SOLAREZ Artisan

I use this sparingly in a few patterns I like to tie. It’s a good amount and comes in 3 varieties enough to experiment with. It is effective and easy to use above all. For my own purposes this is a perfect amount that will last me a long time. Note I am a hobbyist/enthusiastic amateur, by no means a professional, I only use this for own purposes. The amount may be inadequate for other purposes, none the less a great product.

There is not a lot of product here (small tubes), but it seems to work great. I've now tried each of the small tubes and all of them had a very small amount of tack when fully cured in the sun. The 2 hard resin tubes (thick and thin) each dried hard while the flex resin was indeed flexible. These have about the same properties as many of the other resins on the market at about the same price, however, I would say that it dries with less tack than the others (I've tried 3 other products). Also, although the quantity looks small in these tubes, I've been using them for about a year and still have some left in each tube. I tie a lot of flies too. Update 12.19.18: Since I've seen several negative reviews here, I'd like to reiterate that for me this stuff works as good as and maybe even better than all the other UV resins I've tried. The flimsy plastic tops on 2 of the tubes split on me, but I just put the entire tube out in the sun and the tops were auto sealed by the leaking resin. Still have about 1/4 left in each tube.

I have mainly used the thin material but really like the viscosity and cure time. Although the tubes are small, the tubes work well to dispense and they last quite a while. One thing I noted when receiving the product is that it was shipped in a plastic bag vs a clamshell type package. Because of this, the foil like tubes were compressed a little causing the material to spew out a bit when opened. Happy with the purchase though!

The resin is consistent with the advertising. The Thin is more of what I'm used to from normal resins, maybe a little thinner. The thick is really thick. I would be better if it had a real applicator tip. What it has now is just the tip of the tube, which makes it really hard to control. In have started spreading with a needle. Still a good product at a reasonable price.

I had no idea people made their own fishing lures and they used this kind of resin for the eyes and body, so I thought I'd try it for something similar. The hard type resin is perfect for doll eyes and such and I use the flexible type for Gundam camera lenses and beam effects. I haven't found a use for the thin type yet but I'll keep looking. Overall an amazing value and easy to use! Will buy more soon!

This product works great with a UV light that emits 380nm. Most of the cheap UV lights emit 395nm. Solorez worked for me with the cheaper lights but it takes considerably longer to cure the resin. Do yourself a favor and get a quality UV light. I have used Solarez for home repairs as well as for fly tying. Great product!

Each tube is about as big as your pointer finger. That doesn't matter too much because a little goes a long way, you just have to make sure not to tilt the bottle or it tends to ooze out. This is great stuff, I use it for doll eyes and polymer clay personally. It's not sticky at all, just remember that if you're using a UV torch that it needs to be around the 400nm strength otherwise it's not going to cure properly.

It is overpriced for these small tubes but it does work well, especially the green tube with "Flex"