troubleshoot
this is pretty interesting, i've been making dice for dnd and i've been trying to find a basic pressure setup that doesnt cost $200+ for my purposes
@@themadhacker9376 make sure to watch the updated version on my channel. It addresses many safety issues.
Get two of these buckets. Cut an oval in one side, then in the other bucket cut the oval larger. Put a gasket around the larger oval and add a handle. Do the rest the same. Instead of taking the lid off and on, you put the gasketized oval into the smaller oval. Start the pressure, once your pressurized, that oval will hold itself on. Much quicker than messing with the lid everytime.
Thank you for sharing this I learn something new and cheap every day.
I have yet to start doing anything, but when the car-boot sales season is here I am going to get an aluminum domestic pressure cooker and use that as a base. There are usually several for sale going cheap, because people tend to be wary of them. The existing pressure release will be where I insert the shrader valve.
This is very cool! I have already a diy pressure chamber and a diy silent airbrush compressor. I wanted a pressure pot but the usual way to make a diy one is to convert a cooking pressure pot. An other option is to buy one of those cheap chinese paint pots. But the idea of a pressurized metal bucket was making me nervous. A light plastic container though is brilliant. If you add a safety valve and a pressure gauge with a release switch, a usual refrigerator motor needs about 15 sec to provide 30 psi pressure. And even if some freak accident happen the plastic container wont kill you.
Can't wait to try this. Thanks so much for sharing. Nice to see Buster too!
Wow what a difference!!! Definitely worth the $10 thanks so much for sharing!
Thanks so much for sharing this! I really needed the alternative that was simple, easy, and most importantly, cost effective.
I love your dog! And I'm definitely going to try this. I just got my soul crushed from bubbles in my dice set.
Sometimes it takes a lot of trial and error before you get it right. Just keep trying and learning from yourself and you'll figure it out.
You're a lifesaver. I just got into making resin decorations and I'm trying everything I can find for getting rid of excess bubbles. Thank you!
EDIT: Would this method also work on a square weatherproof tote for larger items?
Great video 👍🏻I love the narration 😂😂😂😂
Hey, I really appreciate you sharing this. I was having trouble finding a good alternative, so thank you so much for your help! (Love the shop buddy cameo, btw 💕)
Wow! Super cool idea. Good stuff! You should definately do a video on that reusable mold compound that you mentioned! I'd be interested in seeing that
Will do!
1000th subscriber, well earned. Great video
Awesome, thank you!
So glad I found this before I shelled out for the Harbor Freight pot. Thanks!
I know this is an old comment, but I wanted to ask what your thoughts are on this DIY pressure pot after 6 months. Did it work? Would you recommend it?
@@viridianwarrior I wasn't able to find buckets that sealed properly at the local hardware stores, but I gave it a try with a couple containers with some DIY gaskets/sealers added. I couldn't get them to hold pressure long enough to even fill up and I haven't looped back around to it since to try again with a better container, but thanks for the reminder!
That's so cleaver being able to make your own pressure pot. Thanks for sharing. I'll save this video for the future :)
I actually think I could make one after watching this. Thank you for making this video ❤
I had a spare portable air pump with adjustable pressure gauge that I use .It works great
This is great! I have a compressor but I also have an Airhawk for tires. That will work better because it will fit the tire valve. Super great cheap solution thanks. 😂
Commentating on your own video 😂 blah, blah, blah I don’t know what I’m saying lol love it!
Yes good video, could see the 2 figers one was more better than the other one, have a nie week.
I loved your doggo's cameo. I'm in Canada, and I have seen a lot of 5 gallon tubs, but not like the one you have. Where did you get yours?
A painter friend of mine. I wish I had a link but I don't. It's 3.5 gallon.
This is genius and I cannot thank you enough
So helpful. I’ve been looking for an inexpensive-and successful- way to do this so heading off to the paint shop, have everything else I’ll. Wish me luck😊
thank you, I will try making this in a couple of days, because i dont have money to buy a normal one :D
Thanks Mr Jenner. Great idea.
What would you use for a mold if you don't have any? I'm on a budget so I'm curious to find one for my pen turning 🖊
Check out my reusable molding compound on my channel. It's a cheap way to make molds for clear resin.
Awesome!!!! Thank you for posting this. I'm currently trying to find a bucket that i can lock and that has a rubber seal. Unfortunately here in the UK they seem to be harder to get. But the valve stems are already on the way to me 😊
Make sure to watch the follow up video on this. I made some important corrections and addressed some safety issues.
@@jennercustomtoys unfortunately it just doesnt work for me
Its a 20L bucket with a screw lid and i checked the ruber seal inside the lid is intact
But i tried with my air compressor abd it didnt want to work. So i thought that thing is old and i already had issues before with it. So i got a foot pump but the needle on the gauge dorsbt move at all. I'm at an absolute loss 😔
how big stuff do you need to pressurize? food container maybe?
I’m in the UK as well. I thought about using food containers for this. They have a seal and four clamps.
@@macnavi the first container i got from tesco before Christmas didnt want to work
I bought now the sistema one, i initially wanted to buy at tesco but couldn't afford, yesterday and want to give it another go
Thanks for the video! I was wondering if something like this would work. I'll certainly have to give it a try. And if it doesn't work for me.. it's only 10 bucks. I've thrown that away in bubbly resin many times over, and I'm still new to the craft! I'll certainly be checking out your molding compound videos next.
Thank you for this video, I have an old Apache protective case I want to try this with.
Wow. Thank you souch for this!! I've gained another subscriber! 🖤
This is so helpful! And looks easy, definitely going to try it.
Your a funny guy!!! Enjoyed the video and learned from it. What I'm curious about is how long do I keep it in the pot to remove bubbles BEFORE i pour?? Just need a good way to destroy them bubbles. Many thanks.
Just getting into resin casting myself and this looks great.
Make sure to watch the follow up video.
Put the bucket on the floor, put your knee in the middle push down then pop the tabs, starting with one tab and go around from there.
Thank you - great idea. Love your dog...he cute.
Thank you! 😊
I can't find anyone who's done this.. but I'm actually going to build a "pressure box" because most of my molds are large and wide (but not tall). Researched tubs to convert and I wasn't confident it would work at all, and the options would be price prohibitive for a "test". So instead, I'm going to make a rectangle box with 5/8th MDF board I have laying around (and a liberal amount of screws/glue), then coat the inside with epoxy resin, make a built-in "gasket" with a taped rim and poor some silicon. I'll also apply silicon calking to all inside edges. Then just use a set of heavy duty cabinet hinges (mount on outside), and probably 4 latches (or just 6 latches by themselves). My hope is that it'll be over engineered and work well (say possibly hold about 30 PSI). I ordered a bag of 50 PCS valves off Amazon for $6 (crazy, it was double that for 10 PCS from the same seller?), which I think I can make work and air-seal it by pouring epoxy on the inner side of the "lid" after installation (all of the "overkill" for good measure, lol). And I already have a decent $20 hand/foot pump with gauge. It might be an utter failure, but I'm hopeful, Lol. If it works, I can make these things for like $5 (of all all sizes as needed and stackable!). I've also wanted to start making videos and document all my projects on TH-cam, just haven't made that plunge. Thanks for all the inspiration!
Good luck. I'd like to know the results however it comes out.
Did you make this? If so, how did it turn out? Sounds like a great idea!
Well done buddy. Keep up the good work.
Thanks 👍
This is so smart, and wonderfully creative. Thanks for sharing, I'll definitely be trying it soon!
Wish I could post a pic. I did it but I used a compressor. Right away the top and bottom of the bucket bowed. I'll have to try the bike pump.
DEFINITELY trying this!! I've only just started making resin items that aren't just coasters or plates and been having major issues with really big bubbles ruining the top-side. But does this work ok with dice molds that have a single flat top that covers the whole thing? I can get layers done fine but once it's at the top I get bubbles that ruin it.
I've done a dice mold on my channel. Check it out. But also as I tell everyone please check out my follow up video on this. There are a lot of safety issues that I address and I make some corrections.
Very nice i have been looking for a cheap alternitive for resin I i always thought 40-50 psi was overkill.
Hello, can you please post a link to what PVC Pipe compound you used? I'm very new to this and there's so many different options out there. Thank you!
Watch my reusable molding compound. It may be helpful.
Can you put mixed resin into the pit for a short time to remove bubbles before casting? I think by “white resin” you mean the acrylic resin rather than the epoxy type. It would likely work with epoxy resin made white or any other colour.
As long as the resin has a long cure time, I think it would work.
Thanks! Question: how does it work if you add a color. If you can add a color is dye or powder better. Thanks again you saved me some $$$.
I use color a lot, it works too.
Thank's a lot, you help me a lot sharing your knowledge.
GOD bless you and your work.
Thank you for the great video!! I’ve seen a couple of other DIY pressure pots, but nothing this easy and cheap.
I’m new to resin casting, and when looking into it, I’ve seen people suggest that DIY pressure pots are “dangerous”, so I’ve held off for the time being until I can learn more and be aware of what I’m doing.
I can’t really figure out there the danger is, though. I assumed that given its pressurized, the danger lies in the fact that it might “pop”.
Make sure to watch the follow up video on this. Yes, it can be dangerous if you arent carefull. I have had the lid pop before but nothing major happened. That's why the lid with the clips is so important.
Would a screw on valve stem work? they are made of metal.
did you make a vid about the reusable mould compound? I also was a chef.
Yes, it's in my channel.
I don’t have any PVC compound but I do have hot glue. Any chance you think it would still hold if I hot glued the tire valve stem into the hole? May also be able to use rubber cement from my tire plug kit not..
I don't know. Give it a try and see.
I think I know why your action figures hands sometimes come out malformed - I know that as the resin is compressed inside the chamber, it essentially crushes the bubbles to microscopic size, and so they no longer become noticeable, and practically are gone. However, the bubbles still exist, on a microscopic scale, they’re just tiny.
So the reason your tiny parts are losing details is because as the bubbles inside the resin are compressed, the resin is filling in the space of where the bubbles were. As the resin fills in these voids, it essentially drains down into the space, and will drain from the top down (gravity). This will leave a spot at the very top of your mold that * had * resin when you poured, but no longer does because it drained down into the void from the bubbles.
To fix this problem, simply overfill your molds, or make sure you use a large enough Sprue. Either of these options will leave excess resin at the top, so as the resin drains and fills in the voids, the resin that *WAS* extra drains and becomes part of the actual figure.
This will always happen on large molds, if you don’t overfill or leave a sprue you are garunteed to have a void at the top, but on small molds (like the hands you make) it’s 50/50, depending on how much air is in your resin when you pour. If the hand poured really clean with no air bubbles, then there is no air to compress, and so the hand doesn’t drain, but if that part of your resin has a lot of bubbles (for example, the last bits of resin in a cup of it you mix usually has a lot of bubbles compared to the start of the pour) then all those bubbles get compressed and drain the resin from the top of your hand.
So to fix, either make the hands with the very start of the pour, where it doesn’t have many bubbles, or overfill the mold/make a mold with a Sprue.
Also the other possibility is that you are making a mold where there is an angle in which you have resin trying go down and then back up, but that doesn’t work because resin is too thick and flows down, so you leave an air bubble when you fill the mold. However, you seem like a pretty experienced craftsman as far as this subject goes, and I’m going to guess your molds are made correctly for resin pouring.
And I make this guess based on my dice making experience, whenever I made molds and didn’t leave the Sprue with any extra resin in It, the die would compress too much and leave a void.
As far as the Physics and scientifical explanation, I learned it from TH-camr @Rybonator, his tutuorial on making clear dice with a pressure pot, he explained how the physics of pressurizing resin works, as well as vacuum forming silicone molds to prevent spiky bubbly silicone
My next endeavor is to make a vacuum chamber. Since making this video though I have figured out better venting for my action figures. Thanks for the help!
@Jenner Custom Toys, You’re very welcome. Also, if you can get the vacuum chamber to work, I’d love to see it in a video. Bubbly silicone molds are a problem for me a lot, and if you found a way to cheaply make a vacuum chamber, that would be awesome to learn to make myself. Good luck, and I’ll be keeping an eye your channel for other helpful tricks with molding and casting.
@@jennercustomtoys Have you tried to see if you can use this same bucket as a vacuum chamber? I am less than a newb with looking into casting some my own dice. Not sure how much of vacuum needed to make it work. Maybe plastic bucket can't handle it.
I know this video was created 2 years ago but I'm just learning about degassing, etc.
I started to watch the video thinking it was about creating a system to de-gas before the epoxy was poured/ hardened but am I wrong in saying that you put your parts in to de-gas after they were poured and then were curing?
I cure these casings in the pressure pot.
@@jennercustomtoys I'm so sorry, I am just learning and didn't pick up pressure pit vs vacuum... Thank you for the reply!
I’ve just started getting into dice making and don’t wanna shell out $90 for a pressure pot, so this is amazing! I don’t know if 20 PSI would be enough for dice making, but it can’t hurt to try for a $10 pot!
Make sure you see my follow up video on this. I made some corrections that are important.
I want to make one of these for dice making as well, so if you ended up giving it a try I'd love to know how it worked out!
I'm going to attempt this with a piece of Tupperware that I have that has a rubber gasket and locking lid. I'll try to record and update you on how it works!
I just realized you are using tupperware... I wouldn't.. I don't think it would hold any pressure at all. Please be carefull.
Thank you so much for sharing your research and amazing product that all us resin Aritists can make and use at home. Thank you 🌼
As I said in the video. You can put a release valve on there if you want. I did not. I just let the air out from the tire stem.
@@jennercustomtoys yes you did thanks as I realised after and removed that part of my comment.
I have been looking everywhere for this bucket! Is there a link to anything online that would work?
I wish I knew. I'm still looking for another one.
I just bought the3.5 gal bucket from menards. The cover is a gamma seal lid the is 2 part. The ring snaps in like the video but the inner part screws on . I'm going to give it a try after seeing this video. I was going to take it back because I thought it might blow up on me!
As long as there's a rubber seal it should work.
I tried it today with a gamma seal lid and the screw in lid portion doesn’t have enough structural rigidity to hold tight. At 5 PSI it popped the inner portion out of the ring around the bucket. I would not suggest using a gamma seal lid!
Since I've made that video I started clamping my lid on because it's slowly losing air. Excuse my ignorance because I don't know everything about this but what is a gamma seal lid?
@@jennercustomtoys gamma seal lid has a snap on lid rim like a normal lid but the inner portion screws into that.
And it does not withstand even 5+ PSI just for reference..
You remind me of David Harbour lol. Thanks for the video!
I hope that's a good thing. Lol
I was looking for a vacuum chamber, but maybe just adding air in a pressure pot will work for me...
Thank you so much for the video.
Thank you for sharing the video…Great idea..hence the subscription
Take care
Yiannis(Athens Greece)
Can you place a vacuum on the resin to remove bubbles instead of pressure?
Not with this design, but if you look in my channel I built one another way
Dude, that was brilliant! Thanks.
Make sure to watch the follow up video. I made some safety corrections.
Ah OK!!! thank you for your explanation, I will do yours, thank you very much ;)
Please make sure you watch the follow up video. I corrected myself a lot for safety reasons.