A sticky, goopy, smelly morning

So this morning I tried out the resin. Everyone had told me it was smelly, but it was smellier than I had thought it would be! I wore a mask and gloves, yet it was so goopy I still managed to get a little on me. I dunked 3 knit samples into the resin and then stretched over nails to dry. I left them outside because it was so smelly, and when I went to wash my hands they fell over into the dirt. I tried to brush them off, but it was so sticky it seemed better to leave it and try to take off the rocks and twigs later. So now I have dirty sticky knit samples, not exactly what I was going for...haha. I am hoping that they actually harden like they are supposed to! I did this before lunch, and when I check on them a little before 5 they were still sticky. I hear it does take a long time to dry though. I used 8 oz of the castin' craft and put 120 drops of the catalyst in because the container said that for a coating that is 1/8th inch thick you should use 15 drops for every oz. I am really hoping it works...even though I'll be honest working with the stuff is not my favorite. I think though, that it could be good for what I want to do if I can get it right! Anyways, I will update later when I have the results from this experiment, and I'll also post some new photos. This afternoon I did go to the CAD lab for a little while and worked on a new file using illustrator and design and repeat.