MIXING "ARTIFICIAL WATER" HELP

[R.J. Meyer II]

Can anyone tell me a easy way to figure resin to catalist mix.  I have polytranspar water in a 32 oz can and a tiny botte of catalist that came with it. The directions say to mix by weight a ratio of 1 1/4 catalist to resin. if I am using a few ounces of resin how would  I figure this out. I just dont want to end up with to little catalist and have a sticky surface but too much will warp it. Any help would be appreicated.   

[George Roof]

RJ, what am I gonna do with you?  Here's the secret.  Pick up the phone, call WASCO, and have them send you the Habitat Manual.  They have a full page of recipes for making artificial water.  It goes from drops of MEKP to milliliters of MEKP for quantities up to one gallon and an inch thick I THINK.  The mind is a terrible thing to waste if I recall correctly. LOL

[Crittercoroner]

How come you didn't tell him to check the archives?

[Jims Wildlife Studio]

I agree with George, This is an excellent book for a beginner or even a novice, Believe it or not, I have my 12 year old son make up some of my waterfowl and fish bases. He's been Reading his book's. lol

[Ken Edwards]

Also, there is a mixing chart on page 179 of the WASCO catalog.

[finazducks]

RJ  Mixing catalyst with artificial water isn't too hard to do if you remember a couple simple rules. 
1.  the thicker you pour the less catalyst per ounce.  in other words if you use 6 drops per ounce to pour 1/4 inch thick then use 12 drops per ounce to pour 1/8th in. thick. 
2. never pour more than 1/4 to 3/8 inch thick at one time.
3.  in temps over 78 degrees reduce the amount of catalyst by one-third.
4.  in temps over 90 degrees use half as much catalyst
5. 1n temps below 60 degrees increase catalyst by 1/3

The only time you will get yourself in trouble is pouring too thick, too much catalyst with a thick pour or too little with a very thin pour.
 in cases where the resin doesn't harden completely, place the poured piece in the sun for a couple of days.